Feb
08
2010
1

Coconut Breakfast Bars (atkins diet)

Ingredients:

4 large eggs

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup water

3 tsp. vanilla

2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder1 cup almond flour (grind almonds in blender)

1 cup Splenda

1 cup unsweetened coconut

How to Prepare:

Place all ingredients into a large bowl. Stir until well combined.

Pour into a greased (I use Pam) 9×13 casserole.

Sprinkle splenda sweentened coconut on top, also.

Apr
14
2008
0

Fig

Figs contain 55% sugar and have the highest sugar content of any fruit. It is also a good source of natural sugar. Figs are highly nutritious and also has calories with 1 fig = 50 calories. Figs are rich in calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium and pectin. They provide more fiber than any other common fruit or vegetable. Figs are prescribed for asthma (drains phlegm), reduce blood cholesterol, relieve chronic constipation, aid digestion, promote tanning, strengthen lungs and chest, gives energy, treat mental and heart diseases and skin pigmentation diseases, used as coffee substitute, help in quitting smoking, cure hemorrhoids, promote brain efficiencies and alleviate sexual weakness. Figs also act as an excellent laxative. They are anti-cancer and excellent for the liver.

Apr
14
2008
0

Dates

Dates contain sugar, fat, proteins, vitamin A, vitamins B1, B2, nicotruic acid (anti- pellagra) and are rich in natural fiber. They also contain traces of minerals needed by the body such as oil, calcium, sulphur, iron, phosphorous, manganese, copper and magnesium, vitamin C (in fresh ones, dried dates have almost no vitamin C), and potassium which is very effective for hemorrhage, such as in delivery or circumcision. Easy to digest, one date is a minimum of a balanced and healthy diet (1kg=3000 calories). Fresh dates also have fewer calories than dried ones. Dates help in night-blindness and diseases of the respiratory system, prevent abdominal and breast cancer, alleviate depression in new mothers, enrich breast milk, help in the growth of the fetus, strengthen the muscles of the uterus in the last months of pregnancy, increase sexual strength (aphrodisiac), prevent putrescence of humors, correct weakness of digestion, relieve intestinal mal-absorption, strengthen bones and prevent giddiness due to low blood pressure and low sugar levels. They also appease hunger and help in weight gain.

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