Food confusion

Change_is_Good_

Maybe I have just been living in some dream world but just been filling in my diary after lunch and I never realised how many carbs were in fruit!

I thought I was taking the healthy option but my carb intake is really over to top, any tips for low carb snacks?

LeonnieH

If you're trying to stay low carb then vegetables are a better option to fruit, things like carrot, cucumber, bell pepper and celery sticks. You could make an avocado dip to go with. I'm not following a low carb diet and feel that carbs from fruit are not a problem, carbs in the form of refined sugar (sweets, pure cane sugar, cakes etc) then I stay well away from that.

AhlaWahda

Maybe I have just been living in some dream world but just been filling in my diary after lunch and I never realised how many carbs were in fruit!

I thought I was taking the healthy option but my carb intake is really over to top, any tips for low carb snacks?

I try not to eat more than one fruit per day because of the fruit sugar. In the evening when I want to snack on something I'll have some nuts and almonds. :-)

Change_is_Good_

Thanks ladies, very helpful.

I'm not trying to specifically stay away from carbs it was more that I had noticed my intake was quite high and wanted to even things out to the recommended levels