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Low-Carb Gluten-Free Italian Meatball Stew Recipe

Low-Carb Lesson #11: Italian Meatball Stew, Caesar Salad, & Garlic Sticks

For Italian Meatball Stew you need to make meatballs. You probably already figured that out, right? I like to make the meatballs ahead of time and put them in the freezer. The meatballs can be used not only in Italian Meatball Stew but in spaghetti sauce, rolled up into Romaine lettuce leaves with some tomatoes, cheese, and Italian salad dressing or a little heated spaghetti sauce for a meatball sandwich, or just heated and munched as a snack, so don't hesitate to make a double batch. They're always handy to have on hand.

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Nikki H. From the UK Low-Carb Success Story

Nikki H. from the United Kingdom is 30 years old and has lost 37 pounds low carbing! She started her low carb journey weighing 254 and wearing size 26 tops and 26 pants. She is now sporting size 18 tops and 20 pants! (***Note: UK sizes are larger than US sizes; the smallest size in the UK is an 8.)

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Low-Carb Lesson #10: Pork Roast & Stir Fried Cabbage

Pork is a terrific meat for low carbers. It’s versatile and surprisingly lean. Roasts like those I just bought are particularly handy. I sliced the first roast up into boneless pork chops before I froze it. I divided the two halves of the second roast and sliced one half into thin slivers for stir fries and the other into small cubes for use in soups and stews. The addition of Stir Fried Cabbage rounds out today's lesson.

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Rita From Vermont’s Low Carb Success Story

Rita from Vermont is 42 years old. She has been following the Atkins program since October 10th, l999. Rita has dropped from a high weight of 463 pounds to her current weight of 189 pounds - just 4 pounds from her goal weight of 185! She used to wear 5X to 6X blouses, but now quite comfortably wears medium blouses, size 12 dresses, and size 14 pants!

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All Carbohydrates Are Not Equal

Atkins products are specifically formulated to minimize the impact of carbohydrates on a person's blood sugar level because elevated blood sugar and the resulting excess insulin production can inhibit weight loss, weight management and increase the risk of disease and illness.

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Terribly True Tales Of Low Carb Terror!

Well, summer is all most at an end now, and I'm sure we all had fun camping out, toasting pork rinds over a roaring campfire while our non-low carb friends polluted their systems with jet-puffed sugar marshmallows burnt to a crisp at the end of wooden sticks. I tell ya, who needs s'mores when you can enjoy some sweet gouda and cauliflower melted betwixt two crisp-fried pork chops?

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