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Post by cheeseaholic on Aug 22, 2004 19:12:19 GMT -5
Net Carbs can be confuseing...........
A net carb is the total amount of carbs listed, minus the fiber. Some people also believe that the sugar alcohols in sweets (fake sugars like Malitol) can be subtracted………. Other people say that is a fast one being pulled be the companies that want you to buy their products.
I would certainly count the sugar alcohols. If you read the packaging, they say that sugar alcohols aren't counted because they don't have an impact on blood sugar.
1. That's not true for all people - it causes huge spikes in some people.
2. Are you doing this for your blood sugar? I'm not. I'm doing this to lose weight, so I look at it as 'if my body digests it, I'm counting it.' I don't count fiber because it's not digestible, but that's the only thing I don't count.
Carbs minus fiber = net carbs (those are the carbs you should count)
NOTE:- Australian products already have the fibre subtracted from carb count on the nutritional panel, so TOTAL carbs is the count we go by… which are the Net carbs.
US products do NOT subbtract the fibre count, so you subtract it from the total carb count, to give you the net carb total.
I`m not sure of other countries nutrition panel on products, so it`s worth while checking, to ensure you are not over consumeing carbs in error.
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Post by kelsbells on Oct 15, 2004 8:07:56 GMT -5
This was confusing me so thanks alot.
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