Tue, May-28-13, 13:27
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Plan: Optimal Diet
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Originally Posted by Petey
Yes, you said that vegetables either contain sugar or starch.
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They do. when diabetes educators talk about "non-starchy" veg, they don't mean those veg have ZERO starch, just that it's very small compared to hugely starchy potatoes or parsnips. So it's possible to make a juice that actually does deliver carbs quickly (depending on what you choose, not that this is you, sounds like not)
If you look at the USDA breakdown of kale, it's the "carbohydrate by difference". Because there are no sugars reported, the carb in kale is starch.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/s...t=&qlookup=kale
You can compare with a more sugary vegetable like onions which does show sugars.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/s...=&qlookup=onion
Last edited by Seejay : Tue, May-28-13 at 13:36.
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