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Chocolate on a low-carb diet – oh yes, you can!

Do you think chocolate is the enemy of your low-carb diet? Do you crave it desperately anyway?

You don’t have to suffer. You can enjoy chocolate and stay low-carb.

On just one condition.

Chocolate itself is not high in carbs. It just gets laden with lots of sugar for mass-market products.

If you can avoid the sugar, you can have the chocolate.

How?

By getting sugar-free chocolate, sweetened with Stevia, erythritol, or another low-carb sweetener. Or making your own from scratch – it’s actually fun for chocolate lovers!
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31 January 2013
Cauliflower: Low-carb answer to potatoes

Most Western meals tend to come with a starchy side dish such as fries, rice or pasta. Finding suitable low-carb alternatives can be a challenge.
This post is about cauliflower – the best way to help you get over potatoes!
I included five classical recipes for low-carb main meals and side dishes using cauliflower. (more…)

21 January 2013
Five nice protein-only meals for Dukan Attack

Dukan Attack is the first phase of the Dukan Diet, designed to wean your body off excessive carbs and kick-start your metabolism into fat-burning. It is a crucial part of the programme, and you must stick with it in order to get the full benefits of the system. Unfortunately, eating only protein can be a bit brutal initially if you are not used to it.

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11 January 2013
Low-carb dieting: New Year round-up

Happy New Year! Partying is over now, and it’s time to go back to clean eating and exercising. As expected, I am seeing a spike in visitors to this blog, looking for advice with their New Year resolutions to lose weight.
This is a brief round-up of materials for beginners on this website, especially for these newcomers, and for any returning visitors who are restarting their low-carb diet this January. (more…)

2 January 2013
Low-carb chocolate truffles

Chocolate truffles are a classical French confectionery recipe.

Rich intense taste of chocolate is offset by a smooth creamy texture. They make a wonderful sophisticated treat for any chocoholic.

The great news is that we can easily make low-carb chocolate truffles.

We just need to use sweetener instead of sugar in the basic recipe.

These truffles are so chocolatey and rich, you are likely to be satisfied with just a few. I normally need only one or two to satiate the sweet craving. (more…)

30 December 2012
Weight Loss Success: Stop Believing in Miracles

With just several days to go until the end of the year, many of us will be compiling our New Year resolutions soon. As always, weight loss is bound to be one of the most popular ones.
However, it is a well-known fact that most people will ditch their diet before the end of January, only to repeat the pattern again next December.
Why does this happen, again and again, year after year? (more…)

27 December 2012
Can I drink alcohol on a low-carb diet?

December is here! Party season will soon be upon us. This is probably the hardest month of the year to stick to your diet.
Among many other temptations coming our way, it is certain that there will be plenty of drinking going on.
So can you indulge and still stay on your low-carb diet? The good news is, you can – as long as you exercise some basic caution.
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2 December 2012
Green tea: Miracle drink to aid your low-carb diet

Green tea has a solid reputation as a healthy drink.
Unlike some products that are misrepresented as beneficial (sugar-loaded fruit juices, anyone?), green tea actually deserves its super-food label.
Numerous scientific studies back up health claims connected with green tea.
Some of these benefits are useful to anyone following a low-carb diet, such as Atkins, Dukan, Paleo or Keto. (more…)

18 November 2012
Dessert ideas for Atkins Induction phase

Atkins Induction is the first stage of Atkins, designed to break addictions to sugary foods and reset your metabolism.

As is the case with any addiction, the only way to wean yourself off sugar is to stop taking it.

This is an essential phase of the diet, but also the toughest one. Carb cravings are common during Induction, especially if you are trying Atkins for the first time. (more…)

10 November 2012
App review: MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal (MFP) is one of the most popular apps to track your diet and fitness progress. It claims to have the largest nutrition database with over 1 million foods and gets featured in the media regularly. So far so good, but can it help you with your low-carb diet? (more…)

3 November 2012
5 ways to cook low-carb food in a slow cooker

Do you wish you had more time for cooking?
You keep collecting great low-carb recipes. But you rarely get to actually make anything. Because life is hectic. There isn’t always the time to experiment.
I found that the best time-saver when cooking is – ironically – the slow-cooker (also known as crock pot in USA).
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31 October 2012
Book Review: “The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking” by Peter Reinhart and Denine Wallace

One of the hardest aspects of a low-carb diet is cutting out bread, cakes and other flour-based treats. I love bread, so the absence of it created a big baguette-shaped hole in my soul.
Although I have now found ways to create reasonable low-carb substitutes for most of my favourite recipes, I really do wish this book was available years ago. It would have saved me many messy failed experiments!
All recipes in this book are gluten-free, sugar-free, and low-carb.
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25 October 2012