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    Prepared meats and cancer and an unrelated question

    I'm new to low carbs and I've been perusing a section of the grocery store I wouldn't have approached in times past. Cold meat, foods like salami and ham. I remember it was said they caused cancer, due to things added to them (nitrates?). What is the latest science about this? Is it a fact...
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    Lunch to take to work.

    Hello! I'm looking for ideas of very low carb foods I can take with me to have at work, or as a snack when hiking. I take a few nuts and 85% chocolate, but these are high carbs and I'll soon get tired of them anyway. I don't have a fridge, nor microwave available. I can cook easy stuff. Can...
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    Questions about blood glucose

    I hope everybody is having a good day! Since kind of self-diagnosing prediabetes, I've got a blood glucose monitor and have gone low carb high fat. I'm also exercising, but that I did before. I'm exercising less, because before I exercised every day and now I want to rest my body more. I'm...
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    How to know if food is keto

    Hello, I'm super new to it and I have a few questions. I was hungry and went to the supermarket to find an easy keto food for on the go breakfast. I looked at the labels and found quality ham with less than 1g carb on the label. My question: is ham really keto friendly? If a food has no...
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    Prediabetes, many questions about diet

    Greetings. I'm a woman, 50 years old, 1.64cm tall, 62.5 kg, BMI 23.2. I've always exercised and have only been very slightly overweight (BMI always below 26) twice in my life, during a couple of months maximum. The rest of my life, my BMI has been below 25. My blood sugar has been between 90...