How Do You Read Food Labels For Carbohydrates On The Atkins Diet?
The current food labels mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provide consumers with the most accurate, thorough and useful information to date for making healthful food choices. For followers of the Atkins Diet, the labels provide a quick and convenient method of calculating the carbohydrate content in food without having to crack open a nutritional-analysis book at every meal. Of course, not all food products—notably, produce and meats—come with a label, so you may still need to have that book handy. But for the great majority of products, especially those that do contain diet-busting carbohydrates, food labels will help keep you within your carb limits no matter what phase of Atkins you’re in. Find the “Total Carbohydrate” line on the food label. This will give you the amount of carbs (in grams) that this food product contains per serving. This number includes both digestible and indigestible carbohydrates. Since Atkins dieters look for “net carbs,” the amount of car
