| You have been on that low carb diet for a | | | | plums, peaches, pears, cherries, apples. |
| while and now you simply do not know what | | | | Depending on the diet you might be allowed to |
| else you can eat. You are fed up with the | | | | eat some fruits that have higher sugar levels |
| same foods you have been eating since you | | | | such as grapes, oranges, tangerine, and |
| started and now every breakfast, lunch or | | | | pineapples. Fruits that are strictly |
| dinner are more than a quest. | | | | forbidden are bananas and all kinds of dried |
| | | | fruits. |
| Many people face the same difficulty in | | | | |
| choosing their menu while they are on a low | | | | Meat: most of the low carb diets feature an |
| carb diet. The reason behind this is that | | | | extensive use of meats. This is due to the |
| they are unsure which foods are allowed and | | | | fact that meat contains a lot of proteins and |
| which - not. | | | | some essential substances for your wellbeing. |
| | | | However you should be careful what meat you |
| Low carbohydrate diets in fact are very | | | | eat. Avoid breaded meats or heavy meat |
| generous. You can eat almost everything | | | | souses, check if the hams and luncheon meats |
| unless it contains a lot of carbohydrates. | | | | you want to eat have added sugars. |
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| Vegetables: during a low carb diet only low | | | | Dairy: dairy foods such as milk, yogurt, and |
| carb vegetables are allowed. You will be | | | | cream have a lot of carbohydrates so be very |
| amazed how many vegetables you can eat. You | | | | careful about their consumption. Make sure |
| can consume all kind of greens such as | | | | you know how to count the carbs in these |
| lettuce, spinach, chard; beans, celery, | | | | products. An option is to find substitutes |
| broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, mushrooms, | | | | such as soy milk and cream. |
| cucumbers, all kinds of peppers, onions and | | | | |
| all kinds of herbs. The main vegetables that | | | | Obviously it is impossible to list all of the |
| are not allowed because they have high carb | | | | foods you can or cannot eat during your diet. |
| levels are corn, potatoes, peas, beets and | | | | For that reason you can take a diet food list |
| carrots. | | | | that will have all of the foods you can eat. |
| | | | What you should do is to check with this list |
| Fruits: fruit consumption during a low carb | | | | if the food you want is allowed or not. After |
| diet can be a bit tricky as most of the | | | | a while you will not need the list anymore. |
| fruits contain a lot of glucose. However you | | | | Another tip is to concentrate on the foods |
| can eat all kind of berries (strawberries, | | | | you can eat and stop thinking of the ones you |
| cranberries, raspberries, blackberries, and | | | | are not allowed to have. |
| blueberries), grapefruit, melons, apricots, | | | | |