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The benefits of low-carb diet

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We are told that eating fat will make you fat. It is actually when you eat fat and too many carbohydrates. When you consume carbohydrates, they are converted into glucose . The pancreas then secretes insulin to reduce the blood glucose levels. Insulin is our fat storing hormone and fat burning is turned off. If we have very little amounts of carbohydrates in our diet, we require less insulin, thus store less fat and able to burn fat. Different people can tolerate, and remain healthy, with large amounts of carbohydrates and some virtually none (diabetics). Also when we get older, our ability to handle carbohydrates get lessened and we may get pre-diabetes or insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes). When we consume too many carbs, our body will produce more insulin to help reduce the large amount of glucose now in our blood, leading to  insulin resistance . So what is low-carb? A low-carb diet limits carbohydrates — which are found in grains, starchy vegetables and ...

Low-carb Cheese Biscotti

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prep time: 45 minutes cook time: 70 minutes yield: 60 servings These crunchy biscotti are great appetizers as well as snacks if you’re a cheese lover. Biscotti are baked twice. Baking twice may sound like double the work, but actually it’s a quite easy process. You bake the dough once in the form of mini-loaves, slice the them, and bake the slices as if they were cookies or crackers.

Low-carb Chicken Pot Pie

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prep time: 10 minutes, plus 1 hour to chill dough, if needed cook time: 15 minutes yield: 4 servings You will love this chicken pot pie recipe. It’s a wonderful blend of chicken, oregano, thyme, and almond, cooked with creamy gravy cheese…all baked into a  flaky,  crisp, golden crust. Plus, they are low in carbs!

Ceviche

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In many countries in Latin America , they have a version of this dish in which the fish is cooked in lime juice instead of by heat. This makes a posh appetizer and if you increase the serving sizes, a light main dish. This is not only low-carb, it’s also very low-calorie! рrерare tіmе: 20 mіnutеs сооk tіmе: 20mіnutеs уіеld: 8 sеrvіngs For this you will need to prepare: 1½ pounds (680 g) fish fillets 8 limes 2 tomatoes ¼ cup (16 g) chopped fresh oregano ¼ cup (16 g) chopped fresh cilantro 1 fresh jalapeño (optional) 1 black avocado ¼ red onion, diced Salt and pepper to taste Here’s how to cook it: 1. This dish lends itself to endless variation, but one thing remains constant: Everything must be perfectly fresh, especially the fish. Talk to the fish guy at the grocery store and tell him you want to use the fish for ceviche (spelled “sehvee-chay”). Tell him you need fish that has never been frozen and choose from what he has, rather than going into the store wit...