Hi all,
I've only been on Atkins a week, so I'm still definately a newbie and have really appreciated the help I have found in this forum. I just had a few queries about vegetables during induction.
I don't understand Atkins' way of categorising veggies. I though sweet potato was lower carb than pumpkin, but that's not what it says in the book. In fact, by looking at the carb counter on this site, quite a few of the things he says to eat 1 cup of have lower carbs than those of the 2 cup category. Can anyone shed some light?
Also, I find the recipes on the Atkins site misleading. Why is it that the chicken and beef satays are listed as an induction meal, if you aren't allowed to have nuts at all? Ditto the macadamia and cilantro crusted salmon?
Thanks,
halo

try this website www.dietclub.com.au it is the best site for carb counts. i use it rather than atkins' as americans deduct fibre from their carbs whereas we don't.

we dont deduct the fibre? oh,,I do,,lol. not that it matters really i guess that way we just eat less carbs if we dont deduct it..... i go off the atkins carb counter most of the time and it has carbs and net carbs after fibre..... well somethings working for me anyway,,, 18 kilo off in 13 weeks,,, bye all

no - if you deduct fibre from carbs you aren't getting the true amount of carbs that you are eating. makes a big difference for newbies, as you can easily put yourself over your limit and take yourself out of ketosis.