Carbs vs. NET Carbs on Induction? Confused and need help

[Browneyes49]

I look at the label and factor in whatever it says. And read the book for guidance. What else can you do?

I know that fresh veggies on the list, protein, most cheeses, and butter and mayo are legal. But after that, it can get a little dicey with packaged foods.

As to the Atkins bars, aren't they for later on during maintenance?
I would trust Atkins bars more than all the others in the pharmacy or health food aisle.

[liv]

It sure can get a little dicey with packaged food. It took me quite a while to really learn to read the ingredient list and figure out what all that stuff really meant. Now that I am better at it I find that I avoid packaged food. I really do not want to eat all that stuff they put in it.

[mizski]

Originally Posted by Browneyes49

I look at the label and factor in whatever it says. And read the book for guidance. What else can you do?

I know that fresh veggies on the list, protein, most cheeses, and butter and mayo are legal. But after that, it can get a little dicey with packaged foods.

Whenever I look at a packaged/prepared food I am just amazed at all the stuff they put in it. For instance, in the prepared foods section of my grocery they had some mashed turnip. Oh goodie I figured...something quick and easy. When I looked at the ingredients, it had soy flour, soy protein, sugar and some unpronounceable things (preservatives?). What's up with all that??? When I make mashed turnip at home it has: turnip, butter with maybe a little salt and cream. No soy. Who the heck puts soy in their veggies??? I looked at the other prepared veggies...broccoli and cheese and others and they all had the same soy, sugar, chemicals. Apparently they put soy and sugar in most everything nowadays.

Because of all the chemicals and soy/sugar in everything, last year I started making almost everything from scratch at home. Even my bread (still bake it for Mr. Ski). At first it was a little overwhelming but I grew up before there were packaged/prepared foods so I knew how to cook things. I was just out of practice after all these years. Now it's pretty easy and I feel good being able to control what goes into the food we eat. Plus, my grocery bill has gone way down too. Also, we don't have much trash anymore as we eat most of what we buy and recycle/compost most of the rest.

Gee, that was a long tangent! LOL Sorry about that. My point is try to make things homemade rather than buy packaged/prepared.

As to the Atkins bars, aren't they for later on during maintenance?
I would trust Atkins bars more than all the others in the pharmacy or health food aisle.

I bought a lot of low carb foods including bars and shakes when I first started low carbing a couple years ago. It really is fake food...Frankenfoods as they call it. So many chemicals and fake ingredients. Plus they made me hungry shortly after I consumed them. How good is that??? After becoming used to homemade foods, I won't have them again even in Maintenance.

[Browneyes49]

Now that I am hypo from surgery and on meds, they said stay away from too much soy.

So now you are saying they put soy in everything? I have to ask also, why>>>??

I wonder what it is doing to the food that makes it desirable?

[liv]

Originally Posted by Browneyes49

Now that I am hypo from surgery and on meds, they said stay away from too much soy.

So now you are saying they put soy in everything? I have to ask also, why>>>??

I wonder what it is doing to the food that makes it desirable?

If you want to avoid soy almost everything premade is out. Makes it easier that way Soy is cheap and versatile. Good filler for manufacturers. It has not fat and people have been very fat conscious about the last 20 years (take out fat add soy and sugar instead) and until recently people thought it was very very healthy.

[Browneyes49]

makes ya gain weight. I think that is why so many women have extra weight in their stomachs and that area between chest and belly button.

I started noticing that a couple of years ago. I thought it was menopause but when young women look like that, it is an additive we can't escape.