should I be counting meats?

[love777]

meat like steak, chicken or ground turkey or salmon - should I be counting those as a carb? i know it says no carbs but I dont know if there is hidden carbs. No I am not adding anything to it.
thanks!

[Georgiana]

Re: should I be counting meats?

meat like steak, chicken or ground turkey or salmon - should I be counting those as a carb? i know it says no carbs but I dont know if there is hidden carbs. No I am not adding anything to it.
thanks!

If the meat is not cured/processed and has nothing added to it (e.g. spices), it has no carbs. An exception are organ meats and (some) shellfish; that's why organ meats, mussels and oysters are limited to 4 oz per day.

Did you check the USDA database? If there are carbs in something, that will tell you.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

And always read the ingredients. If some ingredient has carbs, then the food has carbs.

[mizski]

Re: should I be counting meats?

I count everything that I consume meaning that I enter it all into FitDay. That way I can easily see if I'm getting enough fats, see what my protein is, make sure my carbs are in the range I want and also check on other nutrients to see if some supplement adjustment needs to be made.

It also makes a great record that I can go back and review if I'm not losing much weight or if I'm doing well with the weight loss.