Oh boy do I love me some carbs! Before this pregnancy I was what I classified, a flexitarian. Meaning my meat intake was very limited. I did this because I really didn't like the thought of meat anyway (pregnancy has changed that). In combination with reading a few books and watching some documentaries I was convinced limiting my meat intake would be a good thing. Funny thing happened though, I really found myself eating way too many carbs which didn't do much good for my body because I was always hungry for more carbs. They never satisfied.
Pregnancy has been a different story though. I eat quite a bit of protein throughout the day via protein shakes, cottage cheese (did you know it has 14 grams of protein in a half cup serving of 100 calories?), meat and my occasional Greek yogurt (which serves as a sweet substitute). I'm sure I get at least 100 grams of protein per day. I'm typically done eating by dinner time (I feel like crappo if I don't stop plus I gain a whole bunch of weight it I eat late at night). So the protein I get keeps me full and satisfied throughout the day.
However, I came across this book,
The Carb Lovers Diet and am intrigued but very skeptical because it's backwards from everything I know. If you want to learn more about the book, the author and the premise behind the book check out this
link for a quick video interview with the author. I will say the main idea behind the carb diet is to eat
resistant starch. It's starch that is not converted to glucose for short term energy (as we would think a typical carb does) but rather is digested through the large intestine and acts like a dietary fiber.
It's a pretty cheap buy on amazon and I have a list of other books so I might give this a whirl just to get some perspective. I still think everything in moderation and will most likely never give advice to be drastic in any certain micronutrient reduction but I couldn't help but share this new finding.
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