How Do You Select Good (High-Density) Carbohydrates With Dr?
“My name is Christine Marquette and I am a registered dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic and I am going to talk to you about how to select good high density carbohydrates for the Dr. Atkins’ Diet. High density carbohydrates are good carbohydrates and they are those types of carbs that have a lot of fiber in them so some examples of good choices would be whole grain items. If you are choosing oatmeal, the highest fiber type of oatmeal would be the steel cut variety. This type of oatmeal is very minimally processed. The whole oat groats have basically just been cut in half, they haven’t been rolled the way traditional oatmeal has. Traditional oatmeal when you buy it, it is in flakes and that is basically indicating that that oat groat was rolled flat. So even though it is high fiber it is not as high in fiber as the steel cut oats so that is an example of how you can see choosing a carbohydrate, the actual highest density type of carb. Other examples are brown rice or wild rice. T
