Carbs?

aj757

When entering low carb high fiber products does this app subtract the fiber for net carbs

RAinWA

Nope

nutmegoreo

No, but you can try searching for net carb entries.

Gisel2015

aj757 wrote: »

When entering low carb high fiber products does this app subtract the fiber for net carbs

No it doesn't. MFP wants you to keep up with your math skills; you need to subtract fiber from your total carbs to get net carbs ones. Easy!

wolftrucking08

The carbs vs fiber routine is usually only good for justifying eating high carb foods. Don't believe the nonsense if you eat a g of fiber the g of carbs magically goes away, it doesn't happen that way. If you have to juggle numbers that likely means you are choosing the wrong foods. Look at it like justifying eating 2500 calories at lunch and then say you are drinking a diet soda.
As a rule I found its best to avoid any processed grains white flour, white rice, white sugar, and especially high fructose corn syrup abbreviated as HFCS, its the crystal meth of the sugars. Also stay clear of prepackaged foods as they always contain excessive salt, fat and sugars. with the exception of special occasions steer clear of pastries.
My first two weeks were rough as I had to break up with Little Debbie, yes I'll miss her but I know she is not good for me or my A1C.

Your best source of carbs is through fresh and frozen vegetables. Avoid canned as they usually have most of the nutrients cooked out of them and they are also high in sodium.

lynn_glenmont

wolftrucking08 wrote: »

The carbs vs fiber routine is usually only good for justifying eating high carb foods. Don't believe the nonsense if you eat a g of fiber the g of carbs magically goes away, it doesn't happen that way.

For many people who track net carbs, a gram of fiber does not have the same effect as a gram of digestible carbs (fber is a type of carbs), e.g., diabetics who need to track their carbs. Because U.S. food labels include fiber in the total carbs, a gram of fiber does make a gram of total carbs "go away" for their purposes.

OP, if you are using food labels in other countries that already ignore fiber when reporting carbs, you would be double counting if you subtracted fiber from carbs. MFP allows user-entered information in the database, and there's no way that the system can account for net carbs when some entries already reflect net carbs and some don't.