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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 2176571" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>Eating that stuff is going to make you depressed - it did me and I had the same advice for decades - carbs are sooo good for you - yeah, right.</p><p>I sailed through my first pregnancy eating low carb foods, but not restricting them - lots of salads and veges, no bread - grains have little nutritional value, avoid potatoes and sugary foods, but meat, fish, seafood, eggs and cheese are all good, with the protein and fat needed for growing body and brain - by salad I don't mean a bit of lettuce - I get a large bowl and have walnuts coleslaw celery tomato beetroot radish cucumber red sweet pepper, and a bag of prepared salad on top, then either add eggs and cheese or tuna or have a side dish with meat or fish.</p><p>I make stir fries with low carb foods, courgette, bean sprouts, mushrooms, aubergine, green sweet pepper, even such things as the outer stalks of celery. Other things such as cauliflower and broccoli, celeriac, turnip or swede - small servings of peas or beans in pods, are all low carb. Small servings of frozen berries, with cream and sugar free jelly make a nice dessert.</p><p>These are all high in micronutrients, all different colours, which is considered good, and you'll not gain weight eating the natural fats - olive oil and vinegar dressing on the salads and stir fries, butter on veges - protein and fat are essential nutrients. </p><p>I was not diagnosed at the time, but I have always had trouble with carbohydrate right from my twenties, and I had my children when I was in my early 30s. The first, I ate low carb foods all the time - it was already my established and preferred way of eating. The baby was over 9lb born, very strong, grew like a weed, achieved all the milestones in advance of his age and is now well over 6ft tall, still slender and energetic, and they are expecting their 5th child. He's a good advert for Dr Atkins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 2176571, member: 355878"] Eating that stuff is going to make you depressed - it did me and I had the same advice for decades - carbs are sooo good for you - yeah, right. I sailed through my first pregnancy eating low carb foods, but not restricting them - lots of salads and veges, no bread - grains have little nutritional value, avoid potatoes and sugary foods, but meat, fish, seafood, eggs and cheese are all good, with the protein and fat needed for growing body and brain - by salad I don't mean a bit of lettuce - I get a large bowl and have walnuts coleslaw celery tomato beetroot radish cucumber red sweet pepper, and a bag of prepared salad on top, then either add eggs and cheese or tuna or have a side dish with meat or fish. I make stir fries with low carb foods, courgette, bean sprouts, mushrooms, aubergine, green sweet pepper, even such things as the outer stalks of celery. Other things such as cauliflower and broccoli, celeriac, turnip or swede - small servings of peas or beans in pods, are all low carb. Small servings of frozen berries, with cream and sugar free jelly make a nice dessert. These are all high in micronutrients, all different colours, which is considered good, and you'll not gain weight eating the natural fats - olive oil and vinegar dressing on the salads and stir fries, butter on veges - protein and fat are essential nutrients. I was not diagnosed at the time, but I have always had trouble with carbohydrate right from my twenties, and I had my children when I was in my early 30s. The first, I ate low carb foods all the time - it was already my established and preferred way of eating. The baby was over 9lb born, very strong, grew like a weed, achieved all the milestones in advance of his age and is now well over 6ft tall, still slender and energetic, and they are expecting their 5th child. He's a good advert for Dr Atkins. [/QUOTE]
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