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Low-carb snacks to keep the munchies at bay

By Jim April 5, 2017

a few of my favorite low-carb snacks

Yes, there are great low-carb snacks -- quite a few of them, in fact -- but standard munchables such as potato chips and corn chips aren't among them. No, neither are little powdered donuts. Admittedly, anyone trying to lose weight, via a low-carb diet or otherwise, ought to avoid snacking as much as possible. The whole idea is to encourage your body to burn its fat, and constantly eating is poor strategy in that regard.  However, if you're like me (that is, human), you like to eat and eat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Food, Low-Carb Basics Tagged With: cheese, low-carb, pork rinds, snacks

Walnuts in a healthy low-carb diet

By Jim April 7, 2013

Walnuts are a good low-carb food. Like peanuts and almonds, walnuts provide protein, fat and fiber with relatively few net-carbs per serving. For instance, a quarter cup of walnuts has two grams of net-carbs (four grams of total carbohydrates minus two grams of fiber). Taste and Cost Some people find walnuts bitter. I admit I prefer the taste of roasted almonds and peanuts, and seldom eat walnuts as a stand-alone snack. The big drawback to walnuts is cost. Many consumers only encounter walnuts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Food, Media Watch Tagged With: diet, nuts, snacks, type-2 diabetes, walnuts

Low-carb diets and dental health

By Jim October 26, 2011

Beautiful smile

Examining the relationship between low-carb diets and dental health Last updated: April 2017 When you eat a healthier diet and lose weight, you can reasonably expect good news from a medical exam.  I've gotten such good news in the past few months: lower blood pressure and improved blood lipid numbers. But I wasn't expecting diet-related good news from my semi-annual dental cleaning and exam. I got some anyway. My teeth were fine. I have a bunch of fillings from years ago, and sometimes one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Low-Carb Basics Tagged With: cavities, gingivitis, gum disease, inflammation, low-carb, snacks, soda pop, sugar

For that special low-carb eater, a bouquet of beef jerky

By Jim July 14, 2011

When I was a kid in the previous millenium, TV was a big deal.  Until the late 1960s, my family had one set, a black-and-white model in a blond-wood cabinet, and we gathered around it to watch programs as a family. Interesting, you say (being nice to the old guy), and a little quaint, but what has it got to do with beef jerky? I was getting to that. Words have emotive as well as cognitive meaning.  They can point outward at things in the world, and at the same time inward to our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Personal Reflection Tagged With: beef jerky, food, snacks

Why we snack

By Jim June 29, 2011

Bowl of chips

Do we eat more because we eat more often? Yes, says a study that claims Americans eat 570 more calories per day now than they did 30 years ago because they are eating all of the time. The study's lead author, Professor Barry Popkin of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told CNN Health that "the real reason we seem to be eating more (calories) is we're eating often."  But is eating frequency all there is to it, or does what a person eats make a difference? To say we are eating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Media Watch, News & Commentary Tagged With: carbs, high-carb, low-carb, observational study, snacks

Snack-filled diet dangerous for rats — and us

By Jim June 27, 2011

Rodent health has never been a major concern of mine, but it seems to worry scientists a lot. For example, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  published a study in the journal Obesity that examines what happens to rats who are fed a snack-filled diet similar to that consumed by millions of Americans. The study makes an important point about modeling human metabolic syndrome in lab rats, but it suggests even more. The snack or "cafeteria" diet consisted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, News & Commentary Tagged With: experimental study, low-carb, low-fat, obesity, snacks

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