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This week’s nuggets: August 29-September 2, 2017

By Jim September 2, 2017

This is the weekly digest for my Low Carb Nugget podcast. In the latest episodes of podcast, I discussed solutions to problems big and small. Starting big, I looked at the idea of growing food indoors under artificial light as a way of feeding the world. Then I looked at the most recent research to find that eating lots of carbs and little fat won't extend your life, and may end it. Finally, on a personal level, I considered plans for continuing my blog, my podcast, and my LCHF journey. Each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Commentary, Nugget, Personal Reflection Tagged With: high-fat, podcast, war on fat

Great foods for a low-carb diet (part 6): pecans

By Jim April 19, 2017

low-carb pecans

The pecan: a low-carb, high-fat powerhouse Move over almonds, get outta here walnuts. When it comes to being a truly great low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) nut, the humble pecan has you both beat. On the key criterion of net-carbs (total carbs minus fiber), a single quarter-cup serving of pecans has only one. That's right. Naturally low-carb pecans (raw) have just one net-carb per serving (4 grams carbs - 3 grams fiber). That's a good start, but not the whole story. Almonds are also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: almonds, food, high-fat, LCHF, low-carb, macadamias, nuts, Skaldeman, walnuts

A fat-added lunch

By Jim April 17, 2015

Canned salmon, avocado oil mayo, and fresh avocado. Photo by Jim Anderson.

Eating a low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diet as I do, it isn't good enough to avoid or reduce carbohydrates in my meals. I also need to eat plenty of healthy, tasty, satisfying fat. Ideally, I want the grams of fat in my meals to out-number the grams of carbs and protein combined, and I want the carbs to be minimal. (See my post on the fat-burning quotient.) Often, that means I need to find a way to add some extra fat. Take my lunch yesterday, pictured below. The base is three ounces of canned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: avocados, high-fat, LCHF, low-carb, mayo, salmon

No-filler salmon patties in coconut oil

By Jim March 30, 2015

Since salmon is a carb-free food, it should be easy to create a low-carb salmon patty, right? Just leave out other ingredients that would add carbohydrates. Easy-peasy. That's how I figured it in 2011 when I wrote one of the most popular posts on this blog:  "No-filler salmon patties."  The recipe presented in that post is about as simple as they get. It calls for a can of salmon, an egg, and two tablespoons of olive oil. Maybe some garlic powder. My new version is just as easy. I'm changing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: eggs, featured, fish, high-fat, LCHF, low-carb, recipe, salmon

Of mice brains aflame and other travesties

By Jim March 27, 2015

A note to the editors of ScienceDaily -- this is what a high fat human diet looks like. Or it might look like a plate of scrambled eggs with bacon, or a green salad with cheese, avocado, and black olives. What a high-fat human diet does not look like is that pile of buns, pizza, french-fried potatoes, and onion rings that you used to illustrate your story about a recent mouse study. The collection of carbs shown in your photo would choke a moose, never mind a poor little mouse. Oddly, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Media Watch, Science Follies Tagged With: carbs, high-fat, mouse study, obesity

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