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What foods should I avoid if I want to cut carbs?

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If you want to eat fewer carbs, avoiding sugar-sweetened beverages should be one of the first things you do. ... Cut Back on Bread. Bread is a staple food in many diets. Unfortunately, it's also quite high in carbs and generally low in fiber. read more

As mentioned by other Quorans, avoid processed foods, which contain lot of carbs and sugar. Below is a Indian Vegetarian diet for low carb. If you really want to go zero carb, cut down the brown rice, roti, idly/dosa too. read more

Needless to say, you must not eat the rice, noodles, and fortune cookies if you want to avoid damaging blood sugar spikes. There are some carbs in all of these recommended items, so don't eat them every day. read more

Even small amounts of some breakfast foods are often high in carbs. For instance, one half-cup (55 grams) of granola cereal typically has around 30 grams of digestible carbs, even before adding milk . Conversely, eggs are an ideal breakfast when you're trying to cut back on carbs. For starters, each egg contains less than 1 gram of carbs. read more

If you are wanting to be more strict and live a low carb diet no matter what, then there are so many foods that contain carbs, it's very difficult to just generalise and cut out one food or a single food group (although the simple refined sugars and processed foods are the first ones to go and will have the biggest and most immediate impact). read more