NET CARBS

sunshine0804

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get this app to count net carbs?

malibu927

-Make your own food entries with fiber subtracted
-Use a net carb extension on your chosen web browser (computer only)
-Live in a country (pretty much everywhere else) that already accounts for net carbs

CattOfTheGarage

The entries in the database will not help you with this as it varies from place to place whether the carbs listed on the label are net of fibre, or include fibre. I think the USA is pretty unusual in including fibre in the carbs total on nutrition labels. European labels certainly don't. So the database entries will be a total mixture.

Meelisv

CattOfTheGarage wrote: »

The entries in the database will not help you with this as it varies from place to place whether the carbs listed on the label are net of fibre, or include fibre. I think the USA is pretty unusual in including fibre in the carbs total on nutrition labels. European labels certainly don't. So the database entries will be a total mixture.

This.
I'm an European who has lost 75 kg, and I don't think I have ever heard term "net carbs" before. It is certainly not on labels here.
Same thing with very vague concept of a "serving".

svel713

Some database entries already have "net carbs" listed. Just search the name with net carbs attached. I remember finding a few by accident and wondering what they were for. If you can't find one, then go make your own entries.

CattOfTheGarage

Meelisv wrote: »

CattOfTheGarage wrote: »

The entries in the database will not help you with this as it varies from place to place whether the carbs listed on the label are net of fibre, or include fibre. I think the USA is pretty unusual in including fibre in the carbs total on nutrition labels. European labels certainly don't. So the database entries will be a total mixture.

This.
I'm an European who has lost 75 kg, and I don't think I have ever heard term "net carbs" before. It is certainly not on labels here.
Same thing with very vague concept of a "serving".

In the UK many foods have nutrition listed by serving, but that's optional - the standard requirement is nutrition per 100g (as in the rest of Europe). Makes it so easy to compare nutrition between different products, as everything is basically a percentage by weight. 'Servings' are not massively helpful.

Christine_72

I used this hack when i was low carbing http://www.travelinglowcarb.com/4448/myfitnesspal-hack/ But it only works on the computer.

You could use this or you could create your own entries and include net carbs, or you can add "net carbs" at the end of the food you're searching for.