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The
author is currently on a diet and trying his best to lose weight, so what's
with the pasta and potatoes?
For
years, I was advised to stay away from anything white (breads, sugar,
etc) and to shun other high carbohydrates like pasta and potatoes
while trying to diet! The reasoning? That carbs quickly get converted
into calories and breads and potatoes and pasta are loaded with
carbohydrates! My answer
to that is, so what! Just about everything
you eat is converted by one metabolic pathway or another into either
amino acids or glucose. Both are essential to good health, only maybe
not when you consume them in excess.
This
meal was balanced and provided all the essential
amino acids, while not going overboard on the carbohydrates. At
right is a nutritional panel that goes into more detail for this
particular meal. Note that the total calories was just over 500 and
that fits in nicely with my planned total of 1800 calories per day.
The only sour note was the high level of salt. Note: The potato, onions, green beans and tomato were all from my backyard garden!
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