Best Low Carb Tuna?

[ghost_whistler]

Which would be best:

In sunflower oil
In Brine
In Spring water (or whatever it is that they call spring water)?

Thanks

 

[Kristin251]

Spring water. Sunflower oil doesn't have carbs but is not a healthy fat. Tuna in water or oil is carb free. It's the other stuff it's packed in. It's all on the label on the can

 

[Brunneria]

I would get the spring water and then add lashings of good quality mayo.

There used to be tuna available in olive oil, but it was more expensive I think, and i haven't noticed if it is still available.

 

[ghost_whistler]

Hi @ghost_whistler
Fish and meat should have zero carbs. I've seen sliced chicken with 7g carbs per 100g of chicken, reading the ingredients it had potato starch, sugar,etc... what on earth. They put rubbish in anything these days, best to read the label carefully.

I know, it's next to impossible these days. Doesn't help when the labelling uses the world's tiniest font

 

[mist]

Tuna!

I don't care what it's contained in, just take my money!

Tuna is a super food, loads of protein and zero carbs, I just get the no drain stuff where it's in a tiny but of brine just to keep it moist.

 

[Bluetit1802]

I know, it's next to impossible these days. Doesn't help when the labelling uses the world's tiniest font

Agreed. They do that because they don't want us to know about all the rubbish ingredients they use!

 

[ghost_whistler]

Tuna!

I don't care what it's contained in, just take my money!

Tuna is a super food, loads of protein and zero carbs, I just get the no drain stuff where it's in a tiny but of brine just to keep it moist.

yeah but not fat, unless you buy the sunflower oil version. Unfortuantely it seems sunflower oil is contraindicated

 

[mist]

yeah but not fat, unless you buy the sunflower oil version. Unfortuantely it seems sunflower oil is contraindicated

Dunno, I'll leave that for people more intelligent than myself to figure out, I just eat the stuff..

 

[Bluetit1802]

yeah but not fat, unless you buy the sunflower oil version. Unfortuantely it seems sunflower oil is contraindicated

It's the fish oil from the tuna itself that you need, not the sunflower oil. You can always drain it off. If you bought salmon (really NOT that expensive) it would just be the salmon and salmon oil in the tin. No waste. No carbs. No nasty fat.

 

[Kristin251]

yeah but not fat, unless you buy the sunflower oil version. Unfortuantely it seems sunflower oil is contraindicated

That's where the mayo comes in!! Yay mayo. Extra virgin olive oil works too. Or avocado smashed as mayo

 

[ghost_whistler]

It's the fish oil from the tuna itself that you need, not the sunflower oil. You can always drain it off. If you bought salmon (really NOT that expensive) it would just be the salmon and salmon oil in the tin. No waste. No carbs. No nasty fat.

I wasn't aware tuna had much oil inside as it's really dry aside from what they package it with

 

[Kristin251]

It's omega 3 fat which is fish oil. Very healthy. Salmon has it too and less dry.

 

[Ultramum]

Somewhere I read that the canning process negates the fish oil benefit in tuna but not in salmon. I'll see if I can find it

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550962/

(Edited to add link)

 

[Kristin251]

That's why I buy wild planet tuna. They only use small ( less than 16#s I think) and they only cook it once to preserve the omegas. It says on the can how much you get. Other cans don't. It is more expensive but worth it to me. It's pole caught as well. They test for mercury and contaminates regularity.

http://www.wildplanetfoods.com/our-products/

 

[Gaz-M]

Somewhere I read that the canning process negates the fish oil benefit in tuna but not in salmon. I'll see if I can find it

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550962/

(Edited to add link)

this is correct