Limiting the daily intake of carbs is a proxy for limiting the daily intake of calories. 1 bowl (2 cups of rice, about 330g, more or less 1 serving in areas wh

Limiting the daily intake of carbs is a proxy for limiting the daily intake of calories. 1 bowl (2 cups of rice, about 330g, more or less 1 serving in areas where white rice is a staple food) have a 331 kcal [1] Even if one would ate a whole package of Canadian Bacon (6 oz, 139g) it would only be 257 kcal [2]. Carbs are very easy to gorge. A medium sized fast food cup of soda is 180kcal. Same cup for raw orange juice is 223kcal. For comparison 150g of beef is 274kcal and that would be a big serving (IMO). When people cut carbs from their diets they end up cutting the most densely caloric food: pasta, rice, starch and sugar and that's a good thing too, even eating as much of the rest as they want they will hardly be able to overconsume calories. [1] http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/6497?man=&lfacet=&count=&max=35&qlookup=20089&offset=&sort=&format=Abridged&reportfmt=other&rptfrm=&ndbno=&nutrient1=&nutrient2=&nutrient3=&subset=&totCount=&measureby=&_action_show=Apply+Changes&Qv=1&Q12258=2 http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/6497?man=&lfacet=&cou... [2] http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2636?fgcd=&manu=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=35&offset=&sort=&qlookup=bacon http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2636?fgcd=&manu=&lfac...