Question about Veggies

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Originally Posted by basketballbelly

I don't understand the math here. if over half of my carbs should come from veggies (20g carbs daily) I should have what 11g from veggies, how does tha only leave 2 carbs from other foods? Am I misunderstanding something, I'm trying to get this right so I just want to make sure I understand.

thanks
basketballbelly

If you are eating exactly 20 net carbs daily, then at least 11 of those net carbs should be from vegetables alone.

So if you are eating 3 cups of lettuce, which is roughly 3 net carbs, and your carb total for the day is 20 net carbs, then you aren't doing Induction properly because the vegetable carbs are less than 1/2 of your daily net carbs.

I know the Atkins Company has changed things around---primarily to sell their bars and shakes. So they do say you must eat exactly 20 net carbs daily. But according to Dr. Atkins book, you must eat no more than 20 net carbs daily during Induction.