Wed, Apr-11-07, 07:24
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Plan: Whole foods ~ No MSG
Stats: 14/14/08
BF:too/dang/much
Progress: 0%
Location: Florida
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May be for the best if sweet things set you off. Plus, I know they give horses beet pulp when they have trouble keeping weight on them.. Pickled on the other hand have less sugar. But, are still quite sweet. I've never eaten them raw, only pickled.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/home...m/beetroot6.htm
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Raw beetroot contains 7.0g total sugars, while boiled and pickled beetroot contain 8.8g and 5.6g, respectively. Most of the carbohydrate in raw and boiled beetroot, and practically all of it in pickled beetroot, comprises sugars. Beetroot is slightly higher in carbohydrates than most other vegetables, but has one of the highest sugar contents of any vegetable. This is not surprising when one considers that sugar beet was bred from beetroot in the nineteenth century. Because of its relatively high sugar content, beetroot is not usually recommended as a vegetable to diabetics. Of the remaining carbohydrate, raw beetroot contains 0.6g starch per 100g, while boiled beetroot contains 0.7g. However, only trace amounts of starch occur in pickled beetroot. Dietary fibre is around 2.8g, 2.3g and 2.5g per 100g of raw, boiled and pickled beetroot, respectively.
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