What’s incredibly crunchy, low-carb, nutritious, and a fantastic vehicle for hummus or vegetable dip? Sugar Snap Peas! Despite their name, they’re a refreshing, healthy versatile choice for people with (or without) diabetes.
Category: Food & Nutrition
Alternative sweeteners are something of a booming industry at the moment. With sugar getting a pretty bad rap, the interest in replacements is steadily increasing. This is reflected in the wide variety of options now on the market, all claiming to be the number one sugar alternative.
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner and everyone is craving Mexican. But Mexican is not exactly the most diabetes-friendly of cuisines, with the carby tortillas, rice and beans. Never fear, you don’t have to be left out of all the fun. It’s easy to get creative with your ingredients and whip up some healthy, South of the Border inspired dishes. These low carb Mexican recipes skimp on carbs but not on flavor. You can even toast the day with a sugar-free margarita!
Rhubarb season is almost here! I for one am excited because rhubarb is one of my favorite vegetables. Yes, with its red stalks and leafy tops, rhubarb…
10 Skills and Strategies for Healthier Restaurant Eating targets common behaviors we all have and suggests ways we can set ourselves up for success when we do eat out.
Cauliflower goes from bland to mind-blowing with these recipes. Low carb and paleo cooks everywhere are finding great new ways to use this versatile ingredient. From casserole to bread sticks to breakfast cereal, get ready to see a whole new side of that “boring” white vegetable!
We've long been fans of vegetables for breakfast, but making a salad for breakfast is not necessarily quick. Slicing a few cucumbers lengthwise, however, takes no time at all. Cucumbers are surprisingly refreshing and might just jump start your day.
Catherine Price’s Vitamania confronts us health-conscious readers with one of our most deeply embedded cultural beliefs: that vitamins are good for us. We all know, or think we know, that vitamins are central to a healthy diet. We look for them in foods, both natural and processed, and we supplement with pills and powders. An apple a day keeps the doctor away – but how? And if one apple is good, are more apples better?
I stick with the real, whole food low carb flour alternatives like almond flour and coconut flour. It may be hard to believe now, but I promise that you can create baked goods that rival their high-carb counterparts in taste and consistency.
Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day or do you write it off as the ultimate Hallmark holiday? Even if you choose to ignore Cupid and his cronies, the approach of February 14th is a great excuse to eat more chocolate. And it doesn’t have to be unhealthy, glucose-spiking indulgence either. You are sure to fall in love with these 21 great low carb Valentine dessert recipes.