Low carb diets gain traction (and Scrambled eggs for lunch)

According to this guy we should be cutting out the sugar and simple carbohydrates and eating more fat. Having watched a bunch of videos and discussed this with a few friends I am inclined to agree. Getting people to accept this notion en masse is going to be a struggle. Not just because it involves cutting out cakes, biscuits and most processed foods, but because of the powerful lobby groups who would like to keep things the way they are - only more so.

The idea however seems to be gaining momentum. There was an Irish Times article this week discussing the idea and Scientific American ran this story in September. The science behind this is compelling and people have been searching in increasing numbers for a solution to weight gain and more recently metabolic syndrome. This may be 'it'. Hopefully all this activity this signals a change.

If the idea does get widespread adoption supermarkets are going to have to change. There are whole swathes of them filled with sugar and simple carbs.

Although this is extremely simple, it tastes great. We only discovered it recently, so I thought it was worth sharing. So with low carbohydrate diets in mind here is a delicious weekend lunch for 1.

Smoked Salmon scrambled eggs

Ingredients:
3 eggs
About 4 slices of smoked salmon
A tablespoon of full fat cream
A large knob of butter for cooking
Pepper

Method:
Beat the eggs lightly in the bowl. Add pepper to your taste, but no salt. Smoked salmon is very salty already. Now tear up the smoked salmon into bite sized pieces. Melt the large knob of butter into a non stick pan on high heat. When the butter foams add the eggs and scrape the bottom of the pan continuously with a wooden spoon until the eggs are almost cooked. Add the smoked salmon and the cream. Mix the whole lot until cooked - don't over do them. Serve immediately as the eggs will keep cooking if you leave them hanging around. No bread to accompany, but it is filling enough in itself.