Perplexing nuts' fiber vs. carbs issue

MusicGroove2000 said:

In a book of nutritional counts I own a one-ounce portion of roasted peanuts
is listed as having 14 grams of fiber and just 6 grams of carbs.
Likewise, 1 cup of peanuts is listed as having a whopping 71 grams of fiber
and 31 grams of carbs.
Also, a one-ounce portion of cashews is listed with 14 grams of fiber and 10
grams of carbs.
If the above counts are correct, and these nuts (and numerous others listed
in the book) have more grams of fiber than grams of carbohydrate, then wouldn't
the net carbs of these foods be zero, making them a virtually "free" food (i.e.
consume as much as you want) on a low-carb diet?

Don't know what book you've got... but according to the USDA website:

1 ounce cashews have 9g of carbs and .09g of fiber

1 ounce of peanuts have 6.1g of carbs and 2.3g of fiber

Check your book again.

Jennifer

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MusicGroove2000 <[email hidden]> typed:

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In a book of nutritional counts I own a one-ounce portion of
roasted peanuts is listed as having 14 grams of fiber and just 6
grams of carbs. Likewise, 1 cup of peanuts is listed as having a
whopping 71 grams of fiber and 31 grams of carbs.
Also, a one-ounce portion of cashews is listed with 14 grams of
fiber and 10 grams of carbs.
If the above counts are correct, and these nuts (and numerous
others listed in the book) have more grams of fiber than grams of
carbohydrate, then wouldn't the net carbs of these foods be zero,
making them a virtually "free" food (i.e. consume as much as you
want) on a low-carb diet?

No. You can't consume as many nuts as you want -- they are loaded with fat.

Not correct.

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Eat less, exercise more. -- MFW

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Quoted message said:

In a book of nutritional counts I own a one-ounce portion of roasted
peanuts
is listed as having 14 grams of fiber and just 6 grams of carbs.
Likewise, 1 cup of peanuts is listed as having a whopping 71 grams of
fiber
and 31 grams of carbs.
Also, a one-ounce portion of cashews is listed with 14 grams of fiber and
10
grams of carbs.
If the above counts are correct, and these nuts (and numerous others
listed
in the book) have more grams of fiber than grams of carbohydrate, then
wouldn't
the net carbs of these foods be zero, making them a virtually "free" food
(i.e.
consume as much as you want) on a low-carb diet?

Roger Zoul said:

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MusicGroove2000 <[email hidden]> typed:

Quoted message said:

In a book of nutritional counts I own a one-ounce portion of
roasted peanuts is listed as having 14 grams of fiber and just 6
grams of carbs. Likewise, 1 cup of peanuts is listed as having a
whopping 71 grams of fiber and 31 grams of carbs.
Also, a one-ounce portion of cashews is listed with 14 grams of
fiber and 10 grams of carbs.
If the above counts are correct, and these nuts (and numerous
others listed in the book) have more grams of fiber than grams of
carbohydrate, then wouldn't the net carbs of these foods be zero,
making them a virtually "free" food (i.e. consume as much as you
want) on a low-carb diet?

No. You can't consume as many nuts as you want -- they are loaded with fat.

not to mention those pesky calories.

Quoted message said:

If the above counts are correct, and these nuts (and numerous others listed
in the book) have more grams of fiber than grams of carbohydrate, then wouldn't
the net carbs of these foods be zero, making them a virtually "free" food (i.e.
consume as much as you want) on a low-carb diet?

It sounds to me like you've gotten hold of a book designed for a
non-US market, where fibre counts are ALREADY deducted from the carb
total. This frequently confuses people who live outside the US (or in
the US who get hold of food labelled for other markets).

It's not possible for a food, labelled in the US fashion, to have a
fibre count higher than the carb count since they count fibre AS a
carb.

Aramanth

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Perdu said:

On 30 Jan 2005 03:25:37 GMT, Ignoramus2396
<[email hidden]> Cried out loud... :

Nutritiondata seems to kill Firefox if you search foods. Especially after
I had installed them in the search window. There doesn't seem to be
anything posted on this. Any ideas?

Best Regards,

Steve

No problems here. Firefox 1.0, OS X 10.3.7.

KeS

Kevin Stevens said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Perdu said:

On 30 Jan 2005 03:25:37 GMT, Ignoramus2396
<[email hidden]> Cried out loud... :

Nutritiondata seems to kill Firefox if you search foods. Especially after
I had installed them in the search window. There doesn't seem to be
anything posted on this. Any ideas?

Best Regards,

Steve

No problems here. Firefox 1.0, OS X 10.3.7.

KeS

No problems here either

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107
Firefox/1.0

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/index.html

Bunky

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Carmen said:

Hello,

(MusicGroove2000) said:

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No. You can't consume as many nuts as you want -- they are loaded
with fat.<

The fact that nuts are loaded with fat shouldn't be a concern on a
low-carb
diet (Atkins, for example) -- isn't that correct? Low-carb diets
only restrict
carbohydrate, not fat. (Atkins even warned against trying to do a
"low-fat
Atkins" type diet.)
If not, please explian why.
Thanks.

Because calories still count. Too much high calorie food (like nuts)
would mean either no weight loss or even weight gain, depending on how
"too much" the surplus is for that given individual.
Low carbing isn't magic, it's still dieting. :-)

Take care,
Carmen

As Carmen says, it's not the fat in the nuts per se that's bad; instead,
it's the amount of calories in nuts that's bad. That, and you (I) can
easily eat too many nuts.

--
Bob in CT

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Roger Zoul said:

No. You can't consume as many nuts as you want -- they are loaded with

fat.<

Quoted message said:

The fact that nuts are loaded with fat shouldn't be a concern on a

low-carb

Quoted message said:

diet (Atkins, for example) -- isn't that correct? Low-carb diets only

restrict

Quoted message said:

carbohydrate, not fat. (Atkins even warned against trying to do a "low-fat
Atkins" type diet.)
If not, please explian why.
Thanks.

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Nuts are calorie packed. Don't believe everything you read in the Atkins
books. Calories still count. That goes for bacon, butter, cheeses and
other calorie dense foods as well.
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Wysong
Age 60. Height 5'6"
Starting date: 1/8/05
171/ 166 / 140 lb
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