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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA I used to shop at "Stringbeanz Low Carb Foods" but they no longer exist. And "health food" or "natural food" stores are NOT low-carb stores. In fact, looking at the Nutrition Labels at natural food stores, they carry foods that are just as high in carbs as regular supermarkets. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
On Aug 4, 12:17*pm, Tecknomage wrote:
Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA I used to shop at "Stringbeanz Low Carb Foods" but they no longer exist. And "health food" or "natural food" stores are NOT low-carb stores. In fact, looking at the Nutrition Labels at natural food stores, they carry foods that are just as high in carbs as regular supermarkets. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! Even years ago at the height of low carb popularity I never saw a store dedicated to low carb. There were more specially prepared diet foods that were sold as low carb either in supermarkets or health food stores. Most of them, however, you are better off without. You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. For beverages there are plenty of diet sodas, diet iced teas, diet lemonade, etc. A few of the special LC prepared foods were actually good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:22:22 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: On Aug 4, 12:17=A0pm, Tecknomage wrote: Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA I used to shop at "Stringbeanz Low Carb Foods" but they no longer exist. And "health food" or "natural food" stores are NOT low-carb stores. In fact, looking at the Nutrition Labels at natural food stores, they carry foods that are just as high in carbs as regular supermarkets. Even years ago at the height of low carb popularity I never saw a store dedicated to low carb. There were more specially prepared diet foods that were sold as low carb either in supermarkets or health food stores. Most of them, however, you are better off without. You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. For beverages there are plenty of diet sodas, diet iced teas, diet lemonade, etc. A few of the special LC prepared foods were actually good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. Back at the height of the lowcarb popularity there were a few stores dedicated to lowcarb-only in this area. One opened up a branch only a mile from my house. But I rarely shopped there, I got almost every lowcarb thing I needed from a standard supermarket. Oh, I tried a few things from the lowcarb store - but it really didn't become a large part of my lowcarb WOE. The name was CASTUS (or "Castus Low Carb Superstores"). But the store near me went out of business pretty quickly as the popularity of lowcarb faded. Opened Nov. 2003, out of business a year or so later. I never checked to see if the other branches survived or not. Doing a websearch, I saw a Dec. '03 article mention that they were opening 20 branches in southern CA and were the fastest growing lowcarb chain in the nation (planning on 5000 outlets eventually). A different article mentions a store he Castus Low CARB Superstore 2420 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA But the odds are really, really small that it's still there. Looking at the old www.castus.net website I don't see any mention of retail stores at all. But by all means, check in your phone book.... |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:22:22 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: On Aug 4, 12:17*pm, Tecknomage wrote: Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA I used to shop at "Stringbeanz Low Carb Foods" but they no longer exist. And "health food" or "natural food" stores are NOT low-carb stores. In fact, looking at the Nutrition Labels at natural food stores, they carry foods that are just as high in carbs as regular supermarkets. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! Even years ago at the height of low carb popularity I never saw a store dedicated to low carb. There were more specially prepared diet foods that were sold as low carb either in supermarkets or health food stores. Most of them, however, you are better off without. You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. For beverages there are plenty of diet sodas, diet iced teas, diet lemonade, etc. A few of the special LC prepared foods were actually good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. True. IF you like to cook. I don't. Stringbeanz was a dedicated low carb market. Carried frozen EatRite Meals and much more than a normal supermarket carried. I do get no-sugar drinks and the like at supermarkets. The problem is the limited variety of low carb products. *For me*, as a diabetic, low carb is a must. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
Tecknomage wrote:
True. IF you like to cook. I don't. There are plenty of low carb options at nearly any fast food place. Stringbeanz was a dedicated low carb market. Carried frozen EatRite Meals and much more than a normal supermarket carried. I do get no-sugar drinks and the like at supermarkets. The problem is the limited variety of low carb products. There was a low carb store near me for a while. They carried mostly what I consider treat items not core food items. If they had carried something like TV dinners maybe they would have lasted longer. *For me*, as a diabetic, low carb is a must. If it's about liking to cook that's a mental issue not an availability issue. Start with affirmations and gradually fix your head. And eat lots of the veggies raw. |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
In article ,
Tecknomage wrote: You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. For beverages there are plenty of diet sodas, diet iced teas, diet lemonade, etc. A few of the special LC prepared foods were actually good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. True. IF you like to cook. I don't. Then be prepared to eat fillers and the cheapest of food ingredients, rather than the healthiest and best tasting. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
On Aug 5, 3:55*pm, Billy wrote:
In article , *Tecknomage wrote: You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. *Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. *Those should cover 95% of what you eat. |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:12:16 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
wrote: Tecknomage wrote: True. IF you like to cook. I don't. There are plenty of low carb options at nearly any fast food place. Could be where you live, but when I can find the nutrition information these places are supposed to have, their offerings are not really low carb. Anything above 20g *total* is NOT low carb. Also, where I live, the word "plenty" does not apply. Offering just salad and no-sugar drinks is not "plenty" of offerings. Stringbeanz was a dedicated low carb market. Carried frozen EatRite Meals and much more than a normal supermarket carried. I do get no-sugar drinks and the like at supermarkets. The problem is the limited variety of low carb products. There was a low carb store near me for a while. They carried mostly what I consider treat items not core food items. If they had carried something like TV dinners maybe they would have lasted longer. *For me*, as a diabetic, low carb is a must. If it's about liking to cook that's a mental issue not an availability issue. Start with affirmations and gradually fix your head. And eat lots of the veggies raw. You are assuming I don't already. Heard of "The Soup Plantation?" Since I found the location 5min away, I eat lunch there 2 or 3 times a week. Another point I did not mention before, I do get low carb foods via the WEB. I just would like a local, walk-in, low carb market like Stringbeanz was. The low carb foods I buy are all 10g or less per serving. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! |
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Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:55:49 -0700, Billy
wrote: In article , Tecknomage wrote: You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. For beverages there are plenty of diet sodas, diet iced teas, diet lemonade, etc. A few of the special LC prepared foods were actually good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. True. IF you like to cook. I don't. Then be prepared to eat fillers and the cheapest of food ingredients, rather than the healthiest and best tasting. Not necessarily. See: http://www.julianbakery.com/low-carb-bread.php This 1g Net-Carp/Slice bread is excellent and made with top ingredients. It is low in carbs because it uses multi-grain UNPROCESSED flour. It is processed flour (in most breads) that increases the carbs. Just look at the Nutrition Labels on most breads and compare to the "Julian Bakery Smart Carb" bread. There are many low-carb foods that do use good ingredients. They are just high in fiber, low on sugars, and some use meat substitutes like many veggie burger like products. They also tend to have a lot of veggies. I would just like a local, walk-in, low carb market like "Stringbeanz" was. I do get low-carb foods via the WEB. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! |
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