Cooked Vegetables


(Mel Fischer) #1

Hello all! New to Keto, and wondering if cooking veggies ups it’s sugars? Example: braised cabbage (turns brown and sweet).
Thank you in advance!


(Ernest) #2

Caramelized onions do but I don’t think it’s that bad unless you plan on eating a whole bowl.
I wouldn’t worry about the other cruciferous veggies or any other greens.


(Duncan Kerridge) #3

Cooking doesn’t add more sugars, it just converts some of the starch in the vegetable into sugars. Your body would have done the same - converted the starch into simple sugars. So although the veg tastes sweeter the carb count (sugars + starches) stays the same. GI would probably go up though.


(Ernest) #4

GI!! Key, thank you!!