I grabbed a can of some smoked oysters I had and checked the label and was SHOCKED to see it said 10g of carbs!!! I was like, WHAT???!!!!!!!!!! Since when does MEAT have carbs??? I mean, the can had oysters, oil and salt! That's IT! I checked my little carb/cal/fat book and it said oysters had carbs, too! But on the Atkins Induction list it shows oysters under seafood can be eaten plenty! So, I'm very confused now. I thought all meat had ZERO carbs.

At least the Kipper snack was zero carbs....

Help!

Hiya Soteria,

Hello there

Are u reading the yellow-cover DANDR (the older version)?

In that edition, Dr. Atkins didn't say anything about carbs in shellfish I thought they were a "free-food" (carb-free) when I first started Atkins, too. I almost died of shock when I realized that mussels & oysters have carbs, quite a lot of them in fact I was having them almost everyday

In the DANDR 2002 edition, on page 124. At the bottom (in small print):
*Oysters and mussels are higher in carbs than other shellfish so limit them to four ounces per day.

Good luck!!

Bebe

There is a major difference between meat.....aka also known as beef, chicken, pork, lamb, fish.

Now make note of the following.....shellfish (oysters) have internal organs........equates to carbs. If you look at the internal organs of cows, chickens and pigs you will also notice those contain carbs as well.

Shellfish do contain carbs, where as meat....the fleshy parts of animals do not.

I downloaded the Induction Stuff from the Atkins site. Perhaps I missed that about oysters. I've been doing Atkins on and off for over a year now, but I just found this out! YIKES.

Thanks for your input tho!

I had forgotten how hard induction is. I am feeling hungry a lot. I run around the house like a maniac looking for zero carb foods!

Well, this too shall pass!