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This week’s nuggets: August 8-12, 2017

By Jim August 12, 2017

Chia seeds

This set of nugget-sized podcast episodes begins with praise for the humble chia seed and its stupendous fiber. It continues with a lament for the great butter shortage taking place in Europe, mixed with a tip for keeping your butter soft and spreadable. It concludes with a sober consideration of the carb content of alcoholic beverages. Subscribe to the Low Carb Nugget through any of the following services: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Stitcher TuneIn (With the Amazon Echo, use the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Nugget Tagged With: beer, butter, chia, podcast, wine

Progress Report for 2-4-2012

By Jim February 4, 2012

Let me say up front that I am not dead.  Nor have I fallen off the wagon and gained 40 pounds.  In fact, I am continuing to lose weight -- if slowly and without thinking about it much. This morning, eleven months into my low-carb way of eating, I tipped the scales at a new low of 207.6 pounds.  That makes a total weight loss of more than 52 pounds. To celebrate, I mashed up half an avocado to mix into my scrambled eggs. OK, it wasn't really to celebrate.  I'd eaten the other half yesterday, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Personal Reflection Tagged With: avocados, chia, progress report, weighing in, weight loss

Chia: yet another low-carb seed

By Jim October 2, 2011

Chia seeds

The stereotypical low-carb diet is heavy on meat, eggs, butter and cream. To be sure, I've eaten my share of such animal-based fare, but the most notable newcomers to my diet have been plant-based foods such as nuts and seeds. I've always eaten peanuts (which technically are not a nut), pistachios and the occasional cashew.  But on my low-carb diet, I've become a big fan of almonds, walnuts, sunflower kernels and flax seed meal. Now I have added chia seeds, the Aztec staple.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Food, Personal Reflection Tagged With: chia, low-carb, nuts, seeds

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