Quick tip that I learned for eating carbs!

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sarahew415
sarahew415 Posts: 20 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I talked with a nutritionist last night regarding carbs. She told me that we need to be eating low glycemic foods (beans, bran cereal, fruits, veggies, etc). Obviously. Well she also told me a little trick regarding whether which carbs to eat or not...

Look at the amount of carbs that the food item has...

Then look at the amount of fiber....

Take the number of fiber and times it by 7....

The amount of fiber multiplied by 7 should be higher than the amount of carbs. If it is, then it is a good carb to eat.

THAT is how you know whether it is a good carb or bad.
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  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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    Sounds like a good tip, thanks!

    I never worry about carbs, personally; I ate a cupcake for breakfast (ha--I don't usually do that, though). :laugh:

    I'm an everything-in-moderation kinda girl; works for me.

    blessings.
  • adjones5
    adjones5 Posts: 938 Member
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    cool, thanks :)
  • tallthickchick11
    tallthickchick11 Posts: 5
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    bump
  • davidpm
    davidpm Posts: 208 Member
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    Good to know! I knew that fiber played a role in lowering the GI bit it's good to have a method to judge.
  • dawnm92
    dawnm92 Posts: 56 Member
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    Nice tip. I'll have to give that a try sometime....
  • MrMVP2011
    MrMVP2011 Posts: 25
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    I will pass this along thanks for the tips!!!! I eat a ton of fiber so if an item I eat has 9 grams of fiber... 9x7=72?
  • Getting_Fit_4_Life
    Getting_Fit_4_Life Posts: 401 Member
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    Sounds very helpful! Thanks for sharing!! :)
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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    I talked with a nutritionist last night regarding carbs. She told me that we need to be eating low glycemic foods (beans, bran cereal, fruits, veggies, etc). Obviously. Well she also told me a little trick regarding whether which carbs to eat or not...

    Look at the amount of carbs that the food item has...

    Then look at the amount of fiber....

    Take the number of fiber and times it by 7....

    The amount of fiber multiplied by 7 should be higher than the amount of carbs. If it is, then it is a good carb to eat.

    THAT is how you know whether it is a good carb or bad.

    and what according to your nutritionist makes a good carb good and bad carb bad?
  • felicityksr
    felicityksr Posts: 208 Member
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    Thanx for the tip! Can't wait to use it.
  • JoyceJoanne
    JoyceJoanne Posts: 760 Member
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    ...now I have to do MATH???!!!! UGH!!! ;-)
  • kaoshavoc
    kaoshavoc Posts: 7
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    *snip snip*

    Adding this to my arsenal of weapons for fat destruction!
  • XxBri22xX
    XxBri22xX Posts: 183
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    Thanks for the tip!
  • elsham
    elsham Posts: 549 Member
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    *snip snip*

    Adding this to my arsenal of weapons for fat destruction!

    LOL! Sounds like an interesting thing.
    I don't trust the glycemic index thing though. That thing groups bagels and popcorn together. Why, I can't figure out.
  • seniorfaye
    seniorfaye Posts: 295 Member
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    That is neat! I put some ww bread and pintos in the database and it does come out as good carbs. I have learned something. Thanks for sharing...
  • moriaht
    moriaht Posts: 251 Member
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    I just did this with my food diary and my apple is a bad carb? Can this be true!?
  • 7534584
    7534584 Posts: 38
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    Sorry new at this. What does Bump mean?
  • MissD89
    MissD89 Posts: 102
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    BUMP!
    THANKS for sharing
  • wickedcricket
    wickedcricket Posts: 1,246 Member
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    ...now I have to do MATH???!!!! UGH!!! ;-)

    this just got exponentially harder! what if the numbers are the same!? what then!? omg - now I have to reconfigure my entire past LOL
  • rafor
    rafor Posts: 78 Member
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    bump means they like the thread and want to put it once again at the top of the discussion list by adding a comment. Instead of writing something inane, they use the conventional "bump".
  • skinnnyxoxo
    skinnnyxoxo Posts: 210 Member
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    Great tip.
    I should use it sometime.

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