Deducting fiber from veggie carbs?

glocke12
glocke12 Posts: 21
in Food and Nutrition
I just found out that you can deduct fiber from veggie carbs...i.e. veggie dish with 20 gr total carbs, 6 of which are from fiber, leaves you with 14 grams of carbs total...

Does MFP automatically make this calculation when you enter in your meals?

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  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    No because fiber doesn't make calories or carbs magically disappear. They still exist. Just eat the food.
  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    Ah, is that what "net carbs" refers to? Fiber is a separate entity from carbs (unlike sugar, which is a carb), so the amount of fiber you're eating shouldn't be deducted from the carb amount.
  • mrmagee3
    mrmagee3 Posts: 518 Member
    Net carbs is total carbs minus fiber. Fiber is a carbohydrate, however, it is not digested like standard carbohydrates. In the U.S., on a label that lists total carbohydrate, fiber is included within that count. I believe this is not the case in the UK, where fiber is already pre-subtracted.

    If you are counting carbohydrates, you can safely subtract out fiber from that count.

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