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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Sounds like you have a huge sugar intake.
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My usual breakfast of juicing two pears, an apple, two carrots, and some ginger gives me about 66 grams of carbs. If I have my usual "mean green " lunch juicing kale, spinach, celery, carrots, ginger, and an apple, that adds 22 grams of carbs for a running total of 88 grams. My solid food vegetarian dinner usually adds about 25 grams of carbs for a running total 113 carbs. So, you are correct that on the occasional day I substitute a smoothie, my carb intake can get up around 165 grams. But since it's a once in a while treat, I try to keep my daily carbs in the 100 to 150 range. I think that's considered "moderate". But you've also pointed out something that I just read about. Sometimes people go on an all fruit diet or a 3 day fruit juice cleanse and wonder why they gain weight. It's because of all the carbs. Even though the carbs you get from fruits are full of nutrients also, unlike the worthless carbs from processed foods like white bread, at the end of the day carbs are carbs and should be consumed in moderation. Thanks for sending me running to google to learn more about what I'm doing. It truly is a learning process.