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Put The Low In Your Low Carb Snacks

25th March, 2012 - Posted by health news - No Comments

It’s hard to be on a diet, and it’s even harder on a low carb diet. That is mainly due to the fact that our between-meal snacks are mostly loaded with carbs. There are chips, chocolate bars, pretzels, and candies that we typically fill up on even when we’re really hungry. Perhaps you stand for moments on end before the vending machine, contemplating the snacks being sold there. There are just so few low carb snacks in those machines. Since there are no low carb snacks, I find myself caving in and just buying any snack despite the fact that it is high in carbs.

The lack of low carb snacks is prevailing. Americans actually have more access to low carb snacks than the rest of the world. Surprised to learn that? It is true, though: there are more ready to eat low carb products in American than anywhere else in the world. Many diets, including the Atkins Diet and the South Beach Diet, promote certain low carb snacks, and you can readily buy coconut milk and almond milk in supermarkets. Low carb has become so popular that people are selling low carb desserts now. This makes it even easier to stick to a low carb diet. Given the choice between these packaged foods and whole foods, of course the better option would still be the latter.

Are there any low carb snacks then? There are the easy ones. You can buy nuts practically anywhere – from delis to supermarkets. However, nuts often rank low in the snacks list for some people because of allergic reactions they may have against certain types of nuts. Then there’s beef jerky. Beef jerky are wonderful low carb snacks and you can eat as much of them as you want. They are very tasty and you have a lot of flavors to choose from. You should be careful about the beef jerky flavor you’ve chosen being free from any added sugar, though. It would be wise to remember that BBQ flavors often have added sugars. You can check out the jerky’s nutritional facts before making your purchase. Don’t forget that there are other types of jerky, like turkey jerky. If you are willing and you have the tools, you can make your own jerky at home. You can either use your oven at a very low temperature or a dehydrator.

The market is now flooded with specialty low carb snacks. There are flax crackers and kale chips that you can just pick up in the store. This provides more variety in the diet of anyone on low card diets. There’s no need to modify your usual fare of snacks and foods just to lower their carb content. Food manufacturers have now started catering to low carb dieters. Isn’t it convenient to just go ahead and pick any food item from a shelf without having to analyze its health implications’ But you should be careful so as not to fall for deceptive and misleading labels; take a closer look at the nutritional information provided.

Low carb snacks have evolved greatly over the past few years. As low carb diets become more popular, hopefully more and more low carb snacks will become widely available. You can buy low carb snacks readily off the internet. Once low carb diets become more popular, common stores will follow suit and carry these snacks for sale. Low carb dieters won’t have any trouble sticking to their diets at all.