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Old March 2nd, 2009, 03:14 PM
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Default Re: veggie question

There is no rule I remember of that says 12-15 g per day, I'm not sure where that comes from. Are you eating only lettuce and celery everyday?! If you have a day with a very low carb count, it will not be a tragedy. If your carb count is so low every day (but you still get most of your carbs from veggies), then you might be getting a relatively low amount of antioxidants, because iceberg lettuce and celery do not have a very high Atkins Ratio (i.e. antioxidant score per gram of carbohydrate). I would think this shouldn't affect you too much in two weeks, but I'm not sure...
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