Veggie Burgers - protein or carbs?

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BlueEyes71 (the other Mary) - 29 Jul 2005 21:41 GMT

Volleyballchick had asked whether veggie burgers would count as a
protein or a carb, according to the plan I'm on with my dietician.

According to my guidelines, it counts as a protein if it has 7g-14g of
protein. It counts as a carb if it has 15g-30g of carbs.

So...if the veggie burger, for example, has 8g of protein/serving and
only 5g of carbs, then it counts as one protein - but no carbs. If, on
the other hand, it has 8g of protein/serving and has 20g of carbs, then
it counts as 1 protein and 1 carb.

Does that make sense? I hope that helps! =)

Mary

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Nunya B. - 29 Jul 2005 23:55 GMT

> Volleyballchick had asked whether veggie burgers would count as a
> protein or a carb, according to the plan I'm on with my dietician.
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> Does that make sense? I hope that helps! =)

It makes perfect sense and is a more reasonable way of doing it than all of
one way or the other. As I said, I was mostly curious because I've heard it
go either way but it looks like your plan is a lot more specific. It seems
easier than the basic exchange type diet when it comes to "mixed" foods.

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