low carb and dietary fibre

[aqualung]

I need to increase the amount of fibre I am eating and was wondering what foods I can eat to do this.

 

[robert72]

Cauliflower is quite high fibre

 

[2christine]

celery, coconut, carrots raw.

 

[aqualung]

Thank you for your replies. I eat most of that but maybe need to eat a bit more,

 

[Lenny3]

I have the same problem, I eat 1 slice of my homemade low carb bread. I believe its the flaxseed/linseed in it that gives me the extra fibre. You can also sprinkle some ground flaxseed over greek yog. I buy them whole then grind them in a coffee grinder.

 

[aqualung]

I have the same problem, I eat 1 slice of my homemade low carb bread. I believe its the flaxseed/linseed in it that gives me the extra fibre. You can also sprinkle some ground flaxseed over greek yog. I buy them whole then grind them in a coffee grinder.

I have started sprinkling flaxseed over my berries and yoghurt. I didn't know you could get them whole, where do you get them from?

I would love your bread recipe of you wouldn't mind sharing.

 

[Andy12345]

you can get them anywhere (supermarkets) its just linseed

you can put milled flax on salads too

 

[Yorksman]

A good source is Morrisons long grain brown rice. It is a converted rice and is much lower in calories than many other brown rices and it is quite low on carbs if you are careful with the other foods on the plate.

100g has 110 kcals, 19 gm carbs and 4 gm dietary fibre. I eat 75gm portions so about 80 kcals, 14 g carbs and 3 dietary fibre. 75 g is a good sized protion with a curry. If you make the curry using king prawns, fish or chicken, onions, garlic, ginger, chillis , some tinned tomatoes, corriander, cumin, garam masalla you have a tasty curry, satisfying to eat and probably around the 20g carbs. As your main meal of the day, it's not bad at all.

Not only can you vary the meats/seafood but you can add one of a number of other supplements such as fenugreek, cinammon or more chilli to vary the flavours.

Also high in dietary fibre is pearl barley which has a very low GI score. You can use pearl barley as a rice substitute in dishes like paella or risotto but it is great with soup and stews. This lamb and barley stew for example is full of fibre and kind on blood sugars.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/14/lamb-stew-pearl-barley-recipe

Add in broccoli and cauliflower and some beans and you'll be getting enough fibre.

 

[paul-1976]

Spinach and Avocados are good low carb sources.

 

[aqualung]

you can get them anywhere (supermarkets) its just linseed

you can put milled flax on salads too

thank you. my knowledge of food needs expanding! I will look out for it next time I am shopping. Daft question - where will I find it?

 

[aqualung]

Thank you for all the replies. Now I have lowered my carbs I need to look at what I am eating and look at the nutritional values,

 

[Andy12345]

thank you. my knowledge of food needs expanding! I will look out for it next time I am shopping. Daft question - where will I find it?

near the seeds, almond flour etc,

 

[robert72]

Flaxseed is usually in the baking aisle (at least it is in my local Sainsbury's)

 

[Lenny3]

I bought my linseed at holland and barret its not a bad price and they also stock soya flour for my bread. If you search samjb perfect low carb bread, thats the one I use. I dont add the extra seeds. Closest thing ive found to regular bread.

 

[Yorksman]

Spinach and Avocados are good low carb sources.

Ah spinnach, another good staple for a great curry. Chicken and spinnach, great combination:

 

[aqualung]

yorksman thank you for the curry recipe...unfortunately I don't like curry. But I will be looking at the lamb and pearl barley

 

[aqualung]

I bought my linseed at holland and barret its not a bad price and they also stock soya flour for my bread. If you search samjb perfect low carb bread, thats the one I use. I dont add the extra seeds. Closest thing ive found to regular bread.

Thank you. I was wondering where to get soya flour from. Our local holland and barrett have moved to bigger premises so they should have more stock. I will look next time I am in town.

 

[Lenny3]

Ive also seen a porridge recipe on here somewhere think it was IanD. Something along the lines of 1 or 2 tablespoons of each, coconut flour, ground almonds, ground flaxseed, some oats, maybe sweetner....... I'll search for it

 

[Yorksman]

thank you. my knowledge of food needs expanding! I will look out for it next time I am shopping.

I spent a lot of last year discovering what foods are safe to eat, how to source them and how to cook them. It is not only good on the blood sugars but you can eat well and it is fun. Good health foods stores, the sort run by ageing hippies rather than high street multiples, sell some very good produce at a fraction of the price. The Unicorn Grocery in Chorlton is a good example of what I mean. Their website includes some nice recipes too:

http://www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk/recipes.php?t=3

 

[Lenny3]

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/porridge-v-otabix.31435/#post-296535

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