wheat bran

[mirna05]

Does any one knows why Dr. Atkins mentions in his book that wheat bran is pure fiber, when it is not? I have found in the USDA and in Fitday that it does have other carbs besides fiber. This is an issue in the Spanish Forum. There are people that are not counting this carbs because the book says is pure fiber.

[not2late]

Re: wheat bran

I don't know why that is. But I count every carb just to make sure.

[sadie147]

Re: wheat bran

I have my wheat bran as a custom food in fit day. I entered the amounts per 1/4 cup on the package. (9g carbs, 7g fibre per .25 cup) when i enter it as 1 tbspn in fitday it comes out to 2g carb, 2g fibre.

So it appears that if you have only 1 tbpsn, which is all that you are allowed on induction as a fibre suppliment, it must be 2.xxg fibre which rounds down to 2g fibre so the carbs are negligable. You should be counting all the carbs over 1tbspn.

I never added wheat bran until OWL grains rung, I used psyllium for fibre (and still do) it's 0 carb as far as i know per tbpns as well.

HTH.

[mirna05]

Re: wheat bran

I tryed that in the fitday but does not have tablespoons just cups. Does the book says just one tablespoon per day in induction?

[sadie147]

Re: wheat bran

I tryed that in the fitday but does not have tablespoons just cups. Does the book says just one tablespoon per day in induction?

I entered mine myself as a custom food...I used the nutritional panel on the back of the wheatbran package. I try to do this with most foods that i can..so i get a more accurate count.

Yes it does just say 1 tbspn. And it's as a fibre supplement when needed. You can add more once you get to the grains rung of OWL.

Here is exactly what it says:

" I recommend that you take one tablespoon of psyllium husks daily. Be sure to select a sugar-free product. You can also take one tablespoon of coarse wheat bran or flaxseed meal. Although it's derived from grain, coarse bran is pure fibre and therefore it too contributes zero to your carb count. "

I use pure unprocessed wheat bran, which is coarse wheat bran. It does have net carbs like i said abovewhen you have it in larger quantities.

Not sure if anyone else has any opinions on this?

[mirna05]

Re: wheat bran

Thank you very much! that helps a lot. there are people in the spanish forum who is having flax bread made with 4 tablespoons of flax seed or wheat bran, and they are eating the whole bread daily!!

[sadie147]

Re: wheat bran

Thank you very much! that helps a lot. there are people in the spanish forum who is having flax bread made with 4 tablespoons of flax seed or wheat bran, and they are eating the whole bread daily!!

No problem..it is a very confusing statement actually..that it's carb free.

I think actually you can have up to two tbs of flax daily if needed. I think later on in the book it mentions that. I always thought that half of that recipe was ok for induction. though i can't find it right now.

If someone could jump in and correct me if I'm wrong? i'm pretty sure i've read that up to 2 is ok.

[mirna05]

Re: wheat bran

I checked the book and it says one to two tablespoons sprinkled in your salad for contipation problems. I already posted in the forum to have only half bread in induction. Thank you, nobody had mentioned that in the spanish forum. (they ain't gonna like it, everybody is crazy with the bread specially made with wheat bran instead of flax seed) Someone had two breads per day!!