Posts Tagged ‘organic meat’
Spicy Organic Beef Chili with Spaghetti Squash
I don’t know if you’ve ever tried chili over pasta, but it’s a favorite in my city of Cincinnati. Replacing pasta with different types of squash has become my favorite way to reduce carbs. The squash tastes great with tomato-based sauces and the nutritional value is so much better. If you don’t want to take 45 minutes to bake squash, zucchini cooks up much more quickly and works well too.
Serves: 8
Seven Good Reasons to Eat Only Grass-Fed Beef
Ever since I wrote Living the Low Carb Life in 2004, I’ve been asked to defend my statement that meat is a healthy food. Truth be told, it’s a hard statement to defend these days — but not because meat is inherently unhealthy.
Smart Choices for Healthy Protein
A diet high in protein may be your best choice to control both weight gain and insulin resistance. But that doesn’t mean just any protein. While plant proteins like beans and legumes are very healthy, they are much higher in carbohydrates. So, if they are your primary source of protein, they can eventually raise glucose levels and contribute to insulin resistance. That’s why animal proteins are often a necessary component of a healthy diet.
