Carb Charts - Low Carb Reference: Low Carb Reference, #8
By Lisa Shea
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** Revised for 2018! More values and information! **
When you're out and about, and you lose internet access, do you wish you could still know the carb value in the food you're thinking about ordering? This 98 page carb chart book keeps you on a healthy path.
It's important to eat foods that are low in sugar and starch. We all know that. But how do we know which foods are better than others? This handy carb chart provides the solution, no matter what style of diet you are on.
No more guessing at what a food will 'cost you' while out at a supermarket or at a restaurant. This useful book provides all the details you need to create a more healthy you! From fruits and vegetables to nuts and berries, many items in a store don't provide you the data you need. With this book you will have the data you need at your fingertips. There is also complete coverage of popular low carb beers, liqueurs, whiskeys, and more.
In addition to the base information, all of my low carb books provide appendices which explain how to successfully manage a low carb diet.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions! I frequently update all my low carb books based on your recommendations.
Lisa Shea
I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up. For a full listing of my books please visit: http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html
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Carb Charts - Low Carb Reference - Lisa Shea
Introduction
Low carb dieting is all about watching the carb counts of your food. We count carbs for a simple reason - foods with low carb counts have low sugar. Foods with high carb counts have high sugar. Sure, you could eat corn occasionally because it’s tasty - but corn is mostly made up of sugar and water. It has few nutrients. If you fill up on corn, you’re filling your stomach full of sugar and have little room left for food with nutrients in it. In essence you’re causing malnutrition through stomach-jamming.
The point of following a low carb lifestyle is to treasure your stomach space. You only have a limited amount of food that can fit into your stomach every day. You need to choose wisely so the food you put into your mouth is food that is high in nutrients and vitamins while low in sugar. It’s a balancing act. Knowing a food’s carb count helps you find that balance.
It’s important not to obsess over the carb count of an exact portion. Is it 5.2g or 5.5g? In reality, the carb count of any food varies in many different ways. Scientists have determined a general
count for tomatoes, for example. But is it a roma tomato, a plum tomato, a big sandwich tomato, or a cherry tomato? Is it a big roma tomato or a little roma tomato? Is it a roma tomato grown in California, or a roma tomato grown in Louisiana? Was the tomato grown in the cool days of spring or the hot days of summer? All of these differences impact the sugar count of the food. You are never going to have exact counts. The idea is to get into a low range
instead of a high range
.
Be sure to vary your diet. Broccoli is great for you - but eating a diet of 100% broccoli would cause severe malnutrition. Make sure you draw foods from all the different food groups, and explore new types of foods. There’s a ten-try rule in taste - while your taste buds might originally reject a new food as being icky
, after a few times of eating it, your taste buds learn to adapt. It’s a survival thing. Your taste buds figure that if this is all it’s going to get to keep its body fed, it might as well learn to like it.
There are many delicious foods out there that your parents may never have exposed you to. Your childhood may have put your taste buds at a disadvantage. Learn to like a variety of foods, and you can literally go years on a low carb diet without ever eating the same dish twice!
I’ll note that carb counts for a given food item should be the same no matter where you look them up. These are scientific values. The carb count for a 12oz apple should be within a certain range, no matter which scientist tests it. There will be a slight variation depending on the specific apple, its ripeness, and so on, but the values should be within a reasonably small range.
This book here is a compilation of known scientific values for a wide variety of items, which I have organized and presented for you. If you have any suggestions about the layout, please let me know! I’m quite open to feedback. Also, let me know what other supplemental information you’d find helpful in this book, beyond the basic foundation information I provide next.
Why Buy This Book
Food carb charts are comprised of scientific facts; this data can be found at the USDA website. This book is meant to supplement that online database. We all end up in locations where we lose web access. This book allows you to maintain access to the important carb information during those times so you can still make healthy choices.
Also, I portioned all of the data out so you can easily compare apples and oranges
(grin) and make wiser choices. Instead of having to go back and forth through a database-driven system, you can peruse all your options in a given category and know which item will best suit your current dietary needs.
The introductory articles I provide help ground newcomers in the concepts of effective vs total carbs and how a glycemic index works. These are all important foundations for a healthy eater to understand.
Finally, for those who drink alcohol, I put a substantial amount of effort in researching, testing, and updating the drink carb chart values. Many of these data sets involved me personally writing and communicating with the manufacturers of the alcohols involved. So this information is the result of a careful investigation. Now the results are at your fingertips!
Please let me know if there