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Net Carbs

JMS11366
JMS11366 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi All. I'm on ketogenic diet and all is going very well. The weight is coming off, my blood sugars are fab and I feel fantastic. Just 44lbs to go. What I want to know is about net carbs. If I take the fibre number from the cabs number does this give me net carbs? I was hoping going premium it would give me these readings but no. Anyvice would be great thanks.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Basically yes, although there are a couple other things that can be subtracted too (sugar alcohols I know). But net carbs has never been a feature on here, premium users or not.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Generally, yes, net carbs is only sugar and starches, not fiber.

    However, in many countries (UK, Australia, among others), carbs on a label will already not include fiber (or fibre, as they would have it). In the US and Canada, it does.

    If you are in a country that does not include it in the carb count already, you would not subtract it, at least not when using labels from those countries and not US information.
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