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Stupid Calories vs Carbs Question -Body Armor Lyte

Theoldguy1
Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,532 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
It's my understanding a gram of carbohydrate is 4 calories. How can this stuff have 18G of carbohydrates and 20 calories? ozs1a6a4u3du.png

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  • Theoldguy1
    Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,532 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    It's the Erythritol (sugar alcohol). Erythritol is a carbohydrate, but it is zero calories because it is quickly absorbed by the small intestines and excreted in urine before it has a chance to be metabolized.

    Thank you. I have been drinking the stuff and my wife noticed 20 calories, tried it and liked it. She showed some friends that monitor carb intake and she said it was like she showed them the devil. Not quite the same.

    Found this nice explanation:

    https://www.lakanto.com/blogs/food-nutrition/sugar-alcohols-carb-count

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