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Walnuts... so how many carbs?

hankjam

hankjam

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I buy them from Lidl's and the packet states 3.7% carbohydrates.... and yet Wikipee goes for 14%...
some difference...
It's the same for pecans....
Who to believe...

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Typo corrected @hankjam :)

I've spotted conflicting carb info on walnuts too. I only eat a few at a time, so basically count them as zero. I'm Type 1.
 
I've got a similar problem with avocadoes - annoying isn't it?
 
Pecan and brazil are the lower carb, walnuts are about in the middle. It can be difficult to compare as some sites give the total carb including fibre, and others give the net or digestible carbs only. Pecan and brazils are 4 percent net carbs and walnuts are 7, along with hazelnuts. Almonds are 10, so at my maximum.
Peanuts are 7 too - but they have far more impact on me - as they are legumes rather than nuts.
 
hankjam said:
I buy them from Lidl's and the packet states 3.7% carbohydrates.... and yet Wikipee goes for 14%...
some difference...
It's the same for pecans....
Who to believe...

Sorry for the typo in the Header!!
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There are conflicting carb numbers for various nuts. I put it down to the variety and where they are grown. All we can go by is the number on the packet. We can't actually know if it is correct
 
but what needs to be said about walnuts is that they are extreemly healthy and an amount like 100 grams a week seems to be able to lower ones risk of getting a heart disease and certain cancer types with up till 40 %....

so maybe the few carbs in them do not matter much in the bigger picture.. as Heart dicease and cancer are some of the diseases that type 2 diabetics do get more othen than the avearage population

as I am informed most of the fat type in walnuts are the healthy kind like in fish-oil

it seems that of the about 16 grams of carbs pro 100gram in walnuts only the 10gram is available for uptake and of the remaining 6 grams the 5.6 gram are fibres...

http://maddata.dk/ernaering-i/valnod/487
 
The Calorie Carb & Fat Bible has walnuts down as 3.2g of carbs per 100g weight.
 
Chook said:
I've got a similar problem with avocadoes - annoying isn't it?
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I just look up a more detailed nutrient sceme of avocado where it states :
in total 11 grams of carbs of which only 6.5 grams are available for uptake and that of the remaining carbs 5.2 are fibres
there are somme adding informations where both walnuts and avocado are said to also contain "ash" , so maybe in the ash the last hidden carbs are hidden , but in a form that the human body do not use ...

http://maddata.dk/ernaering-i/avocado-ra/309
 
I looked at a packet of walnuts this morning in my local supermarket. It said 13g per 100g. (fiber excluded due to it being the UK)
 
Well this is fascinating. I happen to have 2 different types of walnuts from Morrisons.
An individual 50 g pot , carbohydrate in 100g is 8.7g just labelled Walnuts.

I also have a packet of Walnut pieces, carbohydrate in 100g is 14g. That is really baffling!
 
Getting lower..... I've got a pack of Whitworths Californian walnuts which show the carbs as 3.1g per 100g
 
I have the same thing at my co op. A whole nut and pieces have different counts. And a lot different I might add.

Macadamia are the lowest carb I believe and great fatty acid profile.


Avocado is a mystery to me as well. I eat a whole one a day divided into three meals. I THINK I eat 20 carbs or less a day but that is completely dependant on the avocado carb count. I typically subtract half the fiber as it doesn't really seem to matter.

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/ca...average-all-varieties-raw_f-ZmlkPTYzODU0.html
This is what I get. Who knows. I just pay attention to my meter. I don't eat fistfuls of nuts at a time. Usually just a few. On the occasions I did eat a big handful, I went up and stayed up.
 
hankjam said:
I buy them from Lidl's and the packet states 3.7% carbohydrates.... and yet Wikipee goes for 14%...
some difference...
It's the same for pecans....
Who to believe...

Sorry for the typo in the Header!!
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Try the myfitnesspal app
 
Suck 'em and see what they do to your blood glucose. That is a far better guide than going by the nutritional label.
I just find that carb grammes in different foods have different impacts, depending on fat and fibre and protein.

We had a thread a while back about how 'high' carb cashews are in comparison to other nuts, and lots of people said things like 'well, I will have to stop eating them.' but when I tested what cashews did to me, I found they have nil impact whatsoever, and I continue to enjoy them. :D
 
Angelofthemarches said:
I am an avocado addict and always consume 1, sometimes 2 a day! No bg effect though and I feel no hunger for hours.
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OMG, that's what I'm saying!!! Magical!!! Keeps bs rock steady.

How do you eat yours? I just use sea salt usually. Some with every meal. Until avocado I was always hungry and thinking about food. That's all gone and blood work is much better too. Cholesterol best it's been in years.
 
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