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Originally Posted by CJ_07 Hey all
Just recieved my Atkins cook book and Atkins carb counter book and it's totally confused me!
up til now I've been looking at the back of my Atkins revolution book to work out carbs and weights of veg, and in the cook book it says you can have 3 servings!
So what i've had veg wise each day is lettuce 75g, pepper 40g, cucumber, 30g, broccoli 2 bits, cauliflower 2 bits!
So do i continue looking at carb counter and adding it up OR just have 3 servings or recommended weights? and if i do have 3 servings how do i know how many carbs i'm having!??
As you can see i'm totally confused!  |
The standard is this: 1 serving of vegetables is 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked.
In Atkins, during Induction it's 3 cups of the vegetables on the salad list or 2 cups of the salad list and 1 cup from the "other" list.
Since you are weighing your vegetables, you need to know the cup equivalent of the gram weights. Near the top of this forum is a sticky thread that lists the 1 cup-gram equivalents. If you can't find it, go to the USDA's Nutrient Database website: the foods are listed with their cup measures and their corresponding gram weight.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/