Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 I am reconfiguring my mealplanner. Thanks to the person who sent me the direct link to Standford's keto site. Do you all use the values on the containers/cans? Or do you use the values on the mealplanner? My question arises when I look at the value on the can of Hormel Breast of Chicken (56g - Pro 9g; F 1g; Carb 0) differs immensely from the value on the mealplanner. Your thoughts. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 It's really important to double check that the values quoted on labels etc are per 100g. Often in the UK, our labels show 2 sets of values - one per average serving size AND per 100g. The 100g version is the one to use. (Mum to Francesca) > I am reconfiguring my mealplanner. Thanks to the person who sent me the direct link to Standford's keto site. > > Do you all use the values on the containers/cans? Or do you use the values on the mealplanner? My question arises when I look at the value on the can of Hormel Breast of Chicken (56g - Pro 9g; F 1g; Carb 0) differs immensely from the value on the mealplanner. > > Your thoughts. > > Anne > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 I am reconfiguring my mealplanner. Thanks to the person who sent me the direct link to Standford's keto site. Do you all use the values on the containers/cans? Or do you use the values on the mealplanner? My question arises when I look at the value on the can of Hormel Breast of Chicken (56g - Pro 9g; F 1g; Carb 0) differs immensely from the value on the mealplanner. Your thoughts. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Anne, The value in the meal planner is based on 100g. of each food. The label is based on a serving size, which could be any number of grams, depending on the food. Add the food to the planner based on the weight of a serving size and the values given on the label. Then compare columns 5-7 on the food list for your entry and the entry that was already there for the same food. They should be very close, because now you are comparing values for 100g. of the food, regardless of what the label says. Our dietician recommended a book called *Food Values of Portions Commonly Used* by Bowes and Church. I ordered it on Amazon. The values in it are more precise than the labels, because the food mfgr. can " fudge " a little by saying things like " less than 1g. " Yeah, but is it 0.3 g or 0.8 g? Wouldn't make a great difference to most, but it surely could for some of our keto kids. The caveat is that after the current edition of the book was printed, a food company could still make changes in the composition of the food. Then the values on the label might be the best to use because the label would have to be updated to reflect the changes. My understanding is that the values in the Stanford planner were taken from Bowes and Church and that they were checked against the food labels for accuracy--at the time. I haven't found significant differences in the foods I've used. > I am reconfiguring my mealplanner. Thanks to the person who sent me the direct link to Standford's keto site. > > Do you all use the values on the containers/cans? Or do you use the values on the mealplanner? My question arises when I look at the value on the can of Hormel Breast of Chicken (56g - Pro 9g; F 1g; Carb 0) differs immensely from the value on the mealplanner. > > Your thoughts. > > Anne > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.