Valentine's Day, another holiday of ancient origin taken over by the sugar-mongers. Let's see the hands: How many of you are thinking it's just not Valentine's Day without chocolates? Yeah, I thought so. I'll continue my psychic act: How many of you are thinking "But chocolate makes you feel like you're in love!
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I like New Year's Resolutions. Yes, I know most people don't keep them for very long. However, here are a list of resources for successful Low Carb New Years Resolutions
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Eden Organic Dry Roasted Pumpkin Seeds are a great high fiber, low carb snack. Great for the office, home, parties, camping, backpacking or a nutritious snack anytime. The delicious flavor of dry roasted organic pumpkin seeds, lightly coated with a bit of fine Atlantic sea salt. Low in sodium, cholesterol free and an excellent source of magnesium and dietary fiber.
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Contrary to popular belief, alcohol does not turn to sugar in your bloodstream. However, it it is carbohydrate-derived; alcohol is what yeasts pee out after eating sugars. Doesn't that sound yummy? Hey, it doesn't stop me. Alcohol does behave like a carb in one important way: your body burns it preferentially. Just as eating carbohydrate shuts down fat burning, so does drinking alcohol. Or as a medical journal article I read donkey's years ago phrased it, "Alcohol profoundly inhibits lipolysis." Furthermore, at 7 calories per gram, nearly twice the calorie count of carbs, it can take you longer to burn through the booze. This is why alcohol, despite some genuine benefits, is always an indulgence when you're trying to lose weight.
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Low-Carb Holiday Gifts. If I posted a Thanksgiving article a couple of weeks ago, it must be the Christmas shopping season! Or Hanukkah. Or Kwanza. Or Yule. Or Saturnalia. Or Festivus. Or "Let's drink to the days getting longer again." Whatever you want to celebrate is fine by me, so long as you count me in on the wine.
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Cooking for your family during the holidays can be a daunting enough task, without the added hassle of trying to keep those special meals healthy as well. Here we will help you find the perfect items here at CarbSmart.com to help make your celebration table tasty and healthy.
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This is such a simple sauce and so elegant. It works over chicken, turkey, game hens, and seafood of all kinds, especially shrimp and lobster - when they are on sale! It's also delicious over veggies! The nuttiness of the sauce is intensified when you broil it for a couple of minutes.
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Make this stock right after Thanksgiving dinner! Simply throw the turkey carcass and any leftover wings, necks, giblets, and legs into the pot with the veggies and spices, then let it simmer, covered, for hours! The longer the better. The apple cider vinegar helps leach the vitamins and minerals out of the bones.
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If you are as concerned about Americans' sugar consumption as I am, Halloween is one of those holidays that makes you just cringe. Store aisles are lined with confection after confection. Parents are racing past hoping their children won't notice, so they may avoid the begging, pleading and whining that candy seems to induce. If you have children, you dread all the sweets that will soon be piled on the kitchen table while your children count up their loot. You also know that you'll have to hide most of it, or that ceiling-high stack will be devoured within a couple of days.
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Hey, it's the Saturday before Easter, and I've written this article just for the occasion. Why? Because I happen to know that a huge number of you will have leftover ham in the house come Sunday night, and most of you will have hardboiled eggs on hand, too. Since low carbers ain't gonna eat ham sandwiches, or egg salad sandwiches, either, I thought I'd come up with a couple of new recipes to help you clear out the fridge without messing up your diet. Here they are!
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Baja Bob Sugar Free Mayan Mango Margarita Mix SINGLES. Great with or without Tequila! Each box contains 10 easy-open packets. These individual travel-sized packets make the perfect cocktail. Baja Bob sweetens all of his cocktail mixes with Splenda.
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It's egg season! We tend to forget, because of battery egg farming techniques, that eggs really are a seasonal food - kept in natural lighting conditions, hens lay far fewer eggs in the winter, and more in the spring and summer. That's why eggs are associated with Easter: They've been a symbol of spring since - well, forever.
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