In order for you to accomplish your weight loss goals, it’s easier to digest nutrition information in smaller pieces (excuse the pun). Here is a continuation of the first tips on learning how to prevent energy crashes after eating.

3 Macronutrients 3 Times a Day

This first tip is actually a refresher from the previous tips, but it begs review:

Combine all three macronutrients at each meal. Don’t know what a macronutrient is? It’s a fancy word that nutritionists use when referring to protein, carbohydrates and fat. When eaten in the correct proportions and at regular times for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the three macronutrients provide you with rock-steady energy throughout the day.

Here’s why eating breakfast is important. Most busy Westerners who don’t have time for breakfast eat perhaps only a slice of toast and drink a cup or two of coffee. The toast, most likely comprised of wheat, will burn up quickly, not providing long-lasting energy.

And though the coffee might make you feel alive for a couple hours, you’ll probably need more otherwise you’ll crash. Excess caffeine can lead to a host of health problems including hormonal imbalance.

 

A simple solution to making this breakfast complete would be to add a whole egg to the toast. One whole egg supplies about 6 grams of protein and 4.5 grams of healthy dietary fat. Don’t be afraid to eat the yolk (more on this at the end).

 

Don’t go five hours without eating during the day but try fasting on occasion

Although the research is mixed on whether or not meal frequency is important, it’s probably best to not go more than five hours between breakfast and lunch, and lunch and dinner. This is especially true during the week when your brain needs a steady supply of the three macronutrients to function properly at work.

Some research suggests that obese individuals do better when sticking to three meals a day, with all three meals containing roughly the same calories.

Occasional fasting can be just the metabolic reboot your system needs to start anew. (See our blog on fasting.) This is especially true if you have not been eating healthy (too much sugars or fried food, for example). Fasting can give your liver and detoxification system a breather.

You don’t need to fast for days on end. One easy way to lose weight is fasting for at least 12-14 hours each day. Finish eating your last meal or healthy snack (half an apple with a tbsp. of almond butter, for example) by 8 p.m. and then eating breakfast at 10 a.m. is a 14-hour fast.

Though fasting is healthy, if you’re a busy worker bee, and even if you eat a balanced breakfast at 7 a.m., if you wait until 2 p.m. you may succumb to an energy crash or cravings either before or after lunch. So try, if you eat at 7 a.m., to eat lunch at noon.

 

Eat more to lose weight?

Most people typically do not eat enough at breakfast and lunch. By dinner time, the earlier caloric deficit results in overcompensation by going for seconds or third rounds of spaghetti or mashed potatoes, or other high-starch carbs.   

That’s why Miracle Noodle is great for dinner. You can literally have seconds, thirds, or even fourths and fifths. If you’re combining Miracle Noodle with low-starch veggies like broccoli, asparagus, grilled onions, wild mushrooms, green beans (basically most veggies other than white potatoes and corn) and a small portion of lean protein, you can eat until you are full.

Which brings us to another tip….

Eat until you’re almost full

In the preceding tip, we just told you that when you eat Miracle Noodle with healthy veggies and a little lean protein, you can literally eat until you are full. That’s true. But don’t eat until you are absolutely stuffed. Eat until you are about three-quarters full and then you should feel content.

If you eat until you are stuffed, you will probably feel lethargic. Remember, the name of the game is to eat as much nutrient-dense foods as possible while eating the least amount of calories.

Miracle Noodle’s pasta substitutes are either zero calories or just a handful at most. Vegetables are usually very low in calories as well, per serving. A three- or four-ounce serving of lean protein contains only approximately 250 calories, so you can see how easy it is to get full on veggies, protein and Miracle Noodle while eating a low-calorie diet, yet feel content and not deprived.

Stay tuned for Part 3 of learning how to prevent energy crashes!

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With many noodle substitutes out there, it can be a daunting task to pick out which one is suitable for your diet. While there are many options to choose from, once you start looking at the numbers, the difference between each noodle variety becomes strikingly more apparent. Miracle Noodles are an amazing resource for any diet calling for a reduction in calories, cholesterol, and most importantly, carbs. But what's the difference between egg noodles and shirataki noodles?

Egg noodles are a delicious part of age old recipes. While Grandma may have gotten the taste of your favorite recipe right, we've come a long way in learning about the nutrition in our meals. So, what's so bad about egg noodles? 

First of all, egg noodles are very high in carbs, just one cup has 40 grams, and that's not including whatever else you decide to add to your recipe. Secondly, let's talk about calories. There are around 430 calories in four ounces of egg noodles (again, without any added ingredients). Finally, they are also moderately high in cholesterol, and if butter is added to the recipe, that number will only climb. This isn't to say that egg noodles are devoid of any healthy attributes. They are high in protein, and can provide you with sustained energy, but the high carb percentage makes them a no-go for anyone on the ketogenic diet, diabetics, or any other diet that calls for a reduction carbs. 

If you're switching from traditional pasta to egg noodles, chances are you've come across Miracle Noodles once or twice in your search. While they are somewhat new to the scene in terms of the Western diet, shirataki noodles have been eaten in Japanese culture for over 2,000 years. With zero carbs, calories, soy, gluten, or dairy products, there's literally nothing to lose by giving Miracle Noodles a shot in your next recipe! You might just be surprised at how far so many zeros can take you! 

Here's a delicious recipe for you to try that only takes 10-15 minutes to make: 

Hot or Cold Sesame Noodles

The family has gone home, the dishes are put away, and you’re looking to purge yourself from overeating at the latest family get together. If only there was some type of no carb noodle or no calorie pasta that could make you feel full and still taste good.

Many of our fans have called our no carb noodles a miracle, and the name stuck. Finally, you can enjoy the taste of your favorite pasta dishes, but with no calorie pasta, you can avoid the guilt and the high carb count. Imagine a bowl of creamy Fettuccine Alfredo with only one net carb.

How can no carb noodles taste good? That’s where the fun part starts. Miracle Noodles are made from the konjac root, and have no taste, meaning whatever you add to the dish, makes it!

How can no calorie pasta possibly fill you up? 

While no calorie pasta might have a lot of zeros (zero carbs, zero calories, zero soy), what it is high in is soluble fiber. This is what gives you a fullness sensation, without making you ingest a large amount of carbohydrates. 

For any diabetics, or anyone following a Ketogenic or Atkins diet, no carb noodles are a dream come true! Bodybuilders and competitors also love our no calorie pasta because it allows them to easily track their macronutrient intake, but still make delicious and amazing dishes.

We have plenty of lunch and dinner ideas that are perfect for one and good enough the serve to the entire family. What can you make with no carb noodles? How good can no calorie pasta really be? Take a look at some of our fan favorite recipes here.

Some people don’t believe in miracles. We understand the saying, “if it’s too good to be true, it usually isn’t,” but with our no carb noodles, you’re getting the real deal. This isn’t some factory made Franken-pasta. Our no carb pasta is made with the same noodle that’s been enjoyed in Japan for nearly 2,000 years.

If you’re looking to make a low calorie noodle dish tonight, you’ve come to the right place!

We often get asked, what is the best way to make our noodles taste just like Italian pasta.

Our noodles are made from 97% water and 3% plant fiber.

As the noodles get thicker, it takes on the character more of an Asian noodle than an Italian pasta. But the skinnier the noodle, the more like an Italian pasta it becomes in taste and texture.

Our skinny noodles like Angel Hair and Capellini, if prepared properly, can take on the texture and taste of Italian pasta. Our skinny noodles can be used in Italian-style dishes such as:

• Low Carb Shrimp and Angel Hair pasta
• Angel Hair Bolognese
• Italian Seafood with Balsamic and Angel Hair

Our skinny noodles aren’t just for making Italian style dishes. From Indian to Chinese to Thai, etc., virtually any ethnic dish, like the ones below, can be made with our low-carb skinny noodles like Angel Hair and Capellini.

• Thai Chicken with Angel Hair
• Hot & Sour Veggie Soup with Angel Hair
• Chinese Grilled Pork Noodle Bowl with Capellini

You can buy online Angel Hair pasta from our website.

The great thing about our skinny noodles like Angel Hair and Capellini is that you can have seconds or even thirds because it has no calories or carbs. The miracle of these noodles is that the combination of the fiber and water in the noodles ‘tricks’ your belly into thinking you're full.

It’s just like you’re eating a regular bowl of Italian Angel Hair spaghetti, only you won’t be sick-to-your-stomach full; you’ll be blissfully content.

There’s no use in switching to a healthy skinny noodle pasta if you’re going to be tempted by snacks after a meal, because you’re still hungry. The great thing is, after you eat a bowl of our low-carb skinny noodle Angel Hair the soluble fiber and water slightly expand in your digestive tract, providing a pleasing feeling of satiety.

If you absolutely love skinny-style Italian pasta, but hate the carbs, you can have the best of both worlds. You can buy online our skinny Angel Hair pasta and create a meal like this in just minutes:

All you have to do is open the package of skinny Angel Hair, rinse the noodles in water, drain the water, then lightly boil for a few minutes. Add some healthy veggies like lightly-grilled broccoli, perhaps a lean protein, and your favorite sauce. That’s it. In just a handful of minutes you can have a balanced, nutritious, low carb meal that will leave you satisfied for hours.

If you love making meals with authentic, Italian skinny noodles you will love what you can do with our Angel Hair. And when you buy online Angel Hair Pasta, you’ll end up saving way more time and money than eating regular pasta at a restaurant. Not to mention you’ll be saving yourself all the guilt and empty calories! Speaking of empty calories, there are about 250 calories in the average serving of regular skinny, Italian-style noodles.

If you make the switch to this substitute for Italian skinny noodles and eat it once a day instead of regular skinny pasta, you can reduce your calorie intake by 7500 calories a month! All the while being completely satisfied like you’re eating at your favorite Italian restaurant or making your favorite Italian meal at home.

Before some of our customers try our Miracle Noodles, they ask us what the noodles are made from and how they can possibly contain so few calories. The answer to both questions is: konjac flour.

Konjac flour noodles come in several varieties and are shaped from from the root of the konnyaku imo plant, which is a wild-yam like plant native to Asia. The root of the plant contains a lot of water and fiber. The vegetable flour from this plant is called konjac flour.

These konjac flour noodles have been eaten for centuries. And konjac flour itself has been used for over 1000 years to rid the body of impurities. Our customers use konjac flour noodles for weight management, blood sugar level improvement, better cholesterol levels and decreased insulin sensitivity.

These positive health benefits of konjac flour, in fact, have been proven by modern scientific studies.

You can buy online konjac flour noodles here.

Our konjac flour noodles have a very similar texture to regular wheat pasta. But the main difference between konjac flour noodles and wheat pasta is the amount of calories and carbohydrates. Konjac flour noodles are very low in calories and carbohydrates. But regular wheat pasta contains about 250 calories per serving and almost 50 grams of carbohydrates.

Konjac flour noodles only contain one other main ingredient, besides the flour: purified water. (There’s also a tiny amount of calcium hydroxide, a natural ingredient, which is used to give the noodles texture.)

Some of our most popular styles of konjac flour noodles are:

• Angel Hair 
• Fettuccini
• Ziti

The great thing about our konjac flour noodles is that it makes you feel full after just eating a serving or two. That’s because the water and the soluble fiber in the konjac flour noodles tricks your belly into thinking you’ve eaten a full Italian or Asian style pasta or noodle meal.

Another awesome benefit of konjac flour noodles is that they take less time to prepare than regular pasta. That’s something our customers tell us often is how much time they save by preparing healthy meals with konjac flour noodles. It only takes a couple minutes at most to prepare them.

Take a look at just one healthy meal you can quickly make using konjac flour noodles:



Although you may have heard about konjac flour noodles recently for the first time, the benefits of them have been well known for centuries.

You can buy online konjac flour noodles. Click here

We’ve been told by potential customers on more than a few occasions that they are hesitant to buy our shirataki noodles because they are not exactly sure what to do with them. The good news is that if you’re looking for a healthy low carb noodles recipe that’s delicious and easy to make, we have several of them here on MiracleNoodle.com.

Shirataki noodles recipes usually take far less time to prepare than regular pasta and rice dishes. For example, if you’re looking for an angel hair recipe, consider this one for low carb shrimp and angel hair. The low carb shirataki noodles only takes a couple minutes to prepare versus 10-15 minutes for regular high-carb spaghetti.

In addition to our website, there are two other great places to get shirataki noodles recipes. We have a free recipe book you can download here. Also, our Instagram page is frequently updated with creative low carb noodle recipes that our amazing customers have come up with.

But let’s get back to angel hair recipes because our low-calorie angel hair is one of our most popular shirataki noodle styles.

Our team is constantly amazed by all the low-carb noodle recipes we get on a daily basis. Who ever would have thought, for example, to come up with a Angel Hair Slaw with Kim Chee Vinaigrette? Talk about a culinary passport. You’ve got the Italian skinny style noodle of the Angel Hair, of course, and then there’s the Korean spiciness of the kimchi (and how creative to make the kimchi into a salad dressing!), and, finally the texture of an American-style cole slaw.

As the recipe page says, the slender angel hair noodles complement the thin strips of vegetables in this light salad. So not only can you find shirataki noodles recipes for low-calorie noodle dishes, you can also find recipes for salads, soups and more.

Speaking of soup, another recipe you can easily and quickly make that contains our low carb noodles is Spicy Lemon Chicken Cabbage Miracle Noodle Soup (pictured below; you can click the bowl of soup to take you to the recipe). All you need for the recipe is some of our Miracle Fettuccini noodles (you could also use Angel Hair if you prefer) and of course the chicken and just a handful of other ingredients.



All these shirataki noodles recipes are very filling yet low in calories and carbs. That’s why shirataki noodles have become so popular over the last few years. The low-calorie noodles allow you to enjoy delicious meals without feeling deprived. Check out some of the shirataki noodles recipes we have online here.

Can you squeeze your butt cheeks tight? Can you pretend someone is about to punch you in the gut and pull in your belly towards the spine?

If so, you’re ready to start exercising. If you can remember those two things--squeeze your butt and your abs--that’s all there is to exercising...it’s that easy, especially when you have the expert help of certified fitness and Pilates trainer, Cassey Ho.

Cassey, a dear friend of the Miracle Noodle team runs a blog, cleverly named Blogilates. With the Internet saturated with fitness, nutrition and healthy living blogs and videos, Cassey has leaped over the rest of the pack, so much so, that she’s been named the #2 most influential online fitness/healthy living coach by Sharecare.com, a high-traffic health website co-created by Dr. Oz.

Cassey also had the honor of having her blog named #1 healthy living blog by Fitness Magazine. So trust us when we tell you that you’re in great hands--and abs--with Cassey.

Avoid the sweat, grunts and germs of a gym...exercise at home!

The term ‘exercise’ may conjure images of running grueling marathons, lifting hernia-inducing weights, twisting yourself in an uncomfortable and impossible yoga-style pretzel, and being surrounded by self-conscious starving waifs...it’s no wonder many people don’t want to start exercising.

But as Cassey will show you in her beginner series video collection, you can simply squeeze your glutes and abs in the comfort of your home, without any judgemental, looming eyes panning your way.

• If you can get down to the floor and support your weight on your knees and hands, you’re well on your way to learning from Cassey how to engage your glutes (buttocks) and abs. Though you might not think you’ll be able to feel those muscles if you haven’t exercised in a while, you’ll be surprised.

After just a few repetitions, you’ll feel the burn--in a good way.

Within a couple weeks, you’ll be hooked and feeling better

If you commit to just a couple weeks of Cassey’s exercise plans and videos, you will likely experience the realization that you actually do have core musculature that you can feel. The deep muscles of your abdomen, lower back and tush form most of your core. Cassey will teach you how to activate the muscle fibers in these critical areas, helping you prevent debilitating back pain.

Like a beginner guitar player who has effortlessly, for the first time, played three different chords in a row (the bulk of most pop songs), or a novice Spanish speaker who has just asked where the toilet is--in Spanish--you will have that ‘A-ha’ moment when you’ll realize that your clothes feel slightly looser and your mid-section is firmer and your back feels stronger.

Get to this point--and it doesn’t take long--and you’ll be hooked on exercise, and it won’t feel like you’re running a marathon. That’s why Cassey does a great job...she makes fun and simple.

Miracle Noodle and Blogilates: both part of a healthy living plan

Why on the Miracle Noodle blog, usually devoted to all things nutrition (gluten-free, low-carb, general weight-loss, diabetes and healthy cooking tips), would there be a blog about exercise? The answer is that while zero-carb, zero-calorie Miracle Noodle has helped thousands of people worldwide slash hundreds of calories from their diet, helping them lose weight, exercise, of course, is a huge factor in preventing chronic disease and encouraging weight loss.

The Miracle Noodle team strongly believes that following a moderate-intensity and fun movement routine is key to achieving a superior state of well being--doesn’t ‘movement’ sound better than ‘exercise’?--and we strongly feel that Cassey is one of the best candidates for helping you start an exercise program.

Start your program now.

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You’ve had an exhausting day at work. But you can’t go home and crash out on the couch, binge-watching your favorite Netflix series. Nope, you gotta make dinner for the whole family. How does organic spaghetti noodles sound?

Now, if the last thing on Earth you feel like doing now is making a fancy pasta dinner, we don’t blame you. But listen to how easy it is to make a quick meal for the whole family with this organic spaghetti....

From your fridge, take out a package of our Miracle Noodle Organic Spaghetti. Put a small pot of water on the stove. While waiting for the water to heat up, tear the package of our organic spaghetti open with scissors and drain the water from the package into a strainer. Rinse the organic spaghetti noodles for about a half-minute to a full minute. When the water is slightly boiling, pour the organic spaghetti in lightly boiling water. Let boil for two minutes, with no stirring required.

Pretty easy so far, right? But maybe you’re thinking, “Pasta takes too long to prepare on nights like tonight when all I just want to do is call in for a pizza.”

But don’t give into junk food temptation! Here’s the difference with regular pasta and our organic spaghetti noodles. Regular spaghetti takes 12-15 minutes to cook (not to mention the difference in calories!). After a couple minutes in lightly boiling water, there’s no more cooking time required, other than dry roasting the noodles in a frying pan for a minute or so, until you hear them starting to squeak. That’s when you know they are dry and ready to soak up your favorite sauce!

So that’s it … just a few minutes of prep time.

If you dry roast our organic spaghetti noodles, you won’t believe how similar in texture they are to high-calorie/high-carbohydrate spaghetti. When you dry roast the organic spaghetti, they will really be amazingly flavorful because of the super absorbability of the sauce.

So let’s review so far how you will prepare a quick, easy, comfort-food extravaganza for the whole family….

• Open bag of Organic Spaghetti, drain, rinse and lightly boil for 2 minutes
• Dry roast
• Add sauce

That’s it! Now all you have to do is heat up some veggies. (Hopefully you have leftovers, if not, while the pasta is lightly boiling, you can saute or steam some veggies.) Optional is to add a lean protein along with the organic spaghetti and veggies.

Do you now see how easy it is to make a healthy, super-fast organic spaghetti noodle meal? We have transformed the ultimate comfort food for your busy lifestyle.

For more advanced recipes, you can check out our customer recipe ideas, such as:

• Sheena's Delicious Creamy Avocado Pasta with Miracle Noodle Organic Spaghetti
• Allison's Super Easy Miracle Noodle Ziti Spaghetti and Meatballs Supreme
• Spicy Chicken Sausage Spaghetti W/ Miracle Noodles

Don’t know where to buy organic spaghetti? Just click here.

Some of our customers are surprised to learn that we sell other products besides our Miracle Noodles. We have low-carb burger buns and wraps, soups, a sweetener, and other non-noodle products. (Check out our non-noodle products here.)

We sell these non-noodle products because they are all healthy alternatives and we want to make it even easier for our customers to lead a low-starch eating plan.

We also sell another non-noodle product that you should know about. It’s one of the healthiest foods on the planet: matcha tea powder.

Matcha tea powder has become really popular over the last few years. More and more foodie magazines and websites are talking about matcha tea. Matcha tea is usually associated with green tea.

At MiracleNoodle.com, we have the healthiest matcha tea powder … and it’s not green. It’s pure white matcha tea powder. What’s so special about matcha tea powder, and white matcha tea in particular? We decided to offer white matcha tea powder because it is truly a superfood. We realize that the term “superfood” is used all-too frequently, many times, misleadingly.

But white matcha tea powder is indeed a superfood. So much so, in fact, we decided to call our white matcha tea powder, “Miracle Matcha.”

Miracle Matcha has the highest recorded levels of polyphenols of any tea on the planet. Polyphenols are a type of antioxidant that helps protect your body against the aging process. Miracle Matcha, in fact, has three times more antioxidants than the leading green matcha tea powder. Our Miracle Matcha pure white tea powder is grown at high-altitude in Kenya. This is one of the only places on Earth where white matcha tea powder is cultivated.

Can you see why we are so excited to offer Miracle Matcha to our customers? And it’s so easy to use. All you have to do is open the tin of Miracle Matcha and pour a teaspoon of it into hot water, or any other liquid like a morning smoothie. You can add it to yogurt or cereal … pretty much any food or drink that you think would go well with a powder. That’s it! That’s all you have to do to get your daily dose of disease-fighting antioxidants.

We’re on the matcha tea powder bandwagon here at Miracle Noodle headquarters. We’re so convinced about matcha tea powder’s health benefits that we also have made available to our customers other easy-to-use matcha products, including a health mix-in and capsules.

Wondering where to buy matcha tea powder? Just click here. (There’s a brief video about our Miracle Matcha.)