This message was edited on Feb-12-09 at 10:46 AM (EST) by admin (admin) When you start a low carb foods list, the first thin you should do is make categories for simple and complex carbohydrates. Only rarely will you be using simple carbohydrate foods when you are following a low carb eating plan; the small amounts of carbs which you are allowed should come almost entirely in the form of complex carbohydrates.
The most prominent foods on your low carb foods list, of course, will be high protein foods like meat, poultry, fish and seafood, eggs, cheese, seeds, and nuts. You’ll also have fats like butter, olive and other vegetable oil, and cream, but nutritionists agree that monosaturated oils like olive oil are the best for us. And even though you may be under the impression that a low carb diet gives you carte blanches to eat as much protein and fat as you like, overdoing either of them will lead to weight gain and other health problems.