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A few slices on your sandwich or a handful in your salad bowl start the process. And cucumber looks innocent enough. It is crisp and hydrating, so it’s no problem for your blood sugar. But unless you do the math, assuming so could of be risky if your net carb count is tight. Cucumbers come … Read more

They are eggs. You’re likely convinced they’re the carb-free champ of brekkie. For a long time you had reason to believe so. But then you tossed some mushroom into the skillet to change the texture and splashed on a bit of milk to make things fluffy, and your ideal low-carb number begin to wobble. Sometimes … Read more

Jalapeños are easy macros: you get lots of flavor (and some spiciness) with very little volume. On a low-carb diet, that’s a huge plus. Because, like most others, everyone think they’re almost no-calorie anyway. And, in most situations, that’s not far off. It is fine as long as it’s a single pepper here and there … Read more

If you’re looking for seafood with very few carbohydrates, try shrimp. In its most basic form (i.e., plain cooked), it’s almost carb-free and rich in protein. Per 100-gram serving, plain cooked shrimp has only 0.2 grams of net carbs, which is small enough that it barely registers on most carb-tracking apps. That means you can … Read more

A beautiful red bell pepper sits on your counter. It’s delicious, right? And it’s also healthy, when roasted or paired with hummus. But then there’s the whole carbohydrate thing. If you’re keeping track of carbs (for any reason, whether low carb or just managing your blood sugar), this vegetable throws you off. How many carbs … Read more

Numbers become fuzzy when we track carbs in carrots that do not come on a scale. From a bag you grab some baby carrot. The bag says forty grams. You have sixty grams on your plate. There’s no way to match what you track to what you weigh. Most tracking doesn’t last because there’s always … Read more

Sweet potatoes: Everyone thinks that if they peel a sweet potato, they’re consuming fewer carbs (less food on the plate!). That is wrong. The carbohydrates are located in flesh, not underneath the skin. The fiber content is also found in the peel. Unless you have somehow extracted all the fiber from the peel without leaving … Read more

When you ask yourself how much carbs are in your meal, it always starts with salad, then moves to confusion regarding what’s on top of it: sauces. Tomatoes aren’t zero carb food, even though they’re rich in carotenoids (like lycopene) and low on the glycemic index. Depending on what you do with tomatoes; blend them … Read more

The nutrition facts on a package of potatoes are calculated from raw weight. This number won’t realy tell you anything if you’re eating boiled, baked, or fried potatoes with or without the skin. There’s a calculator that take all those factors into account so you know when it’s time to say no thanks to that … Read more

What kind of onion? Most recipes don’t say. But if you’re cooking to avoid carbs or counting them preciseley, that doesn’t matter. Standard nutrient databases assumes the little yellow thing in your crisper and the giant sweet one in bulk bags are nutritionally the same. Which they aren’t. Not even close. Measuring the right portion … Read more