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I got a wild hair and dug out our old ice-cream churn.

I checked in my new Sous Vide recipe book and they did actually have some recipes there for french-style Ice Cream, the kind with egg yolks that you have to slow-cook before freezing.

I made substitutions as needed to make the recipe low-carb.

Chocolate Ice Cream
Makes 8 servings

2c Unsweetened Almond Milk
1c Heavy cream
6 large egg yolks
1/2 + 1 tsp unsweetened ...

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The family is out of town for the month, and I would hate to waste a nice chuck roast eating it all by myself, so I invited a friend over to help me consume this delicious dinner.

Sous Vide chuck roast (48 hours at 131 degrees, seasoned with ginger, garlic, butter and beef base), seared and served medium rare.
Green Beans Almondine in a beef cream sauce
Carbquick Cheddar Bay biscuits (2 net grams per biscuit!)
And, for dessert, Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate ...

That's a very good question, if I do say so myself.

During the 20th century, scientists traveled to numerous primitive and otherwise geographically isolated societies to catalog the health of the people therein. One such scientist was a dentist by the name of Weston A. Price. He wrote a book about his travels called Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, and I highly recommend it to everyone who is at all interested in how we got to be so sick and decrepit here in the Western world. ...

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http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/7/1/33

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After two months treatment, the patient's body weight was reduced by about 20% and no discernable brain tumor tissue was detected using either FDG-PET or MRI imaging. Biomarker changes showed reduced levels of blood glucose and elevated levels of urinary ketones. MRI evidence of tumor recurrence was found 10 weeks after suspension of strict diet therapy.

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...really struck me. A former contestant was visiting the current losers, and was helping to guide them through what life would be like once they were off the 'ranch' and back in the real world of jobs, family, and fast food temptations.

The contestant was almost in tears at the thought of having to maintain her weightloss without being able to work out all day long like they do in the artificial environment of the ranch--either due to real life intruding or because one simply can't ...

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