The Protein-Carb debate Or Not?

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-Yes and no

 

Just less of the hevier...at a meal my son would eat a bit of protien

then a whole baked potato a hunk of bread and then a bunch of

corn/peas and that was it..if i tried to feed him anything else hhe

would sit for 2 hours at table not eating ..he is very stubborn..dr

explained to him MANY times over past 3 years he has to watch what he

eats more..he has told him the greener veggies have many more

nutrients...

now that we have done this he now eats...

asparagus,brocoli,a romaine/spiunach salad, carrots apples,grapes

mangos,pineapple nuts and dried fruits. he also eats BROWN rice,

whole wheat pasta and tortillias . i buy the natural ovens bread

which is NATURALLY lower in carbs because it is so hi in fiber

(hunger filler he likes)

My dr does NOT approve of the low carb fad diets ..i know because

when i heard this i told him we would not do any such diet in my

house and he aggreed with me.He then went on to explain that the

starchy veggies my likes have very little nutritional value and while

he was a toddler and he told me it was a faz..now that he is a

growing boy that i need to be more stubborn and switch it, and et him

on track..dont get me wrong it wasent easy! if you have any idea how

much food ive tried then ate for therest of theweek because he would

almost gag eating it...well you get my meaning.

 

before talking to the dr i would never really give it a thought..i

thought of patatoes and peas and corn as veggies..thinking it was ok

and very happy he was eating veggies!now BOTH kids help me plan our

menus and im VERY happy with that..We have no one grumbling at our

dinner table an dim happy we are all eating more vitamins and

nutriants and i watch ALOT more what we eat and do tons of netserachs

and read labels liek a hawk.

 

In our problem the less carb idea was for teh best...other reasons

people do it maynot be..but i try not to judge ...everyone is welcome

to there own thoughts..likes or even dislikes..

warm Regards

Niccii

 

 

 

-- In , Amethyst Moon

<ongala1> wrote:

> Just to throw my two cents worth into the debate...did the doctor

mean to cut back on heavy carbs? Food can essentially be broken into

three groups, protein, fats and carbs (sugars). Carbs are then

divided into heavy and light. Potato, pasta, bread are heavy carbs

and fruit and veg are light. Generally people fill up a lot on the

heavy carbs but most of the nutrition comes from the light ones.

Maybe the doctor meant to focus less on these heavy carbs and instead

on protein (and lighter carbs)? That would make sense to me.

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> Michelle

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