Diabetic Food Exchanges - Avoid this on the Atkins Diet
It's High Carbs - Avoid

This is to help those on the Atkins Diet who might be decieved.  Sometimes restaurants will list the Food Exchange.  Food Exchange is something like this:
3 Carbohydrate (CHO), 2.5 Fat, 3.5 Medium Fat Meat

Just because it says 3 Carbohydrate (CHO) that does not mean it has 3 carbs in it.  It actually has 45 carbs in it.  How?  The old Diabetic Food Exchange says a Starch/CHO is 15 grams of Carbohydrates.  3 Servings at 15 grams each is 45 grams.

Read it as follows

3 Servings of Carbohydrates
2.5 Servings of Fat
3.5 Servings of Medium Fat Meat.

My Low Carb FMover is following this example below but on a Low Carb Scale.  Compare the two charts.  You can see what I did to reduce carbohydrates below.  Why I did it?  I keep hearing people say there is NO Variety on Atkins Diet.  I also hear these Health Nuts keep saying all you eat is Meat and Cheese.  That's not so.  So I came up with my Low Carb Version of FMover


Calorie Chart
Item Calories Per Serving
Carbohydrates 4
Protein 4
Fats 9
Alcohols 7

 
 
Carbohydrates (Grams)
4 Calories Per		 Protein (Grams)
4 Calories Per		 Fat (Grams)
9 Calories Per		 Calories
Starch/Bread/CHO 15 3 Trace 80  (15 X 4)+ (3 X 4)+(Trace X 9)
Meat/Protein
Lean Meat
 0 7 3 55  (7 X 4) + (3 X 9)
Medium Fat
 0 7 5 75 (7 X 4) + (5 X 9)
High Fat
 0 7 8 100 (7 X 4) + (8 X 9)
Vegetable 5 2 0 25  (5 X 4) + (2 X 4)
Fruit 15 0 0 60    (15 X 4)
Milk
Skim
 12 8 Trace 90 (12 X 4) + (8 X 4) +  (Trace X 9)
Low Fat
 12 8 5 120
Whole
 12 8 8 150
Fat 0 0 5 45   (5 X 9)

McDonalds  Hamburger = 2 Carbohydrate (CHO), 1.5 Medium Fat Meat
Double Cheesburger =  2 Carbohydrates (CHO), 1 Fat, 4 Medium Fat
 
 
Item Calories
McDonalds Hamburger 2 X 15 = 30 Carbohydrates 1.5 X Medium Fat Meat (80 X 2) + (1.5 X 75) =  273
Double Cheesburger 2 X 15 = 30 Carbohydrates 4 Medium Fat + 1 Fat (80X2)+(4X75)+(1X45) = 505

 

Billy's Food Mover Version



 
 
 
Carbohydrates (Grams)
4 Calories Per		 Protein (Grams)
4 Calories Per		 Fat (Grams)
9 Calories Per		 Calories
Starch/Bread/CHO 5 1 Trace 24   (5 X 4) + (1X4)
Meat/Protein
Lean Meat
 0 7 3 55  (7 X 4) + (3 X 9)
Medium Fat
 0 7 5 75 (7 X 4) + (5 X 9)
High Fat
 0 7 8 100 (7 X 4) + (8 X 9)
Vegetable 5  (Subtract Fiber = 2) Net 3 2 0 25  (5 X 4) + (2 X 4)
Fruit 3 0 0 12    (3 X 4)
Milk
Cream (1/4 Cup)+(3/4 Water)
 2 2 20 200  (2 X 4) + (2 X 4) +  (20 X 9)
Fat 0 0 5 45   (5 X 9)

 

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