Simple meat cakes

This is a simple recipe for low carb meat cakes or burgers. Good for breakfast, lunch, dinner or whenever you are hungry

Put 1 pound/500 grams of ground meat or ground beef, 1-2 eggs and your choice of spices/vegetables/cheese or whatever you like to add in a bowl. Blend the ingredients together with your hands. [...]

Aspartame side effects

Some people eat a lot of artificial sweeteners when they start a low carb diet to replace sugar. I try to avoid all artificial sweeteners as much as possible, however in the past days I have been tempted to drink some of my partner’s diet soda and chew lots of sugarfree gum. Although I am [...]

Mother’s day and valentines day low carb cheese cake

Sunday 14th of february was valentines day and mother’s day. My mother is also on a low carb diet, so I made this cheese cake for her. The recipe I was using is Gerd’s. Reading in forums some seems to think it’s the best cheese cake ever. Personally, I’d like the cake to be sweeter, [...]

Nannah’s low carb bread

I didn’t calculate this myself, but I read that this bread has less than 1 net carb pr slice if you cut really thin slices.
Here’s what you need:
- 6 large eggs (I used 7 medium sized eggs)
- 300 grams of creme fraiche
- 100 grams of ground almonds
- 100 grams of ground walnuts
- 100 grams of [...]

Fårikål (lamb with cabbage)

Fårikål is a traditional Norwegian dish made of pieces of mutton, cabbage, whole black pepper, salt and wheat flour cooked in a casserole for several hours. Traditionally it is served with boiled potatoes. This dish is very easy to cook and can easily be turned into a great low carb recipe by making it without [...]

Coconut pancakes

Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 4 tablespoons of heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- 1 tablespoon of erythritol
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (could probably be skipped)
- 4-5 tablespoons of coconut powder (it is probably the same as coconut flour, but I haven’t been able to get a hold of coconut flour, so if you [...]

Dog detecting blood sugar levels

When your blood sugar levels are high, your breath can get a fruity smell. Dogs can be trained to detect blood sugar levels and alert you when the blood sugar level is too high.
I came across this lovely story about the dog Diva that lives with a family in Florida. Their 12 year old daughter, [...]

Low glycemic diet

A low glycemic diet is a diet where you eat foods that have a low effect on your blood sugar. In practice, that means eating a balanced meal consisting of proteins, healthy fat and mostly carbohydrates with a low glycemic index (GI). This is a key to good health and long term weight loss. It [...]

Atkins diet

The Atkins diet is the most popular low carb diet and was created by Doctor Robert Atkins to resolve his own weight problem. The diet was later popularized through a series of books starting with Dr Atkins Diet Revolution in 1972.
Atkins learnt that eating refined carbohydrates such as sugar and flour was the main cause [...]

Atkins diet books

Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution
This is the revised edition of Dr Atkins original book, Diet Revolution from 1972. The book is a must have for people new to the Atkins diet as it explains how and why the diet works for weightloss, how to maintain your weight and good health. It also contains recipes and [...]

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