Yay, I'm back ! - Few questions....

[BreatheOnMe2005]

Hi All,

Wow! It feels SOOO good to be back in this forum again. I haven't been in here since late February 'cause i've relocated into another city just 4 days ago. It was extremely stressful, so I decided to go off the induction and just stay on the maintenance level until everything's back to normal. Now i'm ready to take on the battle and go through the induction like I had done in the past.
I just have a few questions though... In the small town where I live, there's only one or two grocery stores, which isn't exactly stocked with any low-carb products like unprocessed cheeses, nitrate-free bacon, etc., so would it screw up the diet if I ate processed cheese in very limited amounts? What about those "imitation" eggs, the ones that are already beat? Are they okay?

[2big4mysize]

Welcome back

now would be a good time to dust off your DANDRand reread it.

if you are referring to egg beaters in the carton they are fine as they are 99% eggwhites you will need a fat to get then to Atkins ratios though as real eggs are an almost perfect induction ration food.

Cheese can be processed cheese what it can't be is cheese food, imatation cheese, or cheese spread. Pasturized Processed American Cheese is the USDA required label for all american cheeses made form mixing cheddar with colby and supposed to be a good thing for the quality of the actual cheese. all other mixtures that are aged the same and have the same moisture but have different cheeses in the mix are just called American cheese and they too are acceptable.

the nitrate in the meats is not an Atkins weight loss issue but a healthy products issue as Dr Atkins felt nitrates were bad for us.

HAppy low carbing