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Millets - good or bad?

Shas3

Shas3

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I cooked millets (probably a third of a cup when uncooked) for breakfast today. I am a bit confused how many carbs that is and if it Is too much for one meal, when i want to be below 100 per day. And generally are millets a good choice for carbs for LCHF?
 
As per @Guzzler. It’s a grass seed like any other other grain. Probably fine if you’re a bird...if you’re a human then possibly not so much ;)

Just teasing. Not something I’d consume irrespective of my current metabolic and gastrointestinal health, but hindsight is a wonderful thing :D
 
I used to buy millet for my son's budgie (this was back in the late 80s)and out of curiosity I threw a handful in the garden to see if the grass would be any different from what we normally see, I was hoping to see something exotic looking. It came up and... yes, it's grass.
 
Shas3 said:
I cooked millets (probably a third of a cup when uncooked) for breakfast today. I am a bit confused how many carbs that is and if it Is too much for one meal, when i want to be below 100 per day.
And generally are millets a good choice for carbs for LCHF?
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Millet has 49% gms of carbs per 100gms (cooked), but carbs are absorbed more slowly.
 
Shas3 said:
Doesn’t sound great if LC is the objective.. Thanks
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Not great.. to be honest no grain or seed will be very good for low carb that's why a lot of us have simply ditched them totally and replaced them with green veg and more meat/chicken/fish instead.
 
Listlad said:
Except flax seed which seems to get special dispensation.
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Flax seed (and Chia) do not come from the grass family of plants so they are not cereals or grain which is often demonized. Seed is too broad a term to completely exclude from low carb diets as for example nuts are seeds and they are often recommended.
 
Mr_Pot said:
Flax seed (and Chia) do not come from the grass family of plants so they are not cereals or grain which is often demonized. Seed is too broad a term to completely exclude from low carb diets as for example nuts are seeds and they are often recommended.
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Indeed I notice a number of terms get the broad brush approach sometimes.
 
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