Jun 25, 2010

Low Carb 3 of list Part II: Other Foods

3rd Also part of the list to check out the low carb carbohydrate counting with other foods. Here are the high-carbohydrate foods and other items that may not be low in carbs.

Fruit

There are no fresh fruit in number of net carbohydrates, 5 g per 100g. Raspberries, strawberries and blackberries in the lowest (about 5.5g net carbs per 100g). Melons, including watermelons, that is about 8g.

In most other fresh fruit is 10g - 20g of net carbohydrates, bananas were the highest. Dried fruit is much higher.

Eyes

Unfortunately, there are no eyes to make it low carb list. Wheat, corn, rice, millet, barley, oats, rye, buckwheat (kasha), and quinoa are high in carbohydrates. They are about 60g - 80g of net carbohydrates per 100 g dry mass of raw, or 20g - 30g net carbs per 100g cooked. This represents approximately 50 grams of carbohydrate in a cup of cooked rice.

Anything made of a high carbohydrate grains. This includes bread, pasta, couscous, popcorn, rice cakes, etc.

Alcohol

Whisky, vodka, rum, gin and spirits, which is practically zero carbs (while mixing it).

Wine, about 3.7g of carbohydrate / 5 fl oz serving (2.5g per 100 ml).

Regular beer is about 10 fl oz serving 10g carbohydrate (3.6g per 100 ml). Light beer is about half.

Herbs and spices

Most of the herbs made from vegetables, so they can be included in your list of low carb. Spices are often made to the land and the seeds are also higher. In general, do not use them in quantities large enough problem, but check the labels and count the carbohydrates in the daily total.

Packaged and processed foods

Purchase of packaged and processed foods, always check the label for nutritional information. In the U.S. and Canada, carbohydrates, fiber is also indicated in labeling. Fiber is not digestible, so it can be subtracted from the carbohydrates that come to the net carbs in food.

In most other countries including the United Kingdom, Australia and other nations of the EU, a net carbohydrate labeling of fiber can be seen, therefore, do not subtract anything.

If you are not sure how this happens in your country, a food label to see that the fiber carbohydrates and the right under the rugged (then it should subtract), or somewhere else on the label, which is not related to the carbohydrate (if you do not subtract).

Do you have another thing in U.S. food labeling. In the U.S., food labels is allowed to show anything below 0.5 g 0g carbohydrates, such as eggs can be labeled as 0g carbs, although not zero carb. These small amounts add up. Online diet sites like Fitday will be a more accurate count. However, it does not matter in most other countries, including Canada, where the food labels are accurate to the nearest 0.1g.

This information may seem complicated, if a new, low-carbohydrate diet. Most people are so used to thinking of calories, it is difficult to forget calories and carbohydrates instead start thinking. However, you are likely to be surprised by how fast you go, there is a feeling, which is likely a low-carbohydrate foods. To speed up this process, it is important to accurately count the carbohydrates in the first and their own low-carb list of your favorite dishes.