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Carbs counting

Bear4090t
Bear4090t Posts: 8 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi,
I was wondering, when you see charts saying you should hit this target for dailys carbs for this diet or weight loss/ weight building goal etc, are they talking about that target being just complex carbs or both carbs and sugars as a whole.
Should you be deducting the sugar from the total daily carbs that my fitness pal lists, and only counting your complex carbs, for macros, or does it not matter?

Answers

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,028 Member
    Sugar is a subtype of carbs: when people talk about carb goals, it means all carbs (except perhaps fiber - there's a whole 'net carbs' thing in countries like the US where fiber is counted as a carb - it isn't in Europe)
  • Bear4090t
    Bear4090t Posts: 8 Member
    So you mean carb goals should include sure then yeah?
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,028 Member
    Yes.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,350 Member
    Include all carbs.

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