10 Easy Low Carb Lunches for The Menopause Diet
Worried about what you can eat for lunch when you only have 30 minutes? Here’s my 10 Easy Low Carb Lunch suggestions for the Menopause Diet that will help you gain energy while losing weight.
1. Chicken, tuna or turkey salad on a bed of lettuce with fresh veggies is a winner any time. You can even use this on low carb bread for a sandwich.
2. Quesadillas filled with meat leftovers, vegetables and cheese heat up well. Just be sure to chose a low carb tortilla, and save on carbs by folding one in half rather than use two tortillas.
3. Sandwiches Fill low carb bread/tortillas with avocados, chicken, onion sprouts or chives and coat with a mayo/mustard dressing. Yummy!
4. Leftovers I often use leftovers for breakfast or lunch the next day. It’s easy to make extra at night. If you are cooking impaired, just pick up a roasted chicken at the store and take all the meat off while it’s still warm. Bag it and then use the meat in soups,sandwiches or just to snack on.
5. Shakes or snack bars Look upon these products as “emergency” food supplies…like if you got lost in the Himalayas and needed to survive. However, for those on the run, it’s better to eat/drink a meal substitute than miss a meal altogether.
6. Salads such as Chef, Caesar or Cobb can supply you with lots of protein. Just use a low carb dressing and you’ll be fine.
7. Omelets This is a good brunch option if you have not had eggs at any other time throughout the day. Just add extra cheese and some meat and you have a great low carb meal.
8. Burger meat of any kind…chicken, beef, buffalo or turkey with NO BUN can turn a fast food nightmare into a great low carb lunch. Several chains offer “low carb” burgers served with a salad.
9. Miso soup and sushi without the rice is another excellent selection. However, if you suffer from hypothyroidism, skip the soup, as it contains soy products which may block your thyroid and lower your metabolism.
10. Dinner for lunch can mean leftovers or having your main meal at noon, such as a great steak or fish main course. Order a side of veggies and skip lunchtime boredom.
Just remember: Carb count is important throughout the day even when choosing low carb options, and don’t be shy about bringing your own bread if you crave a sandwich. It can prevent you from ruining an entire day!
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10 Foods That Sabotage Your Diet
Step
Away from These Bad Boys
Want to know which foods are the WORST ones to ever pass your lips?
Steer your grocery cart clear of:
White flour, sugar and fried. Need I say more.Okay I will: trans fats
Two words: trans fats. Butter, especially unsalted butter is your best
choice.
I’m talking puffed, dyed, sweetened and chock full of chemicals. Hmm..maybe
THIS is where the weapons of mass destruction are hiding! Again, trans
fats.
Anything that reminds you of antifreeze or your children’s waterpaint
cleaner CAN’T be good for you. These products are stuffed with sugar
polymers with no nutritional benefit.
The ingredient lists of these products COULD be used to make weapons
of mass destruction in your body.Remember those two words: trans fats.
I’m not talking the Eric Estrada kind…but those greasy, processed,
frankenstein version of real food. Again, two words: trans fats.
9 teaspoons of sugar per can. Just pour the “pounds” down the drain.
Any food that is made up of animal parts that are so fat laden they
could lube your sports bike doesn’t belong in your diet.
Hydrogentated trans fats and white flour. Nuf said.
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The Menopause Diet “Cheat Sheet”
MASTER YOUR NEXT PARTY BUFFET WITH THESE 5 GREAT TRICKS
(from First for Women, Dec. 2002)
1. Bring on the bean dip to stop starch absorption. Chickpeas, kidney
beans and soybeans have glycemic indexes as low as 10 — even canned baked
beans clock in at just 48 — so dip in! And research from the University
of Scranton in Pennsylvania shows that adding beans to a meal slashes
starch absorption by 66 percent, averting the blood-sugar and insulin
surges that set the state for fat storage. Same goes for fruits and veggies,
most of which come in below 50.
2. Drizzle on lemon to stop the sugar surge. Steal some lemon wedges
from the complimentary bar at your company party and put them to good
use. Australian research suggests that drizzling side salads and veggies
with lemon juice, vinegar or other acidic condiments can cut the blood-sugar
spike from an average meal by as much as 30 percent.
3. Head to the carving station to dodge energy lows. With a glycemic
index of zero,protein and fat have a minimal effect on blood-sugar levels,
so take a hint from the Whos in Whoville and load up on the roast beast!
Plus, including a few ounces of protein and a dab of fat in every meal
slows carb absorption, dampening blood-sugar spikes that can cause your
energy to falter if you do eat food on the high end of the glycemic scale.
4. Stick to whole-wheat crackers to nix cravings. When the cheese platter
rolls around, pass on crackers that aren’t made with fiber-rich whole
wheat. White cereals, breads and crackers have glycemic indexes as high
as 100. Within 20 minutes of eating, the pancreas produces an insulin
surge that shuttles sugar into fat cells. Your blood-sugar level plunges,
you feel famished and your brain looks for a quick fix from the same foods
that put you on this roller coaster in the first place.
5. Down a glass of milk to flip your fat-burning switch. Take a tip from
Santa: The milk he drinks every Christmas Eve may help slim his bowl full
of jelly. With a glycemic index of 40, milk helps prevent fat storage
and speeds fat burning. Other great drink options: seltzer, unsweetened
tea or coffee, and diet soda.
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