Eaten all wrong things today

maddiemo said:

How do you make low carb biscuits? I make my own food mostly and I make cakes and biscuits, but the only ones I make that are almost low carb are peanut butter.
But I get fed up with cooking and sometimes it's nice to have a take-a-way Indian perhaps with rice and bread. Half a potion even.

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The recipe is on the food forum, I only made cookies once, there was nothing wrong with them, that was the problem, they were too nice, and I had to give them to the family or I would have eaten too many. Another option is Google, just search for low carb cookies. I have recipe's from all over, once I try them I post them. I have a few I need to share now (once I find them).

That's the thing, we are all different, I have not had rice for eight months and shop bread for about 6 months and I will never eat it again. I don't tolerate carbs well, and am far too concerned about my health to risk it. Also, I love cooking and baking, so making my own LC food is not a chore but something I enjoy.

I used to be concerned by my 'all or nothing' personality, because when I would choose badly, it would end badly. Now I find it's really coming in handy.

Once I read about the health implications of grains, legumes, soy, etc., I don't even see that stuff when I go shopping - kind of like I no longer see the cigarettes. It's all the equivalent of rat poison in my mind, so I don't see anything tempting about it. If I look at that kind of food, I just picture a skull and crossbones in my mind, think 'toxic poison' and turn away. My own personal 'blinders' come in handy - I'd hate to go through life being constantly tempted by stuff I know is bad for me.

Can I ask what is wrong with Soy? I use soya flour quite often in cooking as a replacement for wheat flour and cause I don't really like nuts (so nut flours are out), and it never seems to hurt my levels. Please tell me it's not yet another thing I need to get rid of!

It's not related to BG levels, but I personally won't eat it after reading things like this:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/soy-scru ... z2B3L8xjAi

http://www.amazon.com/The-Whole-Soy-Sto ... +about+soy

I don't know about in the UK, but in the USA, almost all soy is GMO - that's on top of all the other issues.

Among other things, it has an oestrogenic effect which can cause hormonal problems for both women and men. And a lot of countries are starting to ban soy formula as it's been implicated in all sorts of developmental issues in children given the formula. It's also very heavily processed to make it "edible" for humans. Animals fed too much soy get sick!

It has only ever been used as a condiment in Asian cooking, and mostly in fermented form. Certainly never consumed in any society to the levels it's been pushed in the West.

It's also been implicated in the whole "leaky gut" phenomenon that is sparking a lot of auto-immune diseases.

I'd suggest you do your own research and make up your own mind, but personally I won't touch the stuff.