Are Dairy Products Really Carbs?

Jul 06, 2010
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Dairy Products Carbs?
by: Steve

Hi,

Thanks for your comments and question.

Here are some examples of low-density carbs:

Carrots, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, onion, spinach, celery, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, etc.

Here are some medium-density carbs:

potato, pumpkin, sweet potato, peas, corn, apples, bananas, skim milk, plain yoghurt, etc.

More examples are available here: Healthy Diet Plans Format

I consider most dairy foods to be carbs because they tend to contain more carbs than protein.

Here are some examples:

100g plain yoghurt 11g carbs and 3g protein

100g diet yoghurt 12.5 carbs 2.5g protein

100mls skim milk 6.5g carbs 5.5g protein

The exception is cottage cheese, which contains more protein than carbs:

100g skim cottage cheese 1g carbs 15.5g protein

I guess this is a similar situation to beans, whereby they tend to be one of the main protein sources for vegetarians. However, beans contain about twice the carbs than protein!

100g 3-bean mix 16.5g carbs 8g protein

I hope this clarifies this issue.

Once again, thanks for your comments and question and for bringing up an interesting topic for discussion.

I wish you the greatest success with achieving your physical goals.

Cheers,

Steve.

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