Carbs

Lindacastellano58
Lindacastellano58 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 16 in Food and Nutrition
how do you keep your carbs down when you eat a lot of vegetables? I eat clean protein and veggies and fruit.

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  • JessieLMay
    JessieLMay Posts: 146 Member
    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
    Spyer116 Posts: 168 Member
    "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
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    edited April 2015
    I don't worry to much about carbs.

    What do you mean by clean proteins, veggies and fruit? My food is always clean.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Replace some of the vegetables with more protein.

    Eat more leafy vegetables.
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  • jsanford76
    jsanford76 Posts: 20 Member
    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
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    carbs are not the devil.......
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    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
    sarahbear1981 Posts: 610 Member
    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
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Nitrate-free meats?
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    Is it really necessary for all of these AH responses? You know what she means....
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    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
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    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
    Lindacastellano58 Posts: 16 Member
    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
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    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
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    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
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    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
    Lindacastellano58 Posts: 16 Member
    I didn't mean clean protein I just forgot the comma lol
  • tiffanyplatt1
    tiffanyplatt1 Posts: 5 Member
    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
    LLCinLV Posts: 9 Member
    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
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    edited April 2015
    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
    Lindacastellano58 Posts: 16 Member
    Thanks everyone for the input good and bad
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