Low Carb Breads of the World – the book

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Introduction

I never planned to write a low-carb bread book, but it came about due to both interest and need.  Beginning in September 2021, I started experimenting with low-carb breads not made from nut flour. By mid-December, I was finally successful and posted the recipe for Low Carb High Protein Yeast Bread, and it turned out to be a “game changer”.  It was what I called “real bread that happens to be low carb.” But, most impressive were the macros! Each slice of Low Carb High Protein Yeast Bread had only 1.6g net carbs and 11.4 g protein. I knew I was onto something.

How Low-Carb Breads of the World Came to Be

Low Carb Breads of the World - Real Bread that Happens to be Low Carb

The ingredient that made this first ‘real bread’ possible was vital wheat gluten, which is not wheat flour but one of several types of wheat protein isolate. Wheat protein isolate is to wheat what whey protein isolate is to dairy. Both are proteins used in food production and as a protein supplement. This ingredient gives bread its distinct “pully” texture and makes bread different from cake or pastry. Discovering this and other low-carb ingredients resulted in me revisiting my old hobby of bread baking.

After posting the recipe for Low Carb High Protein Yeast Bread in mid-December 2021, I had people contact me on social media to request that I bake these breads and ship them to them. One person wanted me to courier several loaves, a few people tried to convince me to open a low-carb bakery, and others said I should write a cookbook featuring recipes for these low-carb breads. One of my young adult sons thought I should consider the idea, and without really thinking it through, I created a Twitter poll asking who would be interested in such a book, and asked the same question on Facebook and Instagram. The responses were overwhelmingly in favour, so the following morning, I looked at my young adult son and said, “It looks like I am writing a low-carb bread book.“

So, it began…

How These Low-Carb Breads are Different

Low Carb Breads of the World
Low Carb Breads of the World

The recipes in this book are completely different from existing ones.

  • They don’t contain any nut flour (such as almond or coconut) or any seed flour (such as flax), and while cheese and egg may be included as ingredients, they do not form the basis of the bread.
  • They also don’t contain psyllium, chia seed, xanthan gum, guar gum, or inulin, as these ingredients often cause digestive issues.

By making delicious low-carb bread available, this book removes some unnecessary barriers that some people have to adopting a low-carb lifestyle.

Low Carb Breads of the World makes culturally appropriate and ingredient-appropriate bread available to people from bread-centric cultures with high rates of type 2 diabetes, including Southeast Asian and Hispanic.

Low Carb Breads of the World is more than a cookbook or a collection of recipes. It introduces novel ingredients for baking low-carb bread and explains how to use them successfully in different types of recipes.  The recipes provide an opportunity to utilize the ingredients and the methods to produce a variety of breads from around the world, and while they are not perfect replicas of the high-carb originals, they are as close as I was able to get them using readily available low-carb ingredients that contained minimal allergens or ingredients that cause digestive issues.

I hope that people from a wide range of backgrounds will apply the information in my book to create low-carb versions of bread central to their cultures, thereby making a low-carb diet accessible to those who would not have otherwise considered it.

While I never set out to write a low-carb bread book, I realize that this book will do what I do in my private practice: help people pursue a healthier lifestyle.

Sold in Over 28 Countries Worldwide

As of August 2023, Low Carb Breads of the World has sold in over 28 countries around the world.

Low Carb Breads of the World - sold in more than 28 countries
Low Carb Breads of the World – sold in >28 countries

More Info

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To your good health!

Joy

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