Hey Buckwheat! : South Beach Diet Forum : Active Low-Carber Forums

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Fri, Jun-08-07, 14:58

walketim

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Plan: south beach
Stats: 230/210/180 Male 5'10"

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Hey Buckwheat!

Several years ago I had amazing success losing weight with a low carb diet and hiking in Colorado on weekends. Unfortunately the stress of some demanding issues caused me to fall back to my old ways and I am in need of dropping the pounds again.

Here is my question. I ate a LOT of buckwheat pancakes on the old diet (with sugar free syrup) and this helped me as it was satisfying, filling, tasty and high fiber. I'd like to reacquaint myself with these orbs of goodness so I bought a bag of buckwheat pancake mix just like I used before. The carbohydrate count is pretty high, per serving, like 29 grams, but so is the fiber, 8 grams. In the nutrition panel under carbohydrate, however, it says Fiber 8 grams, Sugar 0 grams. I am reading between the lines here and assuming this is a good thing and that I should have a guilt free plate of these golden bad boys, as I'm in phase II.

Thanks very much from this Noob,

Tim

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#2 ^

Sat, Jun-09-07, 02:05

Demi

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Plan: Muscle Centric
Stats: 238/153/160 Female 5'10"

BF:
Progress: 109%

Location: UK

Hi Tim ~ welcome to the corner of our Beach

First of all we don't actually count carbs on South Beach.

Below is the 'Starchy Carbs' food list, and you can see that we are allowed half a cup of cooked buckwheat per serving. So as long as you stay within those parameters, I can't see a problem with you having the pancakes ... as long as there are no other 'forbidden' ingredients included in the mix.

If you haven't already, you can check out the allowed foods in this thread: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=254313

Quote:

STARCHES
(Start with one daily serving, gradually increase to 3 total servings daily.) Unless otherwise stated, choose whole grain products that have 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce.

Bagels, small, whole grain - 1/2, or 1 oz.
Barley - 1/2 cup
Bread - 1 slice (1 oz.)
homemade breads using whole grains (buckwheat, whole wheat, spelt, whole oats, bran, rye)
multigrain
oat and bran
rye
sourdough (may be used, but whole grain is the best choice)
sprouted grain
whole wheat
Buckwheat - 1/2 cup cooked
Calabaza - 3/4 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Cassava - 1/4 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Cereal:
]Hot - 1/3 -1/2 cup, uncooked. Choose whole grain and slow-cooking varieties (no instant types).
Cold - 30 grams/1 ounce/3/4 cup. Varieties with 3.0 - 4.9 grams are “good” sources of fiber. “High” fiber cereals have 5.0 grams of fiber or more per serving. Choose a cereal with enough fiber to be at least on the upper end of “good,” and make sure it has less than 8 grams of sugar per serving.
Couscous, whole-wheat or Israeli - 1/2 cup cooked
Crackers, whole grain with 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce and no trans fats
English muffins, whole grain - 1/2, or 1 oz. (most contain 2.5 grams of fiber per half a muffin—varieties varieties with 3 grams of fiber are the best choice.)
Green Peas - 1/2 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Muffins, bran - 1 small, homemade
Muffin, sugar-free (no raisins)
Pasta:
Whole wheat is best choice - 1/2 cup cooked (3 grams of fiber or more per 1/2 cup)
Soy is second best choice - 1/2 cup cooked (3 grams of fiber or more per 1/2 cup)
Pita - 1/2, or 1 oz. stone-ground whole wheat (most contain 2.5 grams of fiber—varieties with 3 grams of fiber are the best choice.)
Popcorn, 3 cups popped:
Air popped
Microwave, plain, no trans fats
Cooked stove-top with canola oil
Potato, sweet, small (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Pumpkin - 3/4 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Quinoa, 1/2 cup cooked
Rice - 1/2 cup cooked:
basmati
brown
converted or parboiled
wild
Rice noodles - 1/2 cup cooked
Soba noodles - 3/4 cup cooked
Taro - 1/3 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Tortillas, 100% whole grain, 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce, no trans fats - 1 small
Winter squash - 3/4 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Yams, small (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)

HTH, and good luck with your weight loss journey

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Sat, Jun-09-07, 10:09

Judynyc

Attitude is a Choice

Posts: 30,111

Plan: No sugar, flour, wheat
Stats: 228.4/209.0/170 Female 5'6"

BF:stl/too/mch
Progress: 33%

Location: NYC

Demi gave you the correct information.

If you have not already read the South Beach book, I'd like to recommend that you do.

During phase I of this plan...there are no grains or fruits or starches at all....we begin to add these foods back in very slowly in phase II.

So if you are just starting out, those buckwheat pancakes will have to wait for a couple fo weeks.

Good luck!!

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Fri, Jul-06-07, 06:32

2of3

Senior Member

Posts: 294

Plan: South Beach Diet
Stats: 170/144/135 Female 165cm

BF:no idea
Progress: 74%

Location: Eng(er)land

So Judy, what do you think of buckwheat? Is it as bad as other grains?

So far I've only experimented with sweet potato as a starchy veg. I will probably trying another starchy veg but keep seeing things like quinoa, buckwheat, bulgar wheat etc. in the shop and would like the low down on them.

2/3

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Fri, Jul-06-07, 07:02

Judynyc

Attitude is a Choice

Posts: 30,111

Plan: No sugar, flour, wheat
Stats: 228.4/209.0/170 Female 5'6"

BF:stl/too/mch
Progress: 33%

Location: NYC

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2of3

I think that you should try to eat a few different whole grains to see how your body does with them. Try to eat them as whole as possible.

Amaranth as another one for you to look for.

Good Luck!

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Fri, Jul-06-07, 13:58