NUTS - lowest carb

[Scimama]

Diet doctor website has a great photo showing carbs in nuts
http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/nuts

 

[Larissima]

Funnily enough, pecans and macadamias are my favourites, and I always add Brazil nuts to the mix for the selenium. Oh, and almond, as butter and flour.

 

[Brunneria]

We had a thread on here only last week or so (Cashews was in the title, if you want to search for it) where several people tested their reactions to cashew nuts and found that the higher carbs were not affecting their bg levels.

Various speculations on the possibility of resistant starch being present, and so on.

Always worth checking your personal reaction to a food before abandoning it.

And yes, I am biased. I LOVE CASHEWS!!!

 

[Robbity]

@Brunneria - I was just going to post about that thread too. I remembered to ask for some cashews with shopping for last week, but have yet to do my cashew tolerance test! Very remiss of me...

Robbity

PS The carbiest nuts that I've found appear to be chestnuts at around 44g carbs per 100g weight, though information varies a bit. But anyway, one less thing I can eat at Christmas.

 

[bhk]

I would recommand being careful about Brazil Nuts as they contain liver toxins, and a content in selenium that is too high for a healthy person if you eat more than just a few. You guys can find out on various studies and websites. Please be careful Cheers!

 

[Marvel_champ]

I wonder if there is a difference between toasted and non toasted nut carbs?

According to http://www.prevention.com/content/which-healthier-raw-nuts-vs-roasted-nuts there is no difference in carbs for both types, but roasted nuts are slightly high in calories and contains 1g of more fat.

 

[plonkish_]

I love nuts (which is handy) but I have to watch that I don't have too many!