How to Calculate your Carbs
by Katie Caldesi Your carb limits set on the CarbScale are for net carbs, that is total carbs minus fibre. Tracking your carb intake is not difficult. This can be done easily by following the recipes on this site, checking the carb values of popular foods in Jenny’s carb chart of popular foods below or […]
How Do I Start A Low Carb Diet?
By Katie Caldesi Just to reiterate, if you are on medication for diabetes, high blood pressure or have other medical conditions, then do speak with your health professional before making changes to your diet. This is so that they can monitor you and adjust medication if required. The same goes if you are pregnant or […]
Carb Swaps
Taken from our first book ‘The Diabetes Weightloss Cookbook’ below are some useful carb swaps so you can see how easy it is to change your diet:-
What are we feeding our kids?
What are we feeding our kids? Our ‘Low-carb Together’ nutritionist Jenny Phillips has recently published a blog which highlights a recent BBC programme that opens the door on ultra processed foods (UPF’s). Click HERE to see Jenny’s blog. Click HERE to view the programme.
Sweeteners
“No sugar please” or “Give me sugar!” By Katie Caldesi Over the years of creating low-carb recipes, I have been gathering information and developing my thoughts regarding sweetness in food. It is a subject I am constantly learning about and love to discuss so please feel free to comment. I am not medically trained so […]
Prosciutto Di Parma
In traditionally made prosciutto from Parma or San Daniele no sugar is added during the drying process. The flavour is concentrated as the hams lose water. This makes prosciutto an ideal choice to add a savoury flavour to your dishes when following a low-carb lifestyle. And as we are not fat-phobic there is no need […]
Parmigiano Reggiano
Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard straw coloured cheese made from raw cow’s milk. It is commonly used as an ingredient in grated form but is also wonderful to eat on its own in small pieces or shavings. Parmigiano isn’t salty but is ‘umami’ meaning savoury – this is due to the amino acids breaking down […]
Olive Oil
Olive Oil Olive Oil – Just Like Wine – A Sublime Grand Cru Or Quaffable Plonk? It’s all about the oil! Olive trees form the landscape of Mediterranean countries and their oil fuels the people who live on it; the same pure extra-virgin liquid gold that has been valued in Mediterranean cooking for millennia. These […]
More proof (evidence) that low-carb works
More proof (evidence) that low-carb works Some great news from The Public Health Collaboration (PHC) this month. The PHC is a registered charity dedicated to informing and implementing healthy decisions for better public health. They publish evidence-based reports on the most pressing public health issues as well as organising campaigns and initiatives for improving public […]
Diabetes and Covid
By Dr David Unwin This is a video shot a few months after the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020 where Dr David Unwin discusses early research findings on diabetes and Covid.