"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>> Pasta is around 78 grams of carbs "per cup" A cup aint a lot unless you
>> are Tinkerbell. So a decent portion is 150 grams of carbs. That is
>> almost the equivalent of a large pizza.
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>> Yes, if you eat two ounces you're probably OK spikewise. But who does
>> that?
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> To me, some of the really small sized portions are not worth it, easier to
> have a larger portion of non-spiking foods for me, but...some people are
> fine with a tablespoon or so of something, or two orange sections etc. I'm
> not one of them. I'd sooner have several strawberries for instance.

I just finished some chicken and rice soup. It had peas, onion, carrot and
celery in it. And of course chicken. And yes, I know that peas are carby
but less carby than rice. I put a heck of a lot more of those non carby
things in there than I did rice. And that works for me.