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Old Thu, Apr-06-17, 17:08
Phantomess Phantomess is offline
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Do eggs really have carbs? In my meal tracker on the Atkins site they do, but on the nutritional label it says 0.
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Old Thu, Apr-06-17, 17:14
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Bacon too.
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Old Thu, Apr-06-17, 18:09
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In the US anything with less than 1g carbs per serving can legally be called 0 carbs, so the serving size is often adjusted so that they can legally call it 0 carbs on the label. Also, the USDA does not require that every brand be analyzed for nutrition content, they can legally use data for a "similar" product that has already been analyzed.

Eggs do have carbs, 0.6-0.8g each, depending on size. Bacon too, if sugar is used for curing (check the ingredients). Typical commercial bacon has 0.1673g carbs per ounce of cooked, drained bacon (or 0.587g carbs per 100g cooked, drained bacon). So not a lot of carbs, but if you were Edith the Egg Lady, they could add up, especially on Induction.

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Old Thu, Apr-06-17, 18:33
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Thank you!
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Perfect explanation above- I generally round eggs to .5 each and bacon to 1.
(I round carbs to 0, .5, or 1).
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Perfect explanation above- I generally round eggs to .5 each and bacon to 1.
(I round carbs to 0, .5, or 1).


Me too, Robin. Exactly.

Honestly though, I don't think about the carbs from eggs or bacon (our bacon is uncured and no sugar), or salad veg. If these are your only source of carbs, you will be totally fine.

(It's when you start trying to count bacon and egg carbs and keep them low SO you can have a 10-carb half-piece of toast, and still "stay under 20 carbs", that's when you run into trouble!

Just eat on-plan food and you WILL succeed!
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