Eat This Much, Web Site
Today, I'd like to introduce you to a new web site I found that can help you select food to fit your particular needs. It's called EatThisMuch.com.
What I like about it, aside from the fact that it has a wide array of choices, both commercially made and homemade, is that it drills down so that if you're watching your sodium, cholesterol, sugar, etc, it's listed in a drop down menu (far right).
Greg's been watching his sugar so I've been paying careful attention to how much sugar are in ingredients before I use them.
Not only does the web site have nutrition information of individual ingredients, but also entire meals, including restaurant food. I especially like the search function (far left) so I don't have to scroll so much.
Try it out and let me know if you found it useful.
We've been watching our sugar and fat for a few months now. We recently had a checkup and both my sugar and cholesterol went down. It was never high to begin with, but the change in our diet brought it down even lower. I was very happy to see that with only minor changes in our diet we could make a difference.
Greg needs a little more stringent care with his intake, but he too did better.
Do you watch your diet for anything in particular? I am a glutton for carbs, so I'm mindful of my sugar even though it's in the safe range. It would be easy to OD on sweet rolls and chips. :)
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I have to avoid sugar, cholesterol, and unhealthy carbs in my diet, but I'm finding a lot of new ideas for meals and dishes from the keto diet folks who post recipes on YouTube. One with a 90-second keto bread that you make in the microwave, has been a godsend (recipe here: https://tasty.co/recipe/90-second-keto-bread.) Most commercially-made breads are too high in carbs for me, and with this recipe I can make just enough bread for one sandwich.
Rice is a big problem for me. I love it but I can't have it on my diet. Still hunting for another option for it besides riced cauliflower, which I don't care for much. At the moment soba noodles are my go-to base for stir-fry and Asian recipes, but I'm not much of a noodle lover. Still, I'll eat stiry-fry plain without any base, so there's that. :)
Last physical, all was well overall according to the numbers, but I'm always trying to be and eat better/healthier. I'm focusing on reducing - not eliminating! - carbs at the moment.
I don't know what to recommend as a rice substitute for stir fry. Like you, I'm content to go riceless, but Greg likes to have it as a side. On days when I make stir fry I sometimes overcompensate with more vegetables in the stir fry to make it seem more filling.