What's with no fruit?

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  • kikityme
    kikityme Posts: 472 Member
    I have home-made fat bombs on hand that are made with unsweetened cocoa powder, splenda, peanut butter and butter.

    Seriously, do tell.
  • aeb09
    aeb09 Posts: 424 Member
    I have home-made fat bombs on hand that are made with unsweetened cocoa powder, splenda, peanut butter and butter.

    Seriously, do tell.

    I don't know about her recipe but I make fat bombs with unsweeteend cocoa powder, natural peanut butter, coconut oil, butter and stevia.

    La Tourangelle - Coconut Oil Virgin & Unrefined, 8 Tbsp.
    Mara Natha - Organic No Stir Peanut Butter (Creamy), 4 Tbsp.
    In the Raw - Stevia Packets, 1 packet
    Ghiradelli - Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 4 Tbsp.
    Organic Valley - Pasteur butter - 4 Tbsp.

    Put everything but the stevia powder and cocoa powder into a bowl and microwave (usually only takes 30 seconds to melt the butter, oil and peanut butter). Stir and add in the cocoa powder and stevia. Pour into an ice cube tray and freeze for 30 minutes. I pop them out and put them in a freezer bag and have one for dessert when I can fit them in.

    Serves 12. Per serving: 148 calories, 1g net carb (2g total), 16g fat, 2g protein, 1g sugar
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    If you did not mean to be offensive, then I retract my statement. There are so many trolls on MFP that just love to pick fights with low carb people. Your initial post sounded exactly like one of those trolls looking for a fight.

    If you're truly interested in why low carb, let me point you to this page http://caloriesproper.com/?p=2172 too, where it discuss a study published in 2005, demonstrating that insulin resistant people lose more weight on a carb restricted diet, while insulin sensitive people lost weight on both low carb as well as low fat diets.

    Sometimes I miss fruit, but I enjoy getting healthy more. Neither carbs nor fruit are a nutritional necessity. There is nothing in fruit that you can't get in veggies, including sugar.

    Edited for DYAIC
    Thank you, I will read that. I truly am curious to learn more. I'm nobody to judge, as what someone else does has no bearing on my scale. :)
  • crepes_
    crepes_ Posts: 583 Member
    Most low carbers (at least all the ones I'm friends with) substitute their daily fruit servings with more veggies. They provide the same nutrition, but with a lower sugar count. There are a few fruits that are fine on low carb diets, though. Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries. And if we're being pedantic, tomato, avocado, cucumber, pumpkin, etc. You can also incoporate more fruit into a low carb diet if you are working out, or just watch the portion sizes to still meet your macronutrient goals.

    As for the ice cream, there are brands of ice cream that offer low carb varieties, so they're made with artificial sweeteners or some made with real cream that are higher in fat but lower in sugar. Quite tasty! They also make chocolates and breads and all sorts of things low carbers wouldn't normally get to indulge in.

    However, a low carb diet is not necessary to lose weight. I follow one for medical reasons and have no problem with eating this way long term. However, any diet plan where a person doesn't plan to follow through longterm is a recipe for failure. Work out with yourself about what works best.

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