Monday, 18 June 2012

Are You Carb Smart - Screening Bread Made Easier

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A low carb diet may be your plan for your beach body but are you giving up the right carbs?

You don’t need to be a carb loather to have a fabulous body.  Give it up now and you’ll only probably end up over eating or over-compensating at a later meal. 

You may think that it’s easier to distance yourself from this vital energy source, but before you turn your back on all carbs, consider what you are going to replace these with.  If it becomes apparent that your bread in sandwiches or toast are traded in for scones, biscuits and cakes then you may just want to re-consider. 

Trading in low glycaemic index carbs or slow releasing carbs for sugary and high fat snacks could be you committing food suicide.

To make the journey back to carbs easier, let's practise our nutrition screening tool.  It really is a quick way of analysing your bread.  See Be Shopping Savvy - Nutrition Labelling Decoded.

I picked up this ‘purple’ version of Tesco’s Finest Multiseed Farmhouse Batch as it really is one of my favourites.

The fats are below 10g/100g.  The ingredient list tells me that the fats are likely the heart loving types from seeds such as sunflower seeds, linseeds, pumpkins seeds and so on.

I am very pleased with the fibre content of this bread, it’s a whopping 7.5g/100g.  I am definitely happy and confident purchasing this little treasure for my breakfast or lunch.  I don’t eat bread daily so I am not too worried about the salt content. 

If salt is important to you, then instead of getting bogged down by the numbers, simply choose a brand that contains the least amount of salt per 100g (after you've applied our golden nutrition screening tool of course)!

This high fibre bread sure kills the hunger pangs.  Why not team this with tomato, cucumber slices and reduced fat cheese for a savoury snack option.  


Remember, portion sizes are key if you are trying to restrict your energy intake for weight loss.

So get trending with the right carbs.  The smart carbs.

Lovely readers, what's your favourite type of bread to eat?
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boutiquebootcamp · 668 weeks ago

really fascinating, I do exactly as above, drop the potatoes with my meal and then eat biscuits and toast ravenously later. Your posts are great, I don't comment every day as I am quite busy, but do read all of them!
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girlnpurpledres 40p · 668 weeks ago

Thank you for commenting. I appreciate how busy we are and hence value all your comments :) Hope you are successful in incorporating 'smart' carbs at every meal :)
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Andrea · 668 weeks ago

Carbohydrates are the fuel of body, so, indispensable. Weigh the carb is really the key and a great suggestion. Obviously avoid to eat carb for dinner and, for my point of view , try to concentrate the highest quantity of carb 2-3 hours before the workout(gym, run,swim, etc.).
I don't think that give up completely with potatoes is a good idea, but portion size and eat them no more then 2 -3 a week (fries are not part of the weekly amount), can be fine.
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girlnpurpledres 40p · 668 weeks ago

Hallo Andrea. Thank you for commenting on the blog. Certain individuals with diabetes may need to weigh their carbohydrates in order to assess their carbohydrate portions in grams accurately. This is useful when needing to administer insulin via an insulin pump and in order to adjust the insulin dose accurately, the precise amount of carbs to be eaten is necessary. It may not be realistic to eat carbs only a few times a week. Like you've very correctly said above, carbohydrates are one of the main sources of fuel for the body. My professional advice would be to include this daily as part of a balanced diet, by choosing 'smart' carbs.
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Andrea · 668 weeks ago

Hello. Thank you for your answer. When I said weigh carb, I meant weigh the food that you want to eat to assume carbohydrate, like weigh pasta and eat the right amount (around 80g.), it's a common mistake eat more just "to finish the packet", so I meant that portion size is a great suggestion, as you said. And I also meant eat potatoes 2-3 time a week, not eat carbohydrate 2-3 time a week. Sorry for my bad English. And thank you for answering.
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girlnpurpledres 40p · 668 weeks ago

I completely understand the message you wanted to convey now :) You are very motivated - yes I agree, sometimes it helps to weigh a food items to get familiar with portion sizes. This is really helpful when trying to keep an accurate food diary as well. Thank you very much for taking the time to comment again and for clarifying! I appreciate all of the comments.
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Seygra20 · 662 weeks ago

My favourite type of bread to eat is most definitely roti and flour or corn tortilla wraps. I don't eat those everyday but I love, love flat bread. I'm not a fan of yeast breads or breads made with yeast. I think the last time I had a yeast based bread was 3 weeks ago and that a hot dog roll. I love flat bread.
Honestly, I don't weight my carbohydrates, I don't pay attention to it because I tried a low-carb diet for 1 week and it was HARD. My sugar cravings were heightened, I was hungry ever so often and I found doing my 45-min cardio routines very challenging but I did lose 2 pounds. My favourite type of staple is spaghetti, I love spaghetti, I eat it almost everyday for breakfast.

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