Mint, Cucumber and Lime-Infused Sparkling Water
Zero carbs (unless you eat the fruit/vegetables!)
1 large glass of sparkling water.
1/2 a cup of chopped cucumber
Juice of 1 lime
6 fresh mint sprigs
Squeeze the juice into the water, then add the lime quarters, cucumber and mint sprigs. Put it in the fridge for an hour to infuse.
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Pineapple, Lemon and Ginger Juice
Half a cup of pineapple (1 carb)
Juice of a lime (free)
1 cm of grated ginger (free)
100 ml water
Blend all and drink as a 1 carb drink. Balance with protein and fat.
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Celery Juice
One bunch of celery (preferably organic) (1 carb per two cups of juice)
Take one bunch of celery. Cut off the base and the leaves. Cut the stalks into chunks. Put them in a masticating juicer, or put it into a blender and then strain the juice. Drink it on an empty stomach, within 24 hours at least as it loses potency by the hour. Don’t eat anything for 30 minutes afterwards. You should not dilute it at all. Water renders it useless.
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Spice Squash
2 cups of water
1/2 tablespoon of honey
1/2 a teaspoon of turmeric/curcumin
1/2 a teaspoon of dried ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Fat-busting bedtime drink – hot or cold. 1 carb in total.
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Watermelon and Mint Squash
1/2 a watermelon, chopped
1/2 cup of fresh mint, roughly torn to release aroma
1 pint of water
Combine all and infuse. Zero carbs unless you eat the watermelon, otherwise 1 carb per half cup of watermelon.
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Strawberry and Lime Juice
2 limes, thinly sliced
1 whole lime
3 cups strawberries, sliced
1 pint water
Squeeze the juice from the whole lime into a pint of water. Add in sliced limes and sliced strawberries. Infuse for several hours. Zero carbs unless you eat the fruit.
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Blueberry and Lemon Water
2 cups blueberries, crushed
2 thinly-sliced lemons
1 lemon, juiced
Add the juice from one lemon into a pint of water, then add the crushed blueberries and lemon slices. Infuse for several hours. Zero carbs unless you eat the fruit.
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Almond Milk
1 cup almonds
4 cups of water
Soak the almonds in the water overnight. Drain the water and add one pint of fresh water. Blend and then strain the resulting milk through a sieve and discard the pulp. Treat as one cup is one protein, one carb.
NB. Coconut water is not low carb. It has 15 grams of sugar in every 11 fl oz, even straight from a coconut. Avoid it.
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Alcohol
2 glasses red wine (5 fl oz) (1 carb)
(Pinot Noir, Merlot, Caubernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Syrah.)
3 glasses white wine (5 fl oz) (1 carb)
(Pinot Blanc, Brut Champagne, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Albarino.)
3 Beers (1 can/bottle) ( 1 carb)
(Budweiser, Miller, Michelob, Beck’s, Coors, Amstel, Keystone, Heineken)
Liquor
Liquor is zero net carb as long as is unsweetened and unflavoured. This includes brandy, gin, rum, tequila. vodka, whiskey. Do not use mixers except sparkling water, lemon water and lime water.
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