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Good Morning Kris,

I looked in the back of NT this morning at the conversion chart and

I was shocked to see that 113 gm is equivalent to 1/2 cup. Therefore,

72 gm is even less then that. Wow, how can someone do a low carb diet

of less than 1/2 cup of fruits, veggies, let alone grains everyday? At

least the leafy greens would be considered fairly free eating. That's

just incredible to me! How would one get enough enzymes from raw foods?

Unless one did resort to eating their meat raw...eek!

<<Yes, fruits especially contribute lots of carbs, and of course the

starchy veggies. It takes quite an adjustment in the typical diet to

keep carbs to 72 gm per day, especially it you do a nutrient analysis of

everything you eat, so you include the carbs from all sources.>>

<<you can eat freely of green leafy veggies, but they have a carb

content to count also. >>

I do have coconut milk, the Thai Kitchen variety. Thanks for the

suggestion of warming it first, I was a little perplexed with the hard

fat and watery liquid myself. I put it on strawberries and pineapple

for breakfast this morning, yum! Way more than 1/2 cup of fruit though.

Chow,

Robin

<<Coconut milk is a lovely fat to add, I've discovered. I make sure the

content of the can has gotten warm enough (about 80F.) to turn

completely liquid, then shake it good and put it in the frig. That way

it has a nice creamy consistency. Otherwise I found it was a mix of hard

fat and watery liquid. I've been putting it on strawberries from the

garden, along with some stevia and almonds. Kefir is also good, or sour

cream.>>

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At 10:19 AM 6/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>I looked in the back of NT this morning at the conversion chart and

>I was shocked to see that 113 gm is equivalent to 1/2 cup. Therefore,

>72 gm is even less then that. Wow, how can someone do a low carb diet

>of less than 1/2 cup of fruits, veggies, let alone grains everyday? At

>least the leafy greens would be considered fairly free eating. That's

>just incredible to me! How would one get enough enzymes from raw foods?

>Unless one did resort to eating their meat raw...eek!

72 grams of carbs isn't the same as 1/2 a cup of fruit though: they are

talking about pure carbs, and a piece of fruit has other stuff (water,

fiber) in it. An apple only has 19 grams of carbs: a carrot has only 7.

Half a cup of rice has 31. My office mate is on Atkins and she does eat a

good amount of vegies, just no starch and not much sweet fruit. In her case

though, I'd have to say she is eating better than she was previously, and

her husband certainly is: they gave up nitrates and MSG and sugar (most

packaged products, except, of course, the ones that Atkins sells!) and are

eating more vegies than they used to, I think!

Heidi Schuppenhauer

Trillium Custom Software Inc.

heidis@...

[Guest guest]

> Good Morning Kris,

> I looked in the back of NT this morning at the conversion chart and

> I was shocked to see that 113 gm is equivalent to 1/2 cup. Therefore,

> 72 gm is even less then that. Wow, how can someone do a low carb diet

> of less than 1/2 cup of fruits, veggies, let alone grains everyday? At

No, no! 113 gm is the *weight* of 1/2 cup of liquid. 1/2 cup of fruit or

starchy vegetable contains roughly 15 gm of CHO. 1/2 cup of cooked green

leafy veggie has about 5 gm CHO

> least the leafy greens would be considered fairly free eating. That's

> just incredible to me! How would one get enough enzymes from raw foods?

> Unless one did resort to eating their meat raw...eek!

I've discovered that eating raw meat can actually be quite delicious. I

think I got inspired when I remembered that an old family friend from Norway

commented many years ago that he liked raw hamburger. that made quite an

impression on my young mind!

Kris