Well as Promised, here is my first Baking VLOG and my second installment of the Diabetic Muffin Man.
Cheers!
Trev
And the finished Product!
Cheers!
Trev
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Diabetic Muffin Man Chronicles
Hello all you fab DOC peops!!! I have been thinking. No seriously, I have. About what you ask? Well about adding a different weekly element to "Three 2 Treat"
Something we all love!
YES, it's................Sex(y) food.
Okay all silliness aside, food is a pretty important part of our lives! So I would like to share a weekly carb friendly recipe. I'd eventually like to do a vlog of me cooking, if I can hire a cinematographer in my house full of little people.
I have gone "Baker" crazy in the past month. Like, flour, flax, food processing, mad scientist looking nut bar crazy!! Daily, in the cooking zen mode crazy! Okay I think you get the point.
Why you ask?
Well, my wife and I have reduced our carb intake(Gasp-I know, fad diets don't work). And trust me I am monitoring my labs every 3 months, and promise to quit if my lousy (LDL) cholesterol sky-rockets. As is one of the potential side effects according to some research studies.
The first one done by Yancy Jr and company concluded the following:
According to this one, I should be good. I mean my cholesterol that is. I underlined the cool thing, that is, my good cholesterol or HDL should go up and my sticky evil Triglycerides should drop. But no mention of LDL.
A second study by Nordmann and crew finds this:
So I shall monitor those Lipids and proceed with caution.
Now that the boring stuff is covered. Let's bring on the new muffin recipe.
Now I did not invent this. Click the embedded link below to find source.
Low Carb Flax Muffins
6 TBS Melted Butter
1/4 Cup Heavy Cream
3 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Splenda(Granulated)
1 Tbs Maple flavouring
1 Tbs Vanilla Extract
2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup flax seed meal
1/4 cup soya flour, I substitute Coconut Flour - Find it makes for a fluffier muffin4 ounces chopped walnuts
Preheat Oven to 375F
Mix the wet stuff, then add spenda, mix. Then add all the rest.
Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Makes 18-20 good size muffin, moist, and yummy.
Total Carb = 4 minus 3 grams Fibre so the TOTAL = 1. Crazy!!!
Try em and let me know what ya think!!!
Trev
PS: Don't tell anyone a really like to bake muffins. ; )
Sources:
William S. Yancy Jr., MD, MHS; Maren K. Olsen, PhD; John R. Guyton, MD; Ronna P. Bakst, RD; and Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS. A Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet versus a Low-Fat Diet To Treat Obesity and Hyperlipidemia.A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:769-777.
Alain J. Nordmann, MD, MSc; Abigail Nordmann, BS; Matthias Briel, MD; Ulrich Keller, MD; Effects of Low-Carbohydrate vs Low-Fat Diets on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:285-293
Something we all love!
YES, it's................Sex(y) food.
Okay all silliness aside, food is a pretty important part of our lives! So I would like to share a weekly carb friendly recipe. I'd eventually like to do a vlog of me cooking, if I can hire a cinematographer in my house full of little people.
I have gone "Baker" crazy in the past month. Like, flour, flax, food processing, mad scientist looking nut bar crazy!! Daily, in the cooking zen mode crazy! Okay I think you get the point.
Why you ask?
Well, my wife and I have reduced our carb intake(Gasp-I know, fad diets don't work). And trust me I am monitoring my labs every 3 months, and promise to quit if my lousy (LDL) cholesterol sky-rockets. As is one of the potential side effects according to some research studies.
The first one done by Yancy Jr and company concluded the following:
Compared with a low fat diet, a low-carbohydrate diet program had better participant retention and greater weight loss. During active weight loss, serum triglyceride levels decreased more and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level increased more with the low-carbohydrate diet than with the low-fat diet.
According to this one, I should be good. I mean my cholesterol that is. I underlined the cool thing, that is, my good cholesterol or HDL should go up and my sticky evil Triglycerides should drop. But no mention of LDL.
A second study by Nordmann and crew finds this:
Low-carbohydrate, non–energy-restricted diets appear to be at least as effective as low-fat, energy restricted diets in inducing weight loss for up to 1 year.However, potential favorable changes in triglyceride and high density lipoprotein cholesterol values should be weighed against potential unfavorable changes in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol values when low-carbohydrate diets to induce weight loss are considered.
So I shall monitor those Lipids and proceed with caution.
Now that the boring stuff is covered. Let's bring on the new muffin recipe.
Now I did not invent this. Click the embedded link below to find source.
6 TBS Melted Butter
1/4 Cup Heavy Cream
3 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Splenda(Granulated)
1 Tbs Maple flavouring
1 Tbs Vanilla Extract
2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
3/4 tsp Baking Soda
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup flax seed meal
1/4 cup soya flour, I substitute Coconut Flour - Find it makes for a fluffier muffin
Preheat Oven to 375F
Mix the wet stuff, then add spenda, mix. Then add all the rest.
Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Makes 18-20 good size muffin, moist, and yummy.
Total Carb = 4 minus 3 grams Fibre so the TOTAL = 1. Crazy!!!
Try em and let me know what ya think!!!
Trev
PS: Don't tell anyone a really like to bake muffins. ; )
Sources:
William S. Yancy Jr., MD, MHS; Maren K. Olsen, PhD; John R. Guyton, MD; Ronna P. Bakst, RD; and Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS. A Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet versus a Low-Fat Diet To Treat Obesity and Hyperlipidemia.A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:769-777.
Alain J. Nordmann, MD, MSc; Abigail Nordmann, BS; Matthias Briel, MD; Ulrich Keller, MD; Effects of Low-Carbohydrate vs Low-Fat Diets on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:285-293
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