Hi , newbie here !
Just restarted Keto and we order from the chippy a lot , i was wondering if anybody knew how many carbs if any and calories in a 1/4 chicken breast with the skin is? Also it’d help if the jumbo sausages are any good or are they too many carbs ? Thanks in advance
1/4 chicken breast from chipshop (uk)
Ketotank
(Tanya)
#1
Momof5
(Susan)
#2
Welcome to the forum Tanya.
Basic starting Keto is:
No more than 20 carbs a day, NO Sugar, healthy proteins and healthy fats, tons of water, and Electrolytes.
Do they bread the chicken? Is it fried in a vat that is full of vegetable oil? If it is either or both of these things, then it is Not Keto approved. If they are not breading it, and it is cooked with only butter or avocado, olive, or coconut oil, that is great… but I am guessing it isn’t so not on Keto.
If you are making it at home, and frying it Keto style, in one of those oils, and a Keto approved coating, like crushed pork rinds, etc then that is great.
You can read the packages on the sausages, and see if there are any carbs, or how many. You need to watch if there is any Sugar, and vegetable oils in the products; as you need to avoid both.
If you are restarting Keto you are best to start with basics, and get back to being Fat adapted before worrying about eating out, etc. Good luck getting back into the swing of things.
PaulL
(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?)
#3
While the restriction of carbohydrate is the primary element of a ketogenic diet, @Momof5 is right that breading on the chicken and vegetable oil are not great ideas. The skin itself is a great idea, because chicken breast is pretty lean without it.
A well-formulated ketogenic diet could practically be done by inverting the standard dietary guidelines: very little carbohydrate, a reasonable amount of protein, and fill in calories with fat. And in our case, the fats we recommend as healthy are the exact ones the guidelines tell us to avoid. The vegetable oils (actually, they are seed oils) all contain too much omega-six fatty acids, which cause systemic inflammation when eaten in quantity. (They are necessary to the body, but only in small amounts.)
The best fats are saturated and monounsaturated fats, such as butter/ghee, tallow, lard, and bacon grease. Saturated fats in particular help raise HDL, which is a good thing; they are also a good source of energy. Since fat has almost no effect at all on our insulin level, it is, paradoxically, a safe source of calories, especially if we want to lose weight, since insulin is the body’s fat-storage hormone, among many other things.
Shortstuff
(Allie)
#4
No way to know that as they’ll all be cooking them differently and likely making their own coatings / seasoning. Generally sausages are to be viewed with caution as they most often contain crap like wheat rusk as a filler. More concerning to me though would be the nasty oils they use to cook things in.