Low Fat Seafood Ideas
My husband and I are pretty stoked about our increasing experimentation in to the world of seafood and healthy eating. Of course, lots of times, as with any other inherently healthy food, the temptation to load it up with butter, salt and batter is always there. However, there are plenty of seafood dishes that you can prepare both deliciously and healthfully.
Many white fishes that contain a little bit of fat, like flounder, sea bass, mahi mahi and others that are mild in flavor actually contain a fat that is beneficial to your body. They do have a little bit of dietary fat, this is true. However, the fat they contain is omega 3 fatty acids, which are incredibly useful when you are trying to maintain or cut weight.
Why is this? First of all, they help to lend a youthful and healthful glow to your skin, hair and nails. Second, they help the brain the feel fuller, sooner. This is why things like tuna sandwiches are often so filling and satisfying long after they are eaten. These types of fats are abundant in several types of fish, and they all make us feel full sooner than a meal that does not contain these fatty acids.
Omega 3 fats are also implicated in improved heart and circulatory health. They are best consumed through eating them as food. So fish is one of the best meat sources of these precious acids. Scallops are a very low fat and low calorie dish that is often passed over because it is thought to be more caloric and fattening due to its rich flavor.
Sea scallops taste like crab meat if they are cooked right. If they are overcooked, they can taste rubbery. If they are burnt, you won’t even taste their slightly sweet flavor, so it’s important to cook them properly. They can be prepared in a tiny amount of healthy oil like coconut oil, olive oil or another healthful vegetable oil of your choice.
They can be cooked in a tiny amount of butter as well. They don’t need much when seasoned properly. They are kind of delicate tasting, and seem like a non diet food, so they’re a fun one to eat if you’re watching your diet and you’re a seafood lover.
Lemon pepper seasoning is one of my favorites for seasoning fish without adding any fat to it. I also love a good dill seasoing, maybe just dill weed with a little bit of lemon and sea salt. You can prepare fish and seafood to taste wonderful without adding too much fat by broiling it as well. This way, the fat falls down into the broiler tray and you are left with the pure protein.
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What is the Paleo Diet?
I have to admit, when I saw the name, I thought of a plant based diet, or vegetarian. I guess because the name sort of sounds like the word plant. But when I really thought about it, that was silly, because they were really naming this diet out of a period of time where humans ate certain foods in the hunting and gathering age of man.
This was the time when men and women did not have access to such processed and unhealthy foods as we do today. Foods were simple, stripped down. Even the way they cooked their foods was minimal because they only had one way to do it – with fire. They probably didn’t salt the heck out of their meats, they probably ate it right from the animal, barely cooked.
They also ate a lot of their veggies and fruits raw. They basically consumed a very minimally processed diet, whereas today we consume a ton of processed, over cooked foods that have a lot of the nutrients cooked out or processed right out of them.
The meats that are focused upon in the paleo diet are leaner meats, not the fatty variety or processed variety like sausages and bacon. They are lean cuts of beef, chicken, venison (deer meat, which is actually pretty healthy for you), and fish (which is always excellent for you).
The other foods that you should eat are fruits and vegetables, minimally processed of course. Notice how they do not want you to totally shun carbs. They instead focus on unprocessed, whole foods that are naturally low in fat and which give natural, all day energy.
The low carb diet on the other hand, can leave people feeling groggy, depressed and with a total lack of energy because there are no raw foods with high carb content and fiber content that gives them that full satisfied feeling as well as quick body fuel for the day.
This is kind of the way my husband and I eat, so I thought that was amusing, because we do find that we feel our best when we eat this way. It may not be the best way to strip off the weight very quickly, but it’s a great way to slowly lose weight as well as to make sure you have a lean physique over the long term.
It’s way easier to stick to than a traditional low carb diet too, because you still get those carbs in there, they’re just natural and fiber filled.
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