Atkins Diet: How to grind your own nut flours?

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In partnership with FaveDiets ( http://www.FaveDiets.com ) recipe site, I wanted to demonstrate the ease of grinding your own nut flours and potentially why you would use one versus another.

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• Atkins Diet
• Atkins
• low carb
• nut flour
• almond flour
• coconut flour
• howto
• grind

[VANNYLO1107]

ok great, now i know what to look for!!! Just one more Q, are those regular almonds??..... and do you have any other vids talking about flax meal??... Thank you soooo much for your support!!

[bowulf]

@VANNYLO1107 These are just regular raw (not toasted) almonds as 0:50 says. I am sure I have a video flax meal video -- perhaps my constipation or flax bread recipe videos, but the process is essentially the same.

[PattiDood]

Coconut, you didn't mention which type of coconut flakes? to use. What do I look for on the bag?  Thanks

[bowulf]

@PattiDood The coconut is raw unsweetened coconut. If it says anything about being sweetened or other ingredients other than coconut on the nutrition info, that isn't the right one. You should be able to find it in the health food or baking aisle.

[mark91345]

@bowulf That's good enough for me, as rough numbers give a good idea of the results (8-10 for coconut versus 30-45 for wheat flour). It is comforting to know that the smallness of the particle size does NOT overrule the low-carb aspect.

[bowulf]

@mark91345 40-50g of carbs from buns would likely increase your blood glucose by 30-45 points. Check out Jimmy Moore's N=1 posts on his blog for one example of how the regular carbs affected his blood glucose. Sorry I am not enough committed to the experiments to see what exactly a hamburger bun would do to mine.

[mark91345]

@bowulf (Great minds think alike!) Do you know how these numbers would compare with regular flour?

[bowulf]

@mark91345 I just testing ironically today with flax meal, which would have a similar consistency and fiber content as the two flours above. One of my viewers requested I test my flax bread for blood glucose impact, so I had two servings (roughly 200 Calories, 5g Total Carbs (4g Fiber)).

Fasting BG level was 82

After 30 minutes that had risen to only 90

After another 30 minutes, it had dropped to essentially starting value (83).

I can test impact potentially next time I make pound cake.

[mark91345]

One of the concerns I have with these flours is that although coconut and almond are low-carb, the particle sizes of these ingredients are smaller, possibly causing the body to respond in the same way (with insulin) that it does with regular flour.

I don't know this, but I feel that even coconut & almond flour should be used lightly.

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