{"id":26067,"date":"2012-04-01T09:04:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=26067"},"modified":"2016-09-25T05:04:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:04:49","slug":"carbohydrates-at-the-passover-seder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=26067","title":{"rendered":"Carbohydrates at the Passover Seder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_Matzo3.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6378 lazyload\" title=\"iStock_Matzo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_Matzo3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_Matzo3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_Matzo3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/iStock_Matzo3.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>What&#8217;s hiding at the Passover seder? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you answered &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afikoman\" target=\"_blank\">afikoman<\/a>,&#8221; you&#8217;re right. (The afikomen is a piece of matzo traditionally hidden during the Passover seders. \u00a0Children search for the afikomen and the child who finds it gets a prize.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But something is else is hiding at the seder too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Carbohydrates!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be aware. \u00a0Be prepared. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are more carbohydrates\u00a0at the seder than you could possibly imagine. \u00a0Most matzo has approximately 30 grams of carb per slice and each matzo ball in matzo ball soup has approximately 10 grams of carb. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/recipe\/haroset-for-passover\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charoset<\/a> recipes vary, but most contain fruit (apples), dried fruit (dates, raisins), honey, sugar, etc. \u00a0In short, it&#8217;s all carb. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gefilte_fish\" target=\"_blank\">Gelfilte fish<\/a>, which sounds low carb, is usually \u00a0made with sugar and matzo meal. (Matzo meal is ground matzah.) \u00a0Potato kugel! \u00a0What can I guesstimate about the carbohydrates in potato kugel? \u00a030-40 grams per serving? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drinking wine is also part of a traditional seder, and alcohol can lower blood sugar levels. \u00a0So keep that in mind. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A high carb meal, with alcohol?! \u00a0Enjoy it (moderation!), and remember to take your glucose meter to the seder and check regularly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Happy Passover!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you answered &#8220;afikoman,&#8221; you&#8217;re right. (The afikomen is a piece of matzo traditionally hidden during the Passover seders.  Children search for the afikomen and the child who finds it gets a prize.) But something is else is hiding at the seder too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":29684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1449],"tags":[1407,706],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carbohydrates at the Passover Seder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What&#039;s hiding at the Passover seder? Carbohydrates! 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