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This week’s nuggets: September 5-9, 2017

By Jim September 9, 2017

This is the weekly digest for my Low Carb Nugget Podcast. In the latest episodes of the podcast, I reviewed the goals and plans for my upcoming keto diet reboot, considered the top three LCHF survival foods that are nutritious, shelf-stable and easy to find, and examined a recent study that found eating a modest amount of plant-based foods might help you live longer. Each title below links to the episode's show notes at LCHFGazette.com. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Low-Carb Basics, Nugget Tagged With: almonds, ketogenic diet, nuts, observational study, salmon, sardines, vegetables, walnuts

Fiber makes Brussels sprouts low-carb

By Jim June 14, 2017

Chorizo with onion and Brussels sprouts

Brussels sprouts, those cute little mini-cabbages named after a Belgium city, are one of the higher carb vegetables that I regularly eat. One cup of plain cooked Brussels sprouts will set you back about 11 grams of carbohydrates, and 4 grams of protein. All that, and you only get 55 or 56 calories of energy.  That means a lot of us will be inclined to eat more than a cup. I probably eat between a cup-and-a-half and two cups at a time. As with other green vegetables, there is little fat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Food, Personal Reflection Tagged With: Brussels sprouts, Chorizo, vegetables

Cauliflower: the better mashed potato

By Jim May 7, 2017

You can do a lot of things with "cabbage flower" on a low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) diet: steam it, roast it, mash it, rice it, or just eat it raw. Of course, one drawback to raw veggies, including cauliflower, is that they're harder to fatten up that way. But a good, fatty dip will do the trick. I've never had cauliflower deep-fried or baked, but I suppose those are possibilities, too. I'm not sure what you'd bread it in, though -- crumbled pork rinds, perhaps? Oh -- you can also eat cauliflower … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Food, Low-Carb Basics Tagged With: cauliflower, vegetables

Green beans: low-carb and familiar

By Jim April 30, 2017

green beans

Green beans (a.k.a. snap beans or string beans) are a familiar vegetable, and reasonably low-carb and nutritious. I find it hard to get excited about them, though. Like most people in the American mid-lands, I've been eating green beans my whole life. As a kid, I ate a lot of canned veggies -- including corn, spinach, peas, lima beans, and, yes, green beans. Today, the only canned vegetable I eat at home is spinach. However, I often encounter canned green beans at restaurants. I go ahead and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Low-Carb Basics Tagged With: Anita, green beans, vegetables

Is broccoli low-carb? Compared to what?

By Jim April 23, 2017

Broccoli chart

Is broccoli low-carb? It depends . . . I haven't written many posts about vegetables over the years. Nuts, yes. Seeds, yes. Even fruits (avocado, blueberries, strawberries and tomatoes). Once in a while, I've put up a photo of a plate with, say, a few green beans and a big juicy steak. But the focus has not been on the beans. The lack of focus on veggies may give readers the false impression that I don't eat many. In fact, I do veggies. Not just lettuce, either, but real, honest-to-gosh, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Anita, blueberries, broccoli, LCHF, low-carb, potatoes, salad, strawberries, vegetables

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