While vegetables aren't typically seen has having as many carbohydrates as bread or meat, they do have them. Whether you are looking for a total carb count or a net carb count---meaning the total carb number less fiber---foods that don't have a nutrition label can be hard to estimate. Before starting a low-carb diet or lifestyle, check with your doctor, then head to your market's grocery aisle.
Artichokes
One can of artichoke hearts has a net carbohydrate count of 1 gram. A medium artichoke has 16 net grams of carbs, or 4 net carbs per serving size. AnneCollins.com, the website for a weight loss company, states that a medium cooked artichoke has 13 carbs.
Broccoli
Broccoli has 4 grams of carbohydrates per cup, raw. The Atkins Diet guidelines state that a half cup of raw broccoli is one net carb, while the same half-cup serving of broccoli flower is 1.4 net carbs.
Lettuce
Lettuce has different carb counts depending on the varietal. Iceberg lettuce has one gram of carbohydrates per cup and a net carb count of 0.2 carbs. Raw endive has two grams of total carbohydrates per cup and a net carb count of 0. Other lettuce varieties include romaine lettuce, with 0.2 net carbs per half-cup serving, and escarole, with 0 net carbs.
Squash
Squash is another vegetable that has varying carb counts depending on the squash variety. One cup of cooked zucchini has 8 total grams of carbs and 4 net carbs. Cooked winter acorn squash has 30 grams of total carbs in one cup. Spaghetti squash and summer squash both have 4 net carbs in a one-cup serving.
Spinach
Spinach can be eaten raw or cooked. In a one-cup serving of cooked spinach there are 7 grams of total carbohydrates and 0.4 net carbs in a one-cup serving of raw spinach.
Greens
Collard greens have 8.4 grams of net carbs in a one-cup serving. The same serving size has 12 grams of total carbohydrates. Chicory greens have 1.2 grams of net carbs per one-cup serving of raw greens.
Olives
There are vast differences in carbohydrate amounts depending on olive variety. Five green olives have 2.5 grams of net carbs, according to the Atkins Diet website, while five black olives have only 0.7 net carb grams.
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