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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Atkins diet: target 70 gram Carbohydrate/day

I have no scientific backup, but I estimate, that somewhere between 70-120 gram CHO per day will be most peoples goals as the CHO threshold that allows continued weightloss. 

Unfortunately, most fruits will throw this diet off, and let me tell you why:
1 apple (med) 70 calories,0 gm fat,19 gm CHO
1 banana(med) 105 cal,0 fat, 27 gm CHO
1 mango           205 cal, fat 0, 53 CHO
1/2 cantaloupe, 195 cal,1fat, 46 gm CHO
1 orange,          85 cal,  fat 0,  CHO 21 gm
Papaya,1/2 cup, 30 cal, 0 fat, 7 gm CHO.
Water melon, 1 cup,   45 cal, 0 fat, 11 gm CHO.
PineApple, 1 slice, 40 cal, 0 gm fat, 10 gm CHO.
Guava, 1,              80 cal,1 gm fat, 12 gm CHO

I see the papaya is about the same caloric value as hand ful raspberries, and if you are into greek yogurt then you can have one serving greek yogurt, and 1/2 cup papaya.
The goal is to limit breakfast to 20 gm of CHo.
Lunch: 20 gm CHO
Dinner; 30 gm CHO.
If you do not want the yogurt, then a readily available cereal is Weetabix, take 1 weetabix, 65 cal, 1 gm fat, and 13 gm cho. add soy milk light, 1/2 cup approx 5 gm cho.
most cereals are prohibitively high in CHO. another option is instant oatmeal 1 pk 1 oz , i thin its unsweetened and the cho valu is 11 gm.

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