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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Database of UK foods?
Hi, Is there a online database of foods available within the UK and their carb count? The kind of thing to aid you in your low carb plan... Thanks, Jason > Is there a online database of foods available within the UK and their > carb count? The kind of thing to aid you in your low carb plan... If there is, I haven't found one. Would be interested in that as well as some of the US databases miss out important things for UKers (haggis!) and have stuff I simply wouldn't contemplate eating under any circumstances (creamed sprouts). And also I'm never quite sure that what we would count as a 'slice' of bacon, for example, is the same as a US slice of bacon. I've only been there once, but what I was getting at breakfast in Florida as a slice of bacon wasn't at all what I expected. -- Lexin www.redrosepress.co.uk www.livejournal.com/~lexin LC since 9 June 2003 (300/232/182) > > Is there a online database of foods available within the UK and their > > carb count? The kind of thing to aid you in your low carb plan... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > US slice of bacon. I've only been there once, but what I was getting at > breakfast in Florida as a slice of bacon wasn't at all what I expected. Doesn't haggis contain oats? That is. IIRC...  SignatureJean B. > Doesn't haggis contain oats? That is. IIRC... Yes, it does. But having said that haggis actually not bad as far as carbs go. The one I have in my fridge waiting for Burns Night (tomorrow, as it happens) is 15.5g of carbs plus (because this is a UK label) 2.1 of fibre per 100g. I will probably go slightly over my daily allowance of 50g of carbs for the day (I'm one of the lucky ones who stay in ketosis and lose at 50g and am about to consider moving up to 55) but it is one of the things I think it's worth it for. I adore haggis. Am also looking forward to the class of Laphroaig which will wash it down. Sometimes I think the anticipation is more fun than the event, I'm already planning what I'm going to treat myself to on my birthday, and that's not until April! -- Lexin www.redrosepress.co.uk www.livejournal.com/~lexin LC since 9 June 2003 (300/232/182) > Yes, it does. But having said that haggis actually not bad as far as > carbs go. The one I have in my fridge waiting for Burns Night [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > already planning what I'm going to treat myself to on my birthday, and > that's not until April! Having only read descriptions, it is hard to imagine anyone adoring haggis. Someday, I'm going to have to try it. SignatureJean B. There is no uniformity of slice size among different brands of bacon in the U.S. either. In news:40126256$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com, Lexin <lexin@tiscali.co.uk> stated | If there is, I haven't found one. Would be interested in that as well | as some of the US databases miss out important things for UKers [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | LC since 9 June 2003 | (300/232/182) Thanks for the follow-up. As there is no UK database then can you advise on some other low carb food apart from bacon, sausage and egg!! I am sick of it already (after 2 days!).... Thanks in advance, Jason > Thanks for the follow-up. As there is no UK database then can you > advise on some other low carb food apart from bacon, sausage and egg!! > I am sick of it already (after 2 days!).... There is a list of foods acceptable for (Atkins) induction at www.atkins.com and I think also at http://atkins-uk.com/ The Atkins books and also the South Beach Diet books are readily available at Boots and also Superdrug at very reasonable prices and I noticed at Superdrug they were also throwing in a free carb counter with both of them which would solve your problem very neatly. Alternatively you can wander along to your local bookshop and look for, "The New High Protein Diet" by Charles Clark, which is very easy to understand and has some great recipes. These books have a full explanation of how these diets work and what is and is not acceptable to eat in the different phases of the ways of eating. Please, *please* buy one of the books and read it. I know you're thinking, 'Oh, no she's not being very helpful' but really low-carbing needs some kind of theoretical underpinning or you're shooting in the dark. Do read one of them, you won't regret it. -- Lexin www.redrosepress.co.uk www.livejournal.com/~lexin LC since 9 June 2003 (300/231/182) |
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