Flax Muffins:
Ingredients:
25g (approx 2 tablespoons) ground flax seed/linseed.
20g melted butter
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
Optional: herbs/seasonings, parmesan cheese, cream cheese in place of butter.
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together, place into a muffin tin or microwaveable container and either microwave on high for a couple minutes or bake in an oven (approx 190C) for 15 minutes or until risen and brown. They do dry out quite quickly so keep an eye on them while cooking.
Makes 1 big muffin or two small muffins. Delicious warm, split open and spread with cream cheese or butter.
Nutritional Breakdown:
300 calories, 31g fat, 6g carbs, 5g Fibre, 11g Protein. Net Carbs: >1g.
(Note: While the case for consuming flaxseeds as part of a primal diet is far from clear-cut, indeed my opinion is that flax is not strictly primal, this recipe is great for those on very low carb diets who miss having something to spread their butter on. In my opinion, get your Omega-3s from other sources, such as fish oils, and use flax for 'greasing' the digestive track and baking the occasional low carb treat only.)
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Saturday, 8 August 2009
Monday, 6 July 2009
My Diet: Before & After
Here is an example of my 'before' and 'after' diet. Both diets are around the same amount of calories (1500-2000). Their macros (percentage of fat, carbs, proteins) vary considerably.
The before diet, although wheat-free, was grain heavy and very low in saturated fat. This is the kind of diet that 'health experts' preach about - I was a nutritionist's wet dream!
A typical 'before' day:
Breakfast - porridge and a banana.
Lunch - chopped salad, oatcakes, tunafish.
Dinner - chicken and vegetable stirfry with brown rice.
Snacks - fruit, rice cakes, peanut butter, oat/rice cereal bars, flapjacks, nuts and dried fruit.
If I was eating as we, as a society, are prescribed then why was I chronically hungry, tired, weak, underperforming in my active pursuits and experiencing a range of health issues? This is where my nutrition research began. I was eating as directed by a society that lives by the 'carbohydrates' are necessary, fat is the 'devil' philosophy, so what was wrong with me? What was so bad about the alternatives?
So, to cut a long story short I read and read and read. And googled and googled and googled a bit more. After going through feelings of despair, confusion, anger and... well, more anger, my diet now looks a bit more species appropriate:
Breakfast - two egg omelette with bacon.
Lunch - cold meat, cheese and salad.
Dinner - vegetables and meat.
Snacks - nut butters (not peanut), fruit, nuts and seeds, small pieces of meat or cheese.
I have also started dabbling with intermittent fasting and will provide further information regarding this anon.
I guess the big question is: has the diet change been successful? Well, yes and no. With twenty-odd years of damage already done to my body from following the socially accepted and unquestioned diet 'norms' of high carbs, low fat I can't imagine that my body is going to correct itself after just a few months of this new regime. Time will tell.
The before diet, although wheat-free, was grain heavy and very low in saturated fat. This is the kind of diet that 'health experts' preach about - I was a nutritionist's wet dream!
A typical 'before' day:
Breakfast - porridge and a banana.
Lunch - chopped salad, oatcakes, tunafish.
Dinner - chicken and vegetable stirfry with brown rice.
Snacks - fruit, rice cakes, peanut butter, oat/rice cereal bars, flapjacks, nuts and dried fruit.
If I was eating as we, as a society, are prescribed then why was I chronically hungry, tired, weak, underperforming in my active pursuits and experiencing a range of health issues? This is where my nutrition research began. I was eating as directed by a society that lives by the 'carbohydrates' are necessary, fat is the 'devil' philosophy, so what was wrong with me? What was so bad about the alternatives?
So, to cut a long story short I read and read and read. And googled and googled and googled a bit more. After going through feelings of despair, confusion, anger and... well, more anger, my diet now looks a bit more species appropriate:
Breakfast - two egg omelette with bacon.
Lunch - cold meat, cheese and salad.
Dinner - vegetables and meat.
Snacks - nut butters (not peanut), fruit, nuts and seeds, small pieces of meat or cheese.
I have also started dabbling with intermittent fasting and will provide further information regarding this anon.
I guess the big question is: has the diet change been successful? Well, yes and no. With twenty-odd years of damage already done to my body from following the socially accepted and unquestioned diet 'norms' of high carbs, low fat I can't imagine that my body is going to correct itself after just a few months of this new regime. Time will tell.
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