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Tag Archives: Eating LCHF
Low Carb/High Carb – You Can’t Do Both
11-28am As the closing days of 2014 approached, I knew the new year would hold some changes for me. I experimented with Banting last year and checked my HBA1C 3 times. HBA1C is a glycated haemoglobin test…it tests glucose over a 3 … Continue reading
Breakfast In A Mug
8-47am I saw this recipe on a video and thought it was a great one to add to my blog. It’s fast, tasty and filling, so it’s worth adding to your Banting Breakfast ideas. Ingredients for 1 A knob of … Continue reading
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Tagged Banting Breakfast, Breakfast in a Mugg, Eating LCHF
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Back On The Banting Bandwagon
8-38am The Christmas season is certainly a food bonanza, and unless you are very vigilant, falling off the Bant Wagon is going to happen automatically. After all, the habit of years and years of eating Christmas fruit cake and mince … Continue reading
Tuna Muffins
Tuna Muffins These are fantastic for a light Saturday lunch. I decided to give them a try… (from the website:http://genaw.com/lowcarb/tuna_muffins.html) Ingredients 2 cans tuna or salmon, drained well 2 eggs 1/4 cup celery, chopped fine, 1/2 onion, chopped fine, 1/4 … Continue reading
Four Pros – Four Cons of Banting
2-10pm I’ve been thinking about this for a while and am writing it down to try and make sense of some of my thoughts. Having been following LCHF/Banting Lifestyle for a couple of years, I have discovered a few things … Continue reading
Creamy, Cheesy, Mushroomy Spinach
9-56am My Banting recipe of the week is a great accompaniment to meat of any type. It’s so easy and hard to ruin (except if you over-cook it!). Spinach is in season right now. There’s plenty to be had of … Continue reading
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Tagged Banting recipes, Banting vegetables, Eating LCHF, Gratitude, Spinach recipes
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Banting Chocolate Ice Cream
8-21am Stacey (my daughter) sent me this one. She experimented with it and it turned out well, so I attempted it as well and it is delicious! There are 4 ingredients. Short story: Blend 1 x 400ml tin coconut cream, … Continue reading
Banting Cheese and Onion Pie
11-14am Today’s amazingly simple (mainly) 4 ingredient Banting recipe originates from www.genaw.com. My friend, Riana sent me the link when I said I needed a Banting recipe for today’s blog. This recipe speaks a lot about how well Riana knows me. … Continue reading
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Tagged Banting Pie, Banting quiche, Banting recipes, Eating LCHF, LCHF - what to eat
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5 Banting Principles Even the Critics Can’t Argue With
9-18am Tim Noakes is in the news again….this time 4 professors from UCT have signed a scathing letter to the Cape Times, criticising his promotion of a LCHF/Banting Lifestyle. Prof Tim is also a professor at UCT, so it’s a … Continue reading
Tim Noakes on the Front Page of the CT
1-37pm No matter where I go, I am finding more and more people at the very least talking about eating the Low Carb way, even if they are not actually doing it. This morning, Tim Noakes appeared on the front … Continue reading
Carbs vss Net Carbs
1-35pm Yesterday, after I mentioned the high amount of carbohydrates in almonds, I asked for anyone who may be able to explain it. I had a couple of responses, but I didn’t realise that in order to solve the mystery, … Continue reading
The Green List
2-23pm As I read through the many articles online and through the Banting Facebook pages, I keep seeing people saying to follow a Banting diet you have to eat stuff off The Green List. As I don’t have the book, … Continue reading
Finding the Balance – A High Carb Long Weekend!
1-25pm Fat vss Fat. We have been raised on ‘bad fats’. I remember years ago making chicken curry and finding myself feeling guilty for putting coconut cream in it. Loaded with saturated fat (74g per cup), I was led to … Continue reading
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Tagged Eating Fat is Good For You, Eating LCHF, Fat is good for you
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Carb Content of Various Foods…
11-33am Knowledge is everything when it comes to what you eat. The more you know about the food, the better idea you will get of what you should and shouldn’t be eating. Someone asked me about chickpeas the other day. … Continue reading
Change Is Inevitable…
12-58pm Change is inevitable. It was Winston Churchill who said something like, “take change by the hand or else it will jump up and grab you by the throat!” Whether change is easy or not, it always comes with adjustment. … Continue reading