| It's not hard to come up with a low carb foods list; | | | | low carb eating plan; the small amounts of carbs |
| the nutritional labels present on all packaged foods | | | | which you are allowed should come almost entirely in |
| gives a count of the grams of carbohydrate in each | | | | the form of complex carbohydrates. |
| serving of the contents. The trick is just to | | | | The most prominent foods on your low carb foods |
| remember that a serving can be quite small. But even | | | | list, of course, will be high protein foods like meat, |
| those packaged foods which have little or no | | | | poultry, fish and seafood, eggs, cheese, seeds, and |
| carbohydrate content may have been processed and | | | | nuts. You'll also have fats like butter, olive and other |
| have almost none of their fiber or nutrients left. Add | | | | vegetable oil, and cream, but nutritionists agree that |
| to that artificial preservatives and high levels of | | | | monosaturated oils like olive oil are the best for us. |
| sodium which is a major flavor enhance in many | | | | And even though you may be under the impression |
| packaged foods, and the number low carb processed | | | | that a low carb diet gives you carte blanche to eat |
| foods which deserve a place on y6our low carbs | | | | as much protein and fat as you like, overdoing either |
| food list becomes even smaller. | | | | of them will lead to weight gain and other health |
| Artificial preservatives may be great for preserving | | | | problems. |
| the contents of the processed low carb foods in a | | | | Complex Vs. Simple Carbs |
| package, but they do nothing to preserve the health | | | | Because you will need to eat simple carbs, like fruits, |
| of those who consume them. While salt contains | | | | in very small amounts for the nutrients they provide, |
| iodine which is essential for thyroid health, the | | | | just make sure that you don't waste you simple |
| excessive amounts of salt in processed foods can | | | | carbs allotment on canned fruit. Other simple carbs |
| lead to hypertension and if too much salt is | | | | are milk sugar, or lactose, founding dairy products, |
| consumed for too long, to fluid retention and heart | | | | and sucrose, or table sugar, founding thousands of |
| failure. | | | | frozen, canned, and boxed foods. Both fruit and milk |
| Keep It Natural | | | | deserve to make it to you low carb foods list. |
| The best foods to have on your low carb foods list, | | | | Anything with table sugar should be avoided as much |
| therefore, are those which are in as close to their | | | | as possible. |
| natural state as possible. Because you will be | | | | Even items from the corner bakery, although they |
| restricting your consumption of whole grain products | | | | may be freshly baked and contain no preservatives, |
| which are high in fiber and vitamins, you'll need to find | | | | will have sugar, and more than likely, processed white |
| the nutrients somewhere else. Natural foods, | | | | flour. They are taboo on all other diets, and should be |
| especially raw or lightly steamed fruits and | | | | taboo on you low carb foods list as well. |
| vegetables, even small amounts have significant | | | | While no bread is a low carb food, there is a place |
| amounts of minerals, vitamins, and phytonutrients. | | | | for whole grain bread on your whole carbs food list. |
| When you start a low carb foods list, the first thin | | | | It will give you the fiber you need to help fill you and |
| you should do is make categories for simple and | | | | to slow the digestive processes so that you feel full |
| complex carbohydrates. Only rarely will you be using | | | | longer, and that your blood sugar levels remain |
| simple carbohydrate foods when you are following a | | | | steady. |