carb counters--fruit & veggies

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Hello, everyone.

Below are links to carb counters/sugars amounts for fruits and vegetables.

Several of us have been discussing off-list the concern of lowering fruits and

increasing vegetables as a means to avoid yeast issues--we discussed much of

this on-list last summer with the need for carbs. So, rather than engage in

debate, I thought that I would let people decide for themselves.

Here are a few thoughts:

1. The riper the fruit, the higher the sugar, but they are easier to digest.

Don't stop cooking fruit too early!

2. Balanced diets are better--using the carb counters lower carb fruits/veggies

can be mixed with higher carb fruits/veggies to balance the sugar ratios.

3. If one is losing weight, some of the problems may be as a result of the

burning of fat and the toxins that are stored in the fat. Once the weight loss

subsides, often the problems begin to resolve. Is the losing weight a process

of detoxing--getting rid of those toxins stored up in fat?

Peaches(7.9g), pears(11.5g), apricots (8.0g), and apples (11.8g) are lower sugar

fruits, as opposed to bananas (20.4) and mango (15g).

http://www.carbohydrate-counter.org/

http://www.thefruitpages.com/contents.shtml Click on the actual food to see

more information on amino acids, minerals, etc.

www.fitday.com to see the actual amount of carbs versus proteins that you and

your family are consuming. It typically surprises people. I thought we were

getting adequate carbs early on, and we were not......Way more for our son than

before due to extreme sensitivity and pickiness, but still not enough.

Hope this is useful......

Whole family SCD 2 years

Mom to Dakota (8--NF with multiple tumors, CDD, seizures) and

(6--happy, healthy, supportive little brother)