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Low-Carb Diets in the Summer Created: Friday, May 25, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 26, 2012
Summer is a great time for low-carb eating, with fresh vegetables and fruits abounding, and easy cooking or no cooking is the rule. Recipes, tips, and suggestions for a low-carb summer.
Low-Carb Summer Holiday Menus - Fourth of July - Memorial Day - Labor Day Created: Thursday, June 28, 2007 Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012
Ideas for what to serve for your low-carb summer holiday feast.
Julian Bread - Reader Reviews Low-Carb Breads, Crackers, Cookies,and Other Baked Goods Created: Friday, May 04, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 04, 2012
Reviews of low-carb breads and bread mixes - add your own review!
Low Carb for Life - Share Your Story: How I Lost Weight with Low-Carb Eating Created: Friday, May 04, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 04, 2012
Readers share stories of weight loss success, and tips and tricks for losing weight using low-carb diet approaches.
Carbs in White Button Mushroom Counts - Calories Health Benefits and Carbs in Mushrooms Created: Saturday, December 06, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
White (button) mushroom information, including carb and fiber counts, calories, nutritional information and glycemic load of mushrooms.
Low-Carb Menu - No Cooking Required in this Low-Carb High-Protein Menu Created: Thursday, March 09, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
This high-protein, low-carb day requires no cooking, and includes a fast-food lunch. You don't even need a microwave! This menu has 33 grams of net carb, plus 25 grams of fiber.
Low-Carb Menu #2 Created: Friday, February 17, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
This menu has 35 grams usable carbohydrate and 23 grams fiber, plus essential nutrients.
Low-Carb Lunch Menu Ideas Created: Sunday, January 01, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Soups, salads, wraps, and other low-carb lunch ideas.
Low-Carb Snacks - Quick Low-Carb Ways to Satisfy the Munchies Created: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
When you're eating low-carb, it's important to have a variety of quick- easy to prepare low carb snacks on hand. Here are over 20 ideas.
Low-Carb Substitutes for High-Carb Food Created: Monday, September 24, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Ideas for low-carb substitutes for high-carb foods such as breads, pasta, candy, etc.
Facts to Know About Carbohydrates - The Bottom Line on Carbs for Low-Carb Dieters Created: Monday, October 30, 2006 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
The bottom line conclusions of our Understanding Carbohydrates series -- the most important facts to know about carbs.
Low-Carb Biscotti Recipe - Low-Carb and Sugar Free Plain and Chocolate Chip Biscotti Created: Friday, April 27, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Looking for something sugar-free to dunk in your tea or coffee? These low-carb biscotti have plain almond and chocolate chip variations. Gluten-free, too!
Sugar-Free Chocolate Coconut Cookies - Low-Carb Chocolate Coconut Cookie Recipe Created: Monday, December 17, 2007 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Yummy low-carb, sugar-free chocolate-coconut cookies. Gluten-free and wheat-free as well.
In Search of the Perfect Human Diet - DVD Review Created: Monday, April 16, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Review of the documentary film
Carbs in Broccoli - Health Benefits, Low-Carb Recipes, and Carbs in Broccoli Created: Thursday, November 13, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Broccoli information, including carbohydrate and fiber counts, calories, nutritional information and low-carb recipes.
Low Carb Menu #7 Created: Friday, April 21, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
This menu has 45 grams carbohydrate and 27 grams fiber. It would be good for most low carb plans after the first phase.
Carbs in Apples - Carbohydrates Glycemic Index and Carbs in Apples Created: Friday, April 25, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Apple information, including carbohydrate and fiber counts, calories, nutritional information, and low-carb recipes containing apples.
Sugar-Free Baked Apple Almond Dessert Recipe - Low Carb Apple Dessert Created: Friday, March 02, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
For me, baked apple is a comfort food. Regular recipes are full of sugar and raisins. This is sort of a cross between baked apple and an individual apple crisp, but it's done in the microwave, s...
Low Carb Menu #5 Created: Friday, March 24, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
This menu has 40 grams of effective carbohydrate and 20 grams fiber, with instructions for lowering carb count and it making appropriate for Phase One of the South Beach Diet.
Apple Bacon Chicken with Cream - Recipe for Creamy Apple Bacon Chicken Created: Friday, April 13, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Why do apple and bacon seem to go so well together? I think the sweet/salty combination makes it, and also works nicely with chicken.
Low-Carb Emergency Food - Emergency Food to Have on Hand Created: Monday, October 19, 2009 Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Storms, earthquakes, natural disasters and illness are all great reasons to have low-carb emergency food on hand.
Fat Head DVD Review Created: Monday, May 11, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012
Review of the documentary film by Tom Naughton busting myths about nutrition, obesity, fats, and carbohydrates.
Food Inc. Review - Review of Movie Food Inc Created: Sunday, July 05, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012
A description and review of the movie Food, Inc.
My Big Fat Diet DVD Review Created: Sunday, May 10, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012
Review of the Canadian documentary film by Mary Bissell, My Big Fat Diet, about the town that went on a low-carb diet.
Low-Carb at McDonald's - How To Eat Low Carb at McDonald's Created: Sunday, September 07, 2008 Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012
With careful choices, hitting the McDonald's drive-through needn't mean going off your low-carb diet.
Paleolithic Diet Food List - Foods Allowed on Paleo Diet NeanderThin Cave Man Diet Created: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Updated: Monday, April 09, 2012
A description of foods allowed on the Paleo or Paleolithic diet, including differences between authors. The diet is also called the Cave Man Diet, Hunter-Gatherer diet, Stone Age diet, Neanderthin..
Paleo Diet Overview - Introduction to the Paleo Diet - Paleolithic Cave Man Hunter-Gatherer Diet Created: Monday, February 05, 2007 Updated: Monday, April 09, 2012
Introduction to the Paleo or Paleolithic Diet, also called the Cave Man Diet, Hunter-Gatherer diet, Stone Age diet, Neanderthin and others.
Foods Forbidden on the Paleolithic or Paleo Diet - Caveman Diet Stone Age Diet NeaderThin Created: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Updated: Monday, April 09, 2012
A description of foods forbidden on the Paleo or Paleolithic diet, including differences between authors. The diet is also called the Cave Man Diet, Hunter-Gatherer diet, Stone Age diet, Neanderth..
Low-Carb Passover - Planning Your Low-Carb Pesach Created: Friday, March 30, 2007 Updated: Monday, April 02, 2012
How to control your carbohydrate intake during Passover and at Passover Seder.
Strawberry Carbohydrate Counts - Carb Counts and Health Benefits of Strawberries Created: Friday, April 25, 2008 Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Strawberry information, including carbohydrate and fiber counts, calories, nutritional information, and low-carb recipes containing strawberries.
Sugar-Free Coconut Cake - Recipe for Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Low-Carb Coconut Cake Created: Friday, August 28, 2009 Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012
This sugar-free coconut cake recipe has less than one gram of carbohydrate per serving. If you think baked goods made with coconut flour must be heavy, try this light and tasty cake! The recipe is..
Sugar-Free Strawberry Topping Created: Monday, May 08, 2006 Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012
This super-simple topping can be used for cheesecake, pancakes, low carb ice cream, or anything else your imagination comes up with.

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