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A New Ingredient - Coconut Flour by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I've found a new ingredient to experiment with... coconut flour. The net carb count is 8 ecc. per cup. The fiber content is really high. And, it is in the nut family so it has ... Read on »

Low Carb Kentucky Hot Brown - 8 net carbs per serving by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Before I moved to Lexington, 9 years ago, I had never heard of a hot brown. These are a Western and central Kentucky specialty. I don't think you'll find them anywhere else. A ... Read on »

Coconut Macaroons - 0.64 net carbs each. by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating The other day, I was trying to come up with a nutritious snack. And, it dawned on me that coconut macaroons could be easily made with low carb ingredients and would also provi ... Read on »

Yuck! Clear White Shiritaki Noodles by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Follow-up toJanuary 13 th post on Shiritaki noodles. A few days back, I posted that my wife and I really liked the yellow tofu shiritaki noodles. Last night, we tried the clea ... Read on »

Drs. Eades Comment on Carb Blockers by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I am very impressed by the Drs. Eades from Protein Power. I hit the "contact" link on their web page to ask about carbohydrate blockers. The answer arrived almost immediately. ... Read on »

Counting 1/2 the Carbs from Sugar Alcohols by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I have found additional information to support my counting only 1/2 the carbs from sugar alcohols. In August, 2005, Dr. Eades (co-author of Protein Power) posted a blog entry ... Read on »

Food Network Subliminal Advertising? by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I saw this video link on another blog. I wonder if this is for real? If so if is it intentional? Read on »

Low Carb Vegetable Garden by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In Kentucky, where I live, it's still a few months until planting time. I wanted to get this message up now so that I would have plenty of ideas when spring roles around. I ... Read on »

A Call for Weight Loss Statistics by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It is vary frustrating trying to research weight loss over the Internet. Not only does it seem that everyone is trying to make a quick buck but we are flooded with disinforma ... Read on »

Sweetzfree (Concentrated Sucralose) by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating One of the problems with making low carb desserts is the carbohydrates found in the sweetners. Granular Splenda, the kind that measures equal to sugar, has a whopping 24 net c ... Read on »

Rainbow Slaw - 4 net carbs per serving, Simply Chicken - 4 net carbs per serving by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Rainbow Slaw Rainbow Slaw is my own invention. It is also now my favorite low carb dish! I am very proud of this one. The primary ingredient is called "Rainbow Salad". This is ... Read on »

Pecan Pie - 7.5 net carbs per serving by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Here's a pretty good recipe for pecan pie. I've seen it on recipezaar.com and various low-carb discussion forums. Since it is not original and I made minimal modifications, I' ... Read on »

Do you know what a calorie is? by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Do you know what a calorie is? I mean, think about it. What is it and how does your body use it? This afternoon, I asked myself this question and was shocked to find that I on ... Read on »

Weight Loss vs. Inch Loss by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating On a low - carb diet, once we are past the initial first few months of rapid weight loss, the weight loss often slows to around five pounds a month. Daily weighing can be frus ... Read on »

Texas Pork Puffs Cinnamunch by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I just received my latest mail-order from netrition.com. I bought all kinds of low-carb snacks to try. I just opened a bag of Texas Pork Puffs (flax z snax) Cinnamunch. I'm mu ... Read on »

Xenical, Orlistat, Alli by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There has recently been a great deal of online chatter about the FDA approving Alli as an over-the-counter drug. Alli is orlistat, often called Xenical. Several years ago, I ... Read on »

Mediterranean Restaurant by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This picture was taken by my cell phone. So, please excuse the poor quality. Last night, my wife and I ate at "Oasis". We eat there at least once a week. They call it a Me ... Read on »

Low-Carb Cranberry and Orange Juice by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating If you are a low-carb dieter like myself, you'll typically avoid the juice aisle at the grocery store. A few months ago, I ventured down this aisle to find some juice for our ... Read on »

Low Carb Vodka Highballs by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Trying to lose weight does not mean that we are necessarily prude health nuts.... Lets talk about low carb alcoholic beverages. The impact of alcohol on a low- carb diet is mi ... Read on »

Fried Ice Cream - 8 net carbs per serving. by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating That's right, fried ice cream... and it is really good. These can be kept in the freezer and fried when you are ready to eat. They are best fried, but are also good uncooked. ... Read on »

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