| If you're on a low-carb diet, adhering to strictly | | | | add unwanted carbs to your diet. Nitrates are |
| low-carb recipes is recommended, but not necessary. | | | | included in the list of chemicals that do this, and they |
| Sometimes, it's enough to know which foods you | | | | are known carcinogens besides. |
| should avoid, and which you may eat. The thing | | | | 3. High fiber foods. Vegetables are among the natural |
| about low carb foods is, they may be a bit hard to | | | | foodstuffs that are high in fiber and low on |
| get used to, especially if you've become too | | | | carbohydrates. Flax seeds, for example, contain |
| accustomed to eating fast food and vegetable | | | | almost no carbohydrates at all! Other examples of |
| oil-fried concoctions. | | | | high fiber, low carb vegetables are broccoli, spinach, |
| But if you know where to look, foods that are low | | | | and cauliflower. |
| on carbohydrates and fats may also taste good. You | | | | Most foods, in fact, are healthy in moderation, as |
| need not sacrifice taste for good health! Here are a | | | | long as they are not packed with preservatives. |
| few examples of low carb foods that also tickle the | | | | Some manufacturers make it a point to process food |
| taste buds: | | | | even further so that the carbohydrates are filtered |
| 1. Barbecued meat and fish. Grilling meat is a great | | | | out - as in the case of cheese. Almost all cheeses |
| way to melt harmful fats out of a piece of meat or | | | | contain usable carbohydrates in one form or another, |
| fish. Just be careful that the seasonings you include | | | | but specially processed cheeses contain significantly |
| don't come with any particularly fatty or harmful | | | | less of it, if any. You may consider these products, |
| chemicals. Low carb barbecue sauce is also usually | | | | but why spend more for stuff that you can prepare |
| diabetic-friendly. | | | | at home, the all-natural way? |
| 2. Meat and fish products that are NOT cured with | | | | Low carb foods are frequently prescribed in diets |
| nitrates. Meat products already come with a hefty | | | | such as the South Beach Diet, the Atkins Diet, and |
| store of carbohydrates; the curing process, in which | | | | other well-known eating routines. When in doubt |
| preservatives and seasonings are added, may add | | | | about a certain foodstuff, you can refer to any of |
| more to the natural supply. Fish products are | | | | these diets, and the list of allowed or recommended |
| generally not high on carbohydrates, although the | | | | foods included with the regimen. |
| seasonings that come with some fish products may | | | | |