Keeping your carbs in check

What starchy and non starchy vegetables can you not eat on a low carb diet?

Vegetables are generally low in fat and calories, so a good choice for anyone trying to lose weight. If you are trying to decrease carbs you may be suspicious of them. Vegetables have a lot of sugar and Carbohydrates too.

Although vegetables do contain carbohydrates, excluding them from your diet is not sustainable nor healthy. Because vegetables have various quantities of carbs, choosing the correct ones in the right amounts allows you to reap the health benefits of these delicious variety of foods while reducing carb intake.

Here's a list of vegetables you cannot eat when on a low carb diet. This list was compiled based on the concentration of their carbs in grams.

A range of (0–6)g is just ideal and and any quantity more should be kept low or avoided completely.

Acorn squash: 1 cup (cubed, raw) | 56 calories | 0 grams of fat | 15 grams of total carbs | 2 grams of fiber | 0 grams of sugar | 1 gram of protein | 13 grams of net carbohydrates

Butternut squash: 1 cup (cubed, raw) | 63 calories | 0 grams of fat | 16 grams of total carbs | 3 grams of fiber | 3 grams of sugar | 1 gram of protein | 13 grams of net carbohydrates

Corn: 2/3 cup | 100 calories | 1 gram fat | 21 gram total carbs | 1 gram fiber | 5 gram sugar | 3 gram protein | 20 gram net carbs

Parsnips:1 cup | 75 calories | 0 grams of fat | 18 grams of total carbs | 5 grams of fiber | 5 grams of sugar | 1 gram of protein | 13 grams of net carbohydrates

Peas: 1/4 cup | 70 calories | 1 gram fat | 12 gram total carbs | 3 gram fiber | 6 gram sugar | 4 gram protein | 9 gram net carbs

Potato: 1 medium | 110 calories | 0 grams of fat | 26 grams of total carbs| 2 grams of fiber | 1 gram of sugar | 3 grams of protein | 24 grams of net carbohydrates

Yam: 1 medium | 158 calories | 0 grams of fat | 37 grams of total carbs | 5 grams of fiber | 1 gram of sugar | 2 grams of protein | 32 grams of net.