The question today is, should you eat carrots on keto?

Well, what is the glycemic index of carrots?

It is a scale of carbohydrates, and how fast that carbohydrate will raise your blood sugar.

So below 55 is low, above is high, carrots, 72 is pretty high.

However, we have to look at the whole picture here because there's something else called the glycemic.

which is the amount of carbohydrates in a food.

And glycemic load will increase on more quantity,

the fiber is well, because if we have a lot of fiber and low carbohydrate, it's going to definitely influence this glycemic index.

Glycemic index times the amount of carbs, divided by 100.

which is the glycemic index times 4 grams of carbs for a medium-sized carrot, divided by 100 equals 2.8.

I mean, it would take a lot of carrots to create any real impact.

Because carrots, even though it's high in a glycemic index, has a tremendous amount of fiber.

So that is going to buffer or inhibit this glycemic reaction.

However, if you took the carrot juice out of the carrot fiber, that would be very, very

high on the glycemic index because we're dealing with just pure sugar because that's going to create a huge spike in the glycemic response.

And also, there's other variables like cooking the carrots.

and that can also raise the glycemic index as well.

and you're not going crazy with too many, it's gonna be totally fine on keto, you have to worry about it.

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In this video, we’re going to talk about carrots on keto. I want to answer questions like, are carrots good for you, and can I eat carrots on keto?

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What is the glycemic index of carrots?
It’s 72, which is high.

What is the glycemic index?
It’s a scale of carbohydrates and how fast that carbohydrate will raise your blood sugar. Below 55 is low, above 70 is high.

But, we need to look at the whole picture.

The glycemic load is the amount of carbohydrates in a food. The glycemic load will take into consideration the fiber, as well.

The calculation is: 
The glycemic index multiplied by the number of carbs divided by 100. Less than 10 would be low, over 21 would be high. 

For carrots:

72 multiples by 4g divided by 100 = 2.88 (very low)

Even though carrots are high on the glycemic index, they have a lot of fiber which inhibits the glycemic reaction. 

But, different variables, like taking the carrot juice out of the carrot fiber, or cooking the carrots, can raise the glycemic index.

Overall, are carrots healthy? Yes.
Are carrots one of the keto-friendly vegetables? Yes.



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