I'm still confused about eggs...

[chels4144]

Are they one carb or none? I tried the egg nog that everyone had been raving about in that previous post and it got me thinking. I made mine with 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons cream and 1 packet (teaspoon) of splenda with a little vanilla. If the eggs count as one then that adds up to 6 carbs which raised my carb count today quite a bit. I usually have two eggs and some bacon with avocado slices which is only about 4 carbs total (counting eggs). Any input on this?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: I'm still confused about eggs...

If you use the USDA site to look things up, you'll see that a large egg is 0.39 net carbs.

Different size eggs have different carb counts.

>>I made mine with 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons cream and 1 packet (teaspoon) of splenda with a little vanilla.>>

3 large eggs would be 1.17 net carbs; 2 Tbs. heavy cream is .825 net carbs, one packet of Splenda is 0.9 net carbs and 1 tsp. of vanilla is 0.53 net carbs. That totals up to 3.425 net carbs.

Note that a packet of Splenda is not 1 teaspoon ... so if you used 1 tsp. of granular Splenda, the net carbs for that tsp. was 0.5 net carbs (24 net carbs per cup).

Hope that helps.

[chels4144]

Re: I'm still confused about eggs...

wow that is way less than I was counting for carbs! I'm really glad eggs are not one carb, that is great. and I was counting 1 tbsp of cream as one which is more than I should have been. I didn't realize one packet of splenda wasn't one teaspoon, not sure where i picked that one up. thanks for the info.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: I'm still confused about eggs...

You're welcome.

The USDA site is www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ and you can download it to your PC here:

Nutrient Data Products and Services

[ittybitty]

Re: I'm still confused about eggs...

mmm I just came in to read your question about eggs. That egg nog sounds really nice, I think I'll try it with a bit of ice added. Wouln't it make a nice quick and filling breakfast? Thanks so much for this thread.