Thread: Can you have tomatoes on induction?

I dunno, you can take away my toast but I still have a strong desire to put tomatoes in my omlette, on my salad, on my tuna salad, in my meat & cheese roll-ups.... Can I have tomatoes on induction? Any idea how much tomato is ok? Let's say I had a large one, would 1/4 of it be ok?

Thanks

Tomatoes aare ok in limited amounts as long as you get in your salad and don't go over 20 carbs. Here's the link that floats around here.
Gives lists of acceptable foods.

http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/15-464579.html



Rob
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Some folks frown on tomatoes, but I agree with Rob. I often have a few on the side with an omelette in place of the potatoes.

Even if you don't want to eat them, they are useful. Always keep a few with you to throw at anyone who trashes your WOE

--jim

LOL... Thanks Jim, I'll keep that in mind. I love to eat them but occasionally there is that rotten one I've forgotten about :O)

I've never dieted without tomatoes.

Just don't overdo it. Tomatoes have some carbs, but not so many that most people need to eliminate them. They add so many familiar flavors, as well as vitamins, it's hard to live without them.

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They're easier to keep track of carbwise, if you use cherry, or grape tomatoes.

(296/220/135) 04/01/03
The Downward Spiral Begins

I love the grape tomatoes and I have eaten a few everyday in my salad. I just cannot eat a salad without tomatoes.

I figure them to be a carb each. I have not been able to find the exact count so I estimated. If I do not exactly what the count is I tend to overestimate .

Susan ( AKA Northwest)
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I read somewhere that the cherry tomatoes are 1 carb each, so I've always counted grape tomatoes as 1 carb per 2 pieces..

(296/220/135) 04/01/03
The Downward Spiral Begins

From what I understand, tomatoes are ok, and I do eat them every so often, but only when they look like they'd be worth it. The worst is those pinkish tomatoes that are barely ripe - not worth the carbs.

I've also heard that eating cooked tomatoes is better for you then eating them raw. I think the sugars are more concentrated in the raw state, but when cooked, some of the sugars are cooked away. I'll have to find where I read that information and post it here as well.

Enjoy your tomatoes!

"The more I meet people, the more I love my dogs"

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Actually I read two things about tomatoes that you may be confusing: You need to count the grams of carbs in the tomatoes before cooking because you will have a condensed amount afterwards but the original carb count doesn't change, it's just condensed. The reason they are thought to be more nutritionaly valuable after cooking, however, is because the heat breaks down the cell walls and makes the cancer fighting agent, "lycopene" more accessable to the body.

I really love those big, vine ripened, hot house tomatoes. Maybe I should count a carb for every 1/4" slice. I'm reading in the Atkins book now that they are allowed on induction. I just got confused because technically they are a fruit.

YAY! Don't have to give up my omlete with cheese and tomatoes!