While in a never ending search for
meals that would fit well into my latest diet (aka Ketogenic*), I've
come across a real wiener, er, winner.
Column headers are; calories, carbs, fat, protein and sodium |
OK! So, it don't look like very much and, you know what? It isn't! Just 166 calories (with enough salt to last me a few weeks). And, yes the salt issue aside, this is a low carb, high protein repast that was just the ticket for an otherwise so so Tuesday in September!
*The ketogenic diet is a
high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is
used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in
children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than
carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are
converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and
is particularly important in fueling brain-function. However, if
there is very little carbohydrate in the diet, the liver converts fat
into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies pass into the
brain and replace glucose as an energy source.
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