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<blockquote data-quote="TriciaWs" data-source="post: 2219966" data-attributes="member: 475901"><p>Another one on low carb here.</p><p></p><p>I went fairly slowly by dropping to 100g a day first, which had an immediate impact on my blood sugar, then down to 85g a day - which was low enough for me although some need to go lower.</p><p>I bought a meter and joined the lowcarbprogram which has videos, menu plans, recipes, advice - you can get the fee 'prescribed' on the NHS in some areas.</p><p></p><p>You can avoid so-called keto flu by reducing a little slowly and making sure that as you swap from processed food to low carb you add some salt back in.</p><p></p><p>There are sites by low carb mothers with lots of recipes - some complicated with unusual ingredients and some simple/quick.</p><p></p><p>I make low carb cakes and pies with a mix of ground almonds and coconut flour, sweetened with truvia/stevia based sweeteners as these are safer and taste better than most sweeteners. I also make 90 second bread for cheese or ham sandwiches and even a keto mug cake.</p><p>Just be careful to follow recipes exactly at first, not only so you can count the carbs but also because coconut flour takes getting used to - it is nothing like wheat flour and needs loads of eggs or flaxseed to hold it together.</p><p></p><p>If you are tired and/or busy try some of the low carb slow cooker recipes - just throw in the meat or chicken and a little onion plus seasoning/spices and come back to give it a stir, cook some green veg and reheat some cauliflower rice (I make cauliflower rice by grating a whole cauliflower, roasting on 180c for 12 mins then storing in the fridge ready to stir fry or nuke).</p><p></p><p>Other quick easy meals are omelettes, with cheese/ham/mushrooms, etc and a green salad or broccoli/spinach or a roast, just leave out the potatoes and add in extra green veg.</p><p></p><p>And I swapped milk from low fat to full fat, using a third of the amount I used to have in coffee and adding in a little coconut milk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TriciaWs, post: 2219966, member: 475901"] Another one on low carb here. I went fairly slowly by dropping to 100g a day first, which had an immediate impact on my blood sugar, then down to 85g a day - which was low enough for me although some need to go lower. I bought a meter and joined the lowcarbprogram which has videos, menu plans, recipes, advice - you can get the fee 'prescribed' on the NHS in some areas. You can avoid so-called keto flu by reducing a little slowly and making sure that as you swap from processed food to low carb you add some salt back in. There are sites by low carb mothers with lots of recipes - some complicated with unusual ingredients and some simple/quick. I make low carb cakes and pies with a mix of ground almonds and coconut flour, sweetened with truvia/stevia based sweeteners as these are safer and taste better than most sweeteners. I also make 90 second bread for cheese or ham sandwiches and even a keto mug cake. Just be careful to follow recipes exactly at first, not only so you can count the carbs but also because coconut flour takes getting used to - it is nothing like wheat flour and needs loads of eggs or flaxseed to hold it together. If you are tired and/or busy try some of the low carb slow cooker recipes - just throw in the meat or chicken and a little onion plus seasoning/spices and come back to give it a stir, cook some green veg and reheat some cauliflower rice (I make cauliflower rice by grating a whole cauliflower, roasting on 180c for 12 mins then storing in the fridge ready to stir fry or nuke). Other quick easy meals are omelettes, with cheese/ham/mushrooms, etc and a green salad or broccoli/spinach or a roast, just leave out the potatoes and add in extra green veg. And I swapped milk from low fat to full fat, using a third of the amount I used to have in coffee and adding in a little coconut milk. [/QUOTE]
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