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Atkins Diet Carb Counter
Because the Atkins Diet is a low-carb diet program, counting carbs is one of the main elements of the program. To help you in the process, there are several online toolsavailable that will deliver the carb count on the foods that you're going to eat. There are two main types of these counters online. One of such type is the one where you type the desired food's name and the engine returns the carb content, and another is the type where you drill down the food categories from generic to specific to find the food you're looking for. Atkins Diet Carb Counter - ResourcesOne of the more popular resources for any kind of Atkins diet tool is the official site, located at atkins.com. The resources on the site include a Glossary of Terms, the Carb Counter you're looking for, and FAQs on the Atkins diet. The carb counter on the official site is of the tree-type, where you drill down on the categories for the specific food. You can also download the carb counter, as a PDF file or to your PDA. Another source for carb counters is www7.addr.com/~atkinsdi/carbsearch.html . This source allows you to type in the name of the food, then get the carbs for items that match the search term. For example, the last time I checked, search for "bread" returned 14 differend types of bread, from Pita bread to cornbread. Finally, there are software programs that are suitable to be used as Atkins Diet carb counter. Some of these programs are also available with MS Excel spreadsheets. A list of some of the generic diet software is listed at freedieting.com/diet_software.htm . |