Total Carbs vs Net Carbs

mamig87

Is is BS or a real thing?

I'm so confused!

tiptoethruthetulips

Are you doing low carb or keto?

If not, its not anything you need to worry about and no wonder you are confused.

mamig87

Keto

tiptoethruthetulips

My understanding then, that for keto a lot of people use net carbs, that is total carbs less total fibre content. Fibre is indigestible therefore not included.

mamig87

So it's basically your total carbs, subtracting the fiber to get your net carbs?

tiptoethruthetulips

yes that's it.

http://www.ketogenic-diet-resource.com/counting-carbs.html

Dreysander

Fiber and sugar alcohols like erythritol.

Yi5hedr3

Net carbs are partially bogus, so best not to use them. The problem is they don't differentiate between soluble and non-soluble Fibers. Soluble fibers ARE digested, so you WOULD need to count them. Insoluble are not, so you do not need to count those.