Carbs

Lindacastellano58

how do you keep your carbs down when you eat a lot of vegetables? I eat clean protein and veggies and fruit.

JessieLMay

They're really not simple carbs, so I don't think you should worry. Only thing I can think of is cut down on fruits and veggies?

Spyer116

"Clean", doesn't really exist.

Eat low carb vegetables then? eat lean meats that have minimum to no carbs?
Turnip has like 6-8g of carbs for 100g of the vegetable? Baby carrots seem to have a similar about of carbs for 100g too.

Serah87

I don't worry to much about carbs.

What do you mean by clean proteins, veggies and fruit? My food is always clean.

jgnatca

Replace some of the vegetables with more protein.

Eat more leafy vegetables.

jsanford76

Serah87 wrote: »

I don't worry to much about carbs.

What do you mean by clean proteins, veggies and fruit? My food is always clean.

Mine too, I wash it before it eat it... Usually...
Fruit and veggies are slow burning carbs due to the indigestible fiber content, but the simple truth is just as protein has its place in our diet, so do fats and carbs, we need all three.

astrampe

carbs are not the devil.......

lemurcat12

What's a dirty protein? Higher fat or something?

Anyway, unless you have a really low carb limit, veggies shouldn't be an issue. I eat lots of veggies (plus some fruit, various starches, and dairy), and don't have particularly high carbs (not low either, of course).

Also, IF you are actually doing low carb, I believe the tendency is to count only net carbs (carbs less fiber) and if you subtract fiber from the carbs in most veggies the remaining number is even lower.

sarahbear1981

I am on keto diet and eat 20 net carbs a day. I also eat veggies every day. I just subtract fiber. I wash everything before I eat it...lol.

jgnatca

Nitrate-free meats?

Lrdoflamancha

Is it really necessary for all of these AH responses? You know what she means....

ASKyle

This:
"Also, IF you are actually doing low carb, I believe the tendency is to count only net carbs (carbs less fiber) and if you subtract fiber from the carbs in most veggies the remaining number is even lower."

Don't stop eating fruit's and vegetables!!!

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PeachyCarol

lcastellano3 wrote: »

how do you keep your carbs down when you eat a lot of vegetables? I eat clean protein and veggies and fruit.

Unless you have a medical reason to keep your carbs down, you don't NEED to. If you're doing it by choice, that's a different matter. Most low carbers subtract fiber from their carb count when calculating their intake. I think I remember reading that there's even a script add on for MFP to list Net Carbs on your diary for that.

Fruits and vegetables are good for you, some choices have more carbs than others. If you're low carbing, you might want to join the low carb group to ask for some specific suggestions.

Lindacastellano58

I'm not saying I want to give up carbs!! Just not clear on good carbs and bad carbs. I will keep eating my veggies maybe cut down on the fruit

Mr_Knight

lcastellano3 wrote: »

how do you keep your carbs down when you eat a lot of vegetables? I eat clean protein and veggies and fruit.

Eat vegetables that have few carbs. So less corn, peas, etc.

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lemurcat12

Lrdoflamancha wrote: »

Is it really necessary for all of these AH responses? You know what she means....

I don't know what "AH" means, and I really don't know what a "clean" vs. not protein is intended to mean. From pastured animals? Nitrate free, as suggested above (but why assume proteins would otherwise contain nitrates)? Lean (but it's not like fatty cuts aren't part of the animal, so why wouldn't they be "clean")? So on. I find it puzzling, that's all, so was curious.

Anyway, I answered the question.

JPW1990

ASKyle wrote: »

This:
"Also, IF you are actually doing low carb, I believe the tendency is to count only net carbs (carbs less fiber) and if you subtract fiber from the carbs in most veggies the remaining number is even lower."

Don't stop eating fruit's and vegetables!!!

Depends where somoene lives. In the US, fiber is included in carbs on labels, so you deduct the fiber to get "net carbs." On the rest of the planet, fiber and carbs are listed as two completely different categories, so deducting the fiber would be inaccurate.

Lindacastellano58

I didn't mean clean protein I just forgot the comma lol

tiffanyplatt1

There's no reason to keep your carbs low if you're counting calories. The whole point of low-carb diets is that they help control your appetite. It confounds me that there are so many "specialty" diets among the MFP community.

LLCinLV

If you follow the ADA basic food plan you will get the right amount of carbs, protein, veggies etc to be healthy. The processed carbs, pasta, white rice can be a problem especially if you are a diabetic (like me) changing to whole grains will make a difference.

PeachyCarol

lcastellano3 wrote: »

I'm not saying I want to give up carbs!! Just not clear on good carbs and bad carbs. I will keep eating my veggies maybe cut down on the fruit

Well, while there aren't really good or bad carbs, even people who categorize things that way consider veggies and fruit to have "good" carbs.

If you're looking to limit your carbs from veggies, stay away from things like peas, corn, and potatoes...the starchier veggies. Fruits like berries are lower in carbs than fruits like bananas.

Lindacastellano58

Thanks everyone for the input good and bad