Counting carbs...?

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Stephie_J
Stephie_J Posts: 260 Member
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Can I just check whether on Low carb you are meant to count the actual carbs or the sugars or something else?

Just wanted to check I have been doing it right for the past couple of years...! LOL


UPDATE - Just googled it and I have been counting all wrong! Looks like I'll have to set up my NET CARB food on MFP!

Effective Carbohydrate Count (GROSS CARBS)

Start with: Total Carbohydrates
Subtract: Dietary Fiber
Subtract: Sugar Alcohols
Subtract: Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
Subtract: Glycerine

The balance equals: Effective Carb Count (NET CARBS)

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  • Stephie_J
    Stephie_J Posts: 260 Member
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    Apparently the carb count on food in the UK is already the NET carbs, we don't have to subtract fibres!! So I have been counting it right after all :)
  • mummyzena
    mummyzena Posts: 259 Member
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    Yay, a fellow uk low carber :-D i have been subtracting fibre from carbs... Oops. Oh well still working for me. Congrats on your weight loss.xx
  • PaulS70
    PaulS70 Posts: 70
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    Is there a sizable low carb community in the UK?

    The health patrol over there seems to be more rabidly low fat than the states.
  • Stephie_J
    Stephie_J Posts: 260 Member
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    Yay, a fellow uk low carber :-D i have been subtracting fibre from carbs... Oops. Oh well still working for me. Congrats on your weight loss.xx

    My carb count is quite low anyway (about 20g) so I am glad that I shouldn't have been subtracting fibre! :D Thanks :) There are a few low carbers on here from the UK :)
  • Stephie_J
    Stephie_J Posts: 260 Member
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    I have set up a 'Low Carbers in the UK' group if anyone is interested? http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3326-low-carbers-in-the-uk
  • mummyzena
    mummyzena Posts: 259 Member
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    Have joined :-)

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