{"id":13687,"date":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/diets-keto-diet-is-hummus-keto\/"},"modified":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","slug":"diets-keto-diet-is-hummus-keto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/diets-keto-diet-is-hummus-keto\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Hummus Keto? Here's What a Nutritionist Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
Starting any new diet can feel difficult when you have to create a whole new lineup of go-to snacks and meals—but that rings especially true for keto dieters who have to seriously cut back on carbs. (Remember: you're only allowed 5–10% of your daily calories to be from carbohydrates on the diet.)<\/p>\n
One go-to snack—hummus and vegetables—is a favorite among dieters, but is it keto-friendly? According to Robin Foroutan<\/a>, RDN, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, not exactly.<\/p>\n That's because the main ingredient in hummus is chickpeas, aka garbanzo beans—and one cup of garbanzo beans contains 45 grams of carbs, according to the US Department of Agriculture<\/a>. When those beans are made into hummus, that number goes up to 49.5 grams of carbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Clearly, that's way<\/em> more carbs than you’ll want in one sitting (and probably even one day) on the keto diet. And while it's worth stating that one tablespoon of hummus only has about 3 grams of carbs—it's not exactly worth it. “While you could fit in a small amount of hummus, it wouldn’t make it satisfying,” says Foroutan, who suggests you instead get your carbs from produce like dark leafy greens and other veggies like asparagus, Brussels sprouts<\/a>, and broccoli.<\/p>\n