Macros:Sugar & carb confusion!

amaree86
amaree86 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
Hi all, bit confused here, but I thought sugar was part of the total carb count... Can anyone help me out with this?
Doing keto do want to make sure I'm still within my carb limits.
I'm sure theres tonnes of posts but none are coming up in my searches... Cheers!

*photo won't add so will try later. My total carb intake for the day was 23g, goal 30g, yet sugar intake for the day was 35g

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,174 Member
    Not all database entries are accurate, they are mostly user entered so going forward just make sure the nutritional information is correct before you add a food for the first time.
  • kmfeig87
    kmfeig87 Posts: 1,990 Member
    The only way that could happen is if one of your entries has a sugar count higher than the carb count...That would be your incorrect culprit! Unless it is sugar alchohols.....which maybe don't go into the carb count, but I don't think belong in the sugar count either!
  • amaree86
    amaree86 Posts: 2 Member
    Thankyou!
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    Sugar IS part of the carb count, so seems like there are some bad entries in there.

    There are some good threads with tips on logging and how to find the good entries -- if eating whole foods, finding the USDA entries is a good idea. To see the format/how to recognize them, and to compare, you can search here: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?ds=Standard+Reference

    For packaged stuff, check against the package.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    You have one or more bad entries from the database...yes, sugar is a subset of carbs, thus your sugars could not exceed your total carbohydrates.
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