How To Eat Low Carb - Food List

I have a feeling at least one of you readers will benefit from this low carb food list. If you are on a low carbohydrate diet you know it certainly is hard to stick to. Perhaps you will discover a new low carb treat on this list! Most of the celebrity diets are based around eating a low amount of carbs (e.g. Atkins)

Some celebrity followers are Jennifer Aniston, Renée Zellwegger, Robbie Williams.

The following vegetables are arranged in order from lowest carb count to highest.

• Sprouts (bean, alfalfa, etc.)
• Greens – lettuces, spinach, chard, etc.
• Hearty Greens - collards, mustard greens, kale, etc.
• Radicchio and endive count as greens
• Herbs - parsley, cilantro, basil, rosemary, thyme, etc.
• Bok Vegetables (Nori, (or (or pickles without added sugars)
• Peppers (all kinds)
• Summer Squash (including zuchinni)
• Scallions or green Sprouts
• Snow Peas (pods)
• Green Beans and Wax Squash
• Celery Root

  Meat is also very low in carbs which makes this diet almost impossible for vegetarians/vegans. The following meat is to be eaten on low carb diets.

  __ EGGS!! Eggs can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
  __ Steak
  __ Hamburger
  __ Chicken
  __ Chicken Wings (deserves special mention, these are PERRFECT snacks)
  __ Pork
  __ Salmon
  __ Tuna
  __ Swordfish
  __ Cans of Tunafish (get the chunk lite, NOT the white/albacore)
  __ Whitefish (cod, haddock) great for broiling!

  The following is also acceptable! '

  Cheese
  __ Cheddar Cheese (great for sprinkling over salads)
  __ Swiss
  __ Mozzarella (make an eggplant pizza)
  __ Gouda

  Other Food Items
  __ Olive Oil
  __ Vinegar
  __ Butter
  __ Splenda sweetener
  __ Sour Cream
  __ Chicken broth (get a low salt version)
  __ Diet soda (with Splenda), bottled water, low carb iced teas
  __ Olives

  There you have it, a big list of low carb foods!

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