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Originally Posted by bsheets

Hi all,

I've bought a few lc cookbooks off eBay recently (d*mned if I can find them in any shops around here) but they seem to all include flour, sugar, pasta, noodles and other things I thought were huge no-nos in the lc world. They all give a carb count at the bottom which is fairly low so I'm all confused.

I'd like to make some of these recipes as-is but worried that even though the carb count is low, that it might still spike my insulin levels and set off cravings and lethargy. Also, can I trust these counts are correct?

e

Hi Erika,

My problem with flour, sugar etc isn't just the carb count - it's the solid fact that, for me, those foods will always set off cravings for more and more, and more...
I just stick with online LC recipes. There are loads here, plus Google delivers plenty of other LC recipe sites.

If you think you can cope with smallish amounts of "naughty" carbs, you can try entering the foods into MyPLAN or Fitday, then you'll know for sure if their counts are correct.

Me, I wouldn't dare.

Roz