Wise advice there teaser.

original poster; I think your idea of what is harmful to eat changes over time and with your personal experience. I was very "fat-phobic" at first from all my training as a youngster. It was not that I didn't eat a lot of fat while I got fat, I just thought it was the "bad stuff" and I was "hurting myself" by eating it to use your phrase. I think I was "hurting myself" now by mixing it with grains, potatoes and sugar. BTW, all three of which might stand fine on their own, who really knows but there's not a good reason to use sugar other than for pleasure in my biased opinion - that's where trouble might begin.

Good luck finding your way!

I'm just going to have to mix it up. How do y'all avoid bloat? Seems like so many items we can eat low carb are salty. Which I love!

low carb is diretic so most of us find ourselves needing to add salt

So what you are saying is that it's ok to eat pickles
Often?

Dill pickles. Love 'em. Often? Well, that depends. Dill pickles do have carbs, so count them if you're counting. But the salt, vinegar, and crunchy yumminess are all just fine.

Enjoy.