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Carnivore Pizza.

Ingredients:

1lb Chicken Breast
50g Grated Parmesan
½ tsp salt
2 eggs

First up you will need to shred your chicken breast. You can buy tinned chicken or you can use your raw chicken breast, as I did.

How to Cook Shredded Chicken

Put boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a pan or pot.
Add chicken broth or water to cover the meat.
Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to a low simmer over medium heat, then turn the heat to low. Do not let it boil hard, or the chicken will get tough.
Cook for 10 to 12 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 75°C
Let the chicken rest for 5 to 10 minutes so it stays juicy
Two Forks: Hold the warm chicken on a board with one fork and pull the meat apart with the other.

Now we can move on with the recipe:

Method

Preheat the oven to 200c or 180c fan. Line a baking tin with parchment paper.
Stir together in a bowl the shredded chicken, grated Parmesan cheese, eggs and sea salt.
Spread the chicken crust pizza “dough” into a baking pan, as thinly as possible (about 1/4 in thick).

Place in the oven.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until firm and golden on the edges.

Let the crust rest for 10 minutes, which helps “seal” it.

We chose Prawns, Anchovies and Tuna to top.

Return to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until the cheese is melted. If desired, place under a grill for a couple of minutes to brown the cheese more.

Carbohydrate Intolerance

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Carbohydrate intolerance causes digestive distress and metabolic fatigue when your body struggles to break down sugars or process blood sugar spikes.

Digestive Symptoms

Persistent bloating and abdominal pain:Gas builds up when gut bacteria ferment undigested carbs in your large intestine.

Excessive gas and gurgling sounds: Loud gut noises (borborygmi) and frequent flatulence often occur shortly after eating.

Common Symptoms

Digestive: Bloating, excessive gas, abdominal cramps, and diarrhoea.

Systemic inflammation from metabolic carb intolerance can manifest as joint stiffness, fatigue, skin flare-ups, and brain fog.

There is a family of veggies called nightshades that are very well known to cause inflammation and arthritis. Those veggies are potato, tomato, aubergine and all forms of peppers. Tomatoes give me psoriasis on my cheeks and scalp and my fingers and wrists achy.

I cut ALL simple sugars, foods including fruits, vegetables, and nuts completely; and starchy foods such as bread, potatoes and rice.

There are a few different types of simple sugars that are a part of the foods the general population eat every day. Some simple sugar examples include:

Fructose is found primarily in fruits like apples and pears, but also in some vegetables like onions and red peppers, as well as in honey, beetroot, and sugarcane.

Galactose is mainly found in milk as part of the sugar lactose.

Glucose comes from foods like honey and dried fruits, but your body can also make glucose by breaking down other carbohydrates.

Lactose is a disaccharide made up of galactose and glucose. It’s found in dairy products.

Maltose is a disaccharide made up of two glucose molecules. You can find it in some grain products, like bread, as well as molasses and malted drinks like beer.

Sucrose is a disaccharide made up of glucose and fructose. It’s the kind of sugar that table sugar is, and can also be found in some root vegetables like beetroot and carrots.

It’s generally easier for me to abstain from eating vegetables altogether because I don’t know how I will be affected.

https://badgut.org/information-centre/health-nutrition/intestinal-gas-from-complex-carbohydrates-or-lactose-intolerance

M&S Only…Ingredients Range

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You might have guessed, we eat as close to zero carbs as physically possible. We need to purely eat meat for our own health, but we do know that not everybody needs this. Some people feel fantastic just lowering their carbs, while others need to be under that therapeutic Keto level of 20g of total carbs daily.

We are always looking for clean ingredient food, that is convenient to buy when you are on the move, or maybe options for people who feel less confident in the kitchen, or just need something quick for convenience after a long day.

We have just discovered a fabulous range in M&S, it’s called “Only … Ingredients”. It is perfect for people wanting to clean up their diet, without giving up some of their favourite foods, and treats in some cases too. Clearly marked on each of the packaging, is how many ingredients are used in each product. When you turn over to check the ingredients, this tallies up, and as a result, there aren’t nasty additives, fillers and stabilisers that are found in the majority of processed foods, that fill our supermarket shelves.

We have bought their Heritage Gold Pork Sausages, Beef Burgers and Beef Meatballs, all from this range. These products are essentially meat, and a very small amount of seasoning. It is reassuring to see all of the meat in these products are from UK farms, as I personally like to support our UK farmers; which also means less air miles too. So it’s a win-win.

Not that we would eat it personally, I did spot they had crisps, bread, even ice cream and chocolate available, all with minimal very clean ingredients. So if you are genuinely wanting to take the nasty ingredients out of your food and body, this range is a great place to start.

Chicken Carnivore Bread Bun

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Ingredients:

300 g Raw Chicken Breast
2 Large Eggs
2 tsp Baking Powder

Boil the chicken for 15 minutes. Put the other 2 ingredients in to a food processor. Allow the chicken breasts, once cooked to cool down so you can handle it. Roughly chop the chicken before adding it to the processor.

Once you have processed the mixture, it will look like porridge, Jen says it looks like something else, but I won’t say what.

I’m making two buns, so you measure out approximately 150g in each tin. I’ve used a 4 inch cake tin but you could use a ramekin.

You then set an air fryer to 160°C and bake for 15 minutes.

After cooling in the tin for 10 minutes, here’s the finished product……..

Have You Been Blinkered To The Protein?

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You would have to be blinkered to not have noticed the current trend for high protein foods. By that I don’t mean the naturally occurring, bioavailable protein in meat. I’m talking about products that have labels shouting “high protein” in bold lettering.

If you look through the supermarket shelves, you will find highly processed foods extolling their “high protein” status. These include cookies, granola, and even pasta!

The latest dumbfounding addition to the “high protein” family, is beef mince which has added pea protein. Yes, pea protein added to already high protein, nutrient dense beef mince.

The nutritional info tells us that the protein level is higher than the standard beef, but it also tells you that carbs are now present too. The ingredients listed shows that this product only contains 60% beef, which in my mind, is not ideal, as this is minced beef, which should be made from 100% beef. Also, one of the ingredients listed is maltodextrin, which is a filler derived from glucose molecules. I personally don’t want sugar added to my meat, and the knock effects it causes.

In my opinion, this serves as a great reminder to always check the ingredients list on the back of the pack. Just to make sure you are actually buying, what you were hoping to buy. Or, if you can afford it, buy from your local butcher. They will be happy to talk you about their product, and will probably be able to tell you where it was reared, and reassure you that there is nothing random added to your food.