More than a pinch of salt

This article in the Irish Times suggests that the advice to minimise your salt intake may be incorrect. The number of people surveyed was 100,000 and the study went on over nearly 4 years. This may be another accepted piece of dietary advice that may have to go by the wayside. Along with these:

• Saturated fat is bad
• Sugar is just calories - you will burn it off
• Plenty of sunblock to avoid skin cancer - your vitamin D levels will be so low as to need supplementation
• Eat plenty of whole grains
• Eating meat causes cancer

and now

• Keep your salt intake low

It can be difficult to know what to believe with so many conflicting reports, but the results that most LCHF dieters see speak for themselves. It is the only diet I know of that gets easier with time. Rather then the starvation ones we are more used to.

The low carb breakfast

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This breakfast is pretty standard among low carb people. I had thought that making an omelette first thing in the morning was a bit of a hassle, but it only takes a minute or 2 to get this on the table and it is delicious and filling. I find I am not as hungry in the morning on low carb anyway, so sometimes I have a cup of tea and a bit of a read before I make this. We don't have eggs every day, but at the moment it is about 5 out of 7.

French omelette with fresh tomatoes

Ingredients

3 eggs
Large knob of butter
Salt and pepper
Tomatoes

Method

Place a small non stick frying pan on high heat and add the butter. As that is heating up whisk the eggs gently in a bowl. Season them. Once the butter foams up add the eggs to the pan. Immediately start to draw the cooked egg in from the edges to the centre. This moves the cooked egg away from the hot surface and so prevents it getting overdone. It also allows the raw egg to run down onto the pan and get cooked. When no more of the raw egg flows down gently fold the omelette over on itself. Give it another few seconds to cook through and you are done.
Serve with the tomatoes.

This keeps you full all the way to lunchtime with no need for a snack.