Fruits Allowed On Atkins Diet

Dr. Atkins diet is based on counting carbohydrates and it is advised that you use your allowance wisely: not for sweets but for nutritious foods containing phytonutriens. Such are vegetables, berries, and fruits. The portions matters, of course, because of the carb grams in them.

However, what you eat your fruits with, matters, too! Fibers, protein, and fats (in the form of nuts or heavy cream) when eaten together with fruits, slow down and overall decrease carbohydrate absorption, up to 1.8 times!

From this standpoint, a cup of Raspberries is a worse choice than a cup of Raspberries with half a cup of heavy cream. Also, the more grams of fiber contains your fruit, the less effective carb grams in it.

For example, a halve of grapfruit has 9.5 carb grams but when you subtract 7 fiber grams, this food starts looking very low in carbs - just 2.5 grams! Raspberries have 8.6 effective carb grams in 1-cup serving and a small kivi almost the same amount: 8.4 grams.

The bottom line is: Any fruit is fine, as long as you count carb grams and combine them with nuts, heavy cream, or other fatty food like cheese.