http://www.carbconundrum.com/carb/n25.html Low carb food products that you can find prepackaged at the grocery store should not be used as meal replacements, your best bet for a healthier body is to produce your own low carb food products right in your own kitchen. en-us Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:03:14 EST Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:03:14 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 In general, we should all spend a lot less time in the aisles at the supermarket. In the middle aisles of the store is where all of the processed and pre-packaged foods dwell including many low carb food products and if we pass by them we are often tempted to pick up a few of them. For some this turns into a habit, where they are eating only those things that are already made. Others have a bit more sense and use them only when they are in a pinch. All of us should be buying the vast majority of our groceries from the shelves that are placed along the walls and stick to making our own low carb food products at home. Homemade low carb food products Along the outer walls of most supermarkets is where you find the foods that are still closest to how Mother Nature intended them to be. You have the fresh fruits and vegetables there (many of them are low carb food products) as well as the fresh, lean meats and fish. and then there is the dairy section where you can pick up a jug of milk, some cheese, and some yogurt. There is not much else that we need in a diet beside the grains and so when we go to the store we should try and stick to the outside aisles - don't even tempt yourself with all of the junk. When you do not keep junk food in the house, then you will find that you are eating it much less, and spending less money as a result. And then there are the things like low carb food products, which have their own special aisle in many modern grocery stores. they might very well be low in carbohydrates, but they are also filled with preservatives and fillers and not a little sweetener. You are not better off just because the pre-packaged and pre-prepared low carb food products claim to have low carbs, so what? A lot of other stuff also has low carbs, they just don't have the catchy label on them. Find out for yourself what are the best foods for your diet instead of relying on the companies that want you to buy their product. cc Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:03:14 EST