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Old May 2nd, 2012, 05:37 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Doug Freyburger
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Default About diabetic friendly supplemental drinks

Nana.Wilson wrote:

I Googled it & found that the fiber content is high in the smoothies as it
does not separate the pulp from the juice, it is ALL contained in the
juice.


Most juice recipes still start with high carb fruits. You will not get
the benefits of low carbing with that strategy. The difference is small
with or without the fiber. Fruit juice is still high carb.

With shakes/smoothies that really are low carb the berries are used as
flavoring not as a base ingredient. Almost spice levels. At that level
it doesn't matter nearly as much if the fiber remains or not.

I can make peanut butter too with 'nuthing' but peanuts!


If you use unsalted peanuts you'll want to add a bit of salt. If you
use salted peanuts you'll want to look for unsalted ones to mix in to
dilute the salt.

Have you been able to make nut butter or bean paste in your big loud
commercial blender? Nice. Peanut paste is not the only type of bean
paste you can make.

I'm not much for red meat (just a personal preference)


Plenty of feather, fin and shell meats.

I love hummus. What is lower carb that I can dip into it?


Celery sticks. Chicharon aka pork rinds. Because hummus is based on a
legume and a sed it's already fairly high in carb.

I am over weight, diabetic blah, blah. I sure hope this will help me.


You will probably do better focusing on one of the popular low carb
plans than by playing with a blender that makes food that is lower carb
than you have been eating but that is higher carb than would be found on
most low carb plans.

I happen to be an Atkins plan but any of the popular ones work and each
has its fans.