Low Carb Food and Ingredients

There are a lot of low carb food and cooking items that are available online that I would love to be able to find here in Taiwan.

  • Low carb bread or tortillas
  • Stevia or other fake sugar
  • Low carb cooking ingredients
  • Low carb protein powder
  • Low sugar ketchup

Does anyone have any suggestions for living low carb in Taipei?

Thanks!

Stevia you can find in Dihua street …
Low carb cooking ingredients … vegetables, meat, fish … any market, supermarket
Protein powder should be low carb … it’s protein …
Low sugar ketchup … special diet, organic stores?

As I understand it, most vegetarian restaurants have lots of gluten based food, gluten is the protein of grains, so basically as you extract the gluten the starches (washing out) are gone …

There is a thread on [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/stevia/49759/1 here (with no answers so far), a thread on [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/sugarfree-or-low-carb-ice-cream/33145/1 or Low Carb Ice Cream here[/url], and a [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/low-carb-atkins/26576/2 on doing low-carb diets[/url] in the Health forum area here.

I seem to recall Jason’s in 101 carrying sections of sugar-free processed, packaged foods for diabetics; you could check there when it reopens in a month or so, and also try the other big import supermarkets (Breeze, Far Eastern, and City Super) and the now common health food stores (there are several in every neighborhood of late).

However, you’re unlikely to to find a wide variety of prepackaged, highly processed low-carb items here like you would back home. Consider instead just looking at the carb content of the healthy stuff that is widely available here:

fresh vegetables and fruit (especially the ones from organic stores), fish, lean meats, seaweed and dried fish snacks, small amounts of doufu, eggs (especially egg whites), and whole grain products in moderation. Getting away from processed, packaged foods including crackers, cookies, packaged meals, cereals, bakery products and food bars as well as everything sweet like packaged drinks and desserts will go a long way toward reducing your intake of carbs and unhealthy crap like preservatives and high sodium. If you can hold out for a while, you may find that you’ve lost your sweet tooth and prefer a healthier, natural diet.

Go to the buffets here and skip the rice and noodle items. There’s plenty else to choose from. Take home some packaged jerky, canned tuna, salmon or chicken, dried fish and seaweed snacks, cheeses in moderation, and unsweetened yogurt (add your own Stevia), but skip the crackers, bagels, donuts, and fast food in general. Eat at restaurants with good [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/fresh-greens-new-salad-restaurant-in-neihu/64199/1 (and skip the croutons), or bring [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/buying-pre-packaged-salads/27419/1 stuff[/url] home from traditional markets or places like Costco. Check out the quick BBQ stalls on traditional streets and at night markets – there’s lots of yummy low-carb stuff at those. Learn to cook at home so you can control the content of your food, and eat more healthily. Stir-fried lean meat like chicken, with a bunch of fresh veggies using olive oil and a dash of salt, served on a very small (measured) portion of organic brown rice is a low-carb, low-fat, heart-healthy meal. Homemade sausage is easy, and you can skip the sugar and nitrite content of the local sausages. Get whole-wheat pasta and bread if allowing some carbs, and limit portion size using a scale.

For tortillas, check this out:

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Easy recipe. They taste nice and keep for 3-4 days in the fridge if you wrap them in plastic.

Jason’s used to sell fresh flour tortillas, but for some inexplicable reason they now freeze them and I’ve never bought them again since seeing them like that. Impossible to defrost without ending up with a soggy lump of uselessness.

Last time I did an ultra-low-carb cycle I spent a lot of time in Sushi express (sashimi and vegetables only!), the vegetarian buffet (avoiding rice and things in sugary sauces), 日式豬排 restaurants, barbecue stands, and my local breakfast shop, where the lao ban was kind enough to do me a tuna salad and coffee every morning. All supermarkets sell sugar substitute, but it’s usually something old-fashioned (aspartame or whatever).

You all are incredible. Thanks for the heads up. I will let everyone know what I find out. So far, Super City does not have low sugar ice cream. 0-1.

I think all the ice-cream here is sweet, and some of it is super-sweet and ultra-high fat. If you’re seriously interested in diet ice-cream, I would recommend that you consider investing in an ice cream maker so you can make your own. You can also just make it in a freezer, with a bit of extra work (my mom does).

I’m planning to go to Taiwan next month, and this thread really helps me a lot because I also wanna know many of low carb food and ingredients in Taiwan, I want to have a healthy foods and happy week in Taiwan next month, thanks for sharing :bow:

Feel like sharing your method or a pointer to how-to you like?