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Recipe time. This low carbohydrate, healthy fat (#LCHF) pecan pie has No grains, refined or whole No added sugar or syrups No vegatable oils Which gives it the magical (well, science supported) power of not raising blood glucose or stimulating insulin secretion. I was not wearing a continuous glucose monitor for this particular pie, however …
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Recipe time… This is the last nose-to-tail sourced meal of group I experimented with in the last month or so. I’m learning a lot about regenerative grazing, ruminant agriculture, and respect for the spectrum of humanity working to achieve metabolic health. When it comes to diet, one size does not fit all – we should …
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We’re now in the era diabetes reversal, why don’t more doctors know? I’m also in my era of food photography….doctors don’t need to know that part 🙂 Tip: Ground beef and Broccoli are both NOVA classification Group 1: Unprocessed or minimally processed foods. This beef is grass fed, grass finished, pasture raised, and includes organ …
This week’s Photo Friday is also a recipe, for Broccoli and Bacon stir fry. This one is pretty easy and there are multiple versions of it online, I chose this version to share: See: Broccoli and Bacon Stir Fry Recipe – Todd Porter and Diane Cu | Food & Wine I would omit the worcestershire …
Recipe time! Coincidentally on #NationalPretzelDay (April 26). These are delicious low carbohydrate, healthy fat pretzels which I made as an alternative to the tasty ones served at our favorite local beer garden in Washington, DC. They have the magical property of not raising blood sugar, because they contain no grains (refined or whole) no industrial …
This week’s photograph is also a recipe, for delicious low carbohydrate, healthy fat ice cream. As with the other recipes here, there’s no added sugar, no industrial bean/seed vegetable oils, only real 🥛 fat. As predicted, there was no rise in blood sugar following ingestion. Link to Recipe There are a bunch of mason jar …
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Recipe time! This one is for cLow Carbohydrate, Healthy Fat Pumpkin Muffins With Cream Cheese Filling (I know, I was not generous enough with the cream cheese filling, life is always a rehearsal…) Like the other recipes, the features that make this one more compatible with metabolic health are: No added sugar No grains (whole …
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Recipe time! This one is for cookies with 4 ingredients (well, 5, I added low-carbohydrate chocolate chips) Like the other recipes, the features that make this one more compatible with metabolic health are: No added sugar No grains (whole or refined) No added industrial bean/seed vegetable oils And by the way, since it’s estimated that …
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This week’s photograph is also this week’s recipe. Like the others on this blog, these cookies contain: No added sugar No refined grains No vegetable oils Trying to set the universe right with too many diabetogenic recipes masquerading as healthy 🙂 . The Recipe Link below to the recipe; no endorsement implied, always a good …
By request. These cookies: Have no added sugar Do not contain industrial bean/seed oils (or any vegetable oils) Do not contain refined grains 2.3g carbohydrates, 17g fat per serving, resulting in minimal to no impact to glucose levels as tested using a continuous glucose monitor. Link to recipe Soft chocolate chip cookes More photos Because …
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Low Carbohydrate, Healthy Fat Walnut Snowball Cookies, to help friends celebrate life events with a relaxed pancreas. No added sugar, no vegetable oils, only real 🥛 fat Catching up on posting recipies – this one is from @KetoConnect Recipe See: Walnut Snowball Cookies – KetoConnect More photos Enjoy.
Like the other recipes I’m sharing, this one is low carbohydrate, healthy fat, with no added sugar no industrial bean/seed/vegatable oils no refined grains (this is probably obvious from the photograph) Impact on blood glucose As expected, when part of an overall low-carbohydrate, real-food thanksgiving meal, there was minimal to no glucose excursions, as measured …
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As with the other recipes: No added sugar No refined grains No industrial bean/seed/vegetable oils I used the occasion of this recipe to inaugurate a new 14-day continuous glucose monitor sensor: With the new functionality (as predicted) of being iPhone only – no reader needed anymore: Minimal impact on blood glucose level As expected, there …
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As with previous recipes: No added sugar No refined grains No industrial bean/seed/vegetable oils The fat comes from dairy and almond flour is used, so if you are prone to things like kidney stones, be careful (due to the oxalate content of almonds) I am painfully (and motivationally) aware that food photography is an art …
This recipe is Low Carbohydrate, healthy fat (#LCHF) because it contains No added sugar No refined grains (almond flour is used) No industrial bean/seed/vegetable oils (dairy fat is used) Impact on blood glucose As expected, impact was minimal. I’ll post my continuous glucose monitor readings after ingestion of a few of these cookies next. Here’s …
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This week’s photograph was taken in Washington, DC (of course), and it’s of a low carbohydrate, healthy fat pumpkin pie. Opening a recipes section on this blog I almost can’t believe I’m doing this; however, I’m doing this. Why? I’m not that good of a baker or a food photographer, however I’m really good at …