can i have quinoa on a low carb diet?
Peas, corn, beans, lentils, quinoa. Peas, corn, beans, lentils and quinoa are not vegetables and contain more carbohydrates than vegetables. Be careful with them on a strict low-carb diet, eating them in very small amounts or not at all. Most of these plant foods are not classified as vegetables but as grains or legumes. They are not good low-carb options. Grains and pure sugar. Wheat is not a vegetable, it is a grain. And anything made with wheat flour contains lots of rapidly digested carbs. Avoid this as much as possible when on a low-carb diet. Whole-grain products are just less bad â itâs like cigarettes with filter. Bread, pasta, rice, cookies etc. are not vegetables, and they are full of carbohydrates.