The problem with most foods is that it is hard to know if you are getting your required nutrients. You can take vitamins but you should be able to get your required nutrients from your food with our low carb list.
If you find that you are eating a ton of healthy food but you are feeling sluggish or tired then it might be the right time to switch up your foods. We will take a look at some low carb foods that will help you with your lost energy.
First we will start with the meats. Fish is an essential part of any diet or weight control program. You should try to include herring, salmon, sardines, tuna and trout to name a few. For those who love birds you can eat chicken, duck, turkey, Cornish hen and pheasant. Some other seafood is crabmeat, shrimp, oysters, clams and mussels. And the last of the meat group is bacon; yes we said bacon, beef, ham, lamb, pork and veal.
The nice thing about a low carb diet is that you can cheese. You can eat pretty any kind of cheese but here is a small list, Mozzarella, blue cheese, feta, parmesan, swiss and gouda to name a few.
I think I like the accusation that there are just not enough foods to eat with a low carb list. Here are some vegetable and remember this is just a handful. You can eat parsely, peppers, radishes, endives, cucumbers, celery and alfalfa sprouts. There are several other vegetable you can eat but there are just too many to list.
There are also fats and oils that you can consume which most low carb food naysayers say you can’t. You can cook with butter, olive oil and vegetable oils. Just remember if you are cooking with these to use small amounts.
Probably the only things that you are not supposed to eat on a low carb list are bread, pasta and sugar.
If you are starting to low carb foods you should remember that when you first start you will an adjustment phase as your body gets use to all these nutrients. Yes you probably will be fatigue at the start but once your body realizes you will not be filling it full of non essential carbs it will adjust.
Low Carb List:
Meat
Bacon, Beef, Calf Liver, Chicken, Cornish Game Hen, Duck, Goose, Ham, Kielbasa, Lamb, Pork, Quail, Sausage, Steak, Turkey, Veal Steak. Fish
Anchovies in Oil, Bluefish, Catfish, Cod, Flounder, Halibut, Herring, Mackerel, Mahi-mahi, Salmon, Sardine, Scrod, Snapper, Trout, Tuna.
Seafood
Clams, Crab, Lobster, Mussel, Oysters, Scallops, Shrimp, Squid.
Dairy
Butter, Cheese, Cream, Eggs.
Misc
Coffee, Mineral Water, Mayonnaise, Tea, Water.
Vegetables
Asparagus, Avocado, Bamboo Shoots, Bean Sprouts, Beet Greens, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery Root, Chard, Christophene, Collard Creens, Dandelion Greens, Eggplant, Hearts of Palm, Kale, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Okra, Onion, Pumpkin, Rhubarb, Sauerkraut, Scallions, Snow Pea Pods, Spagheti Squash, Spinach, String or Wax Beans, Summer Squash, Tomato, Turnips, Water Chestnuts, Zucchini, Alfalfa Sprouts, Arugula, Bok Choy, Boston Lettuce, Celery, Chicory, Chives, Cucumber, Endive, Escarole, Fennel, Jicama, Mache, Morels, Mushrooms, Olives, Parsley, Peppers, Posse Pied, Radiccio, Radishes, Romaine, Sorrel.