What's up with the Atkins range of "net carbs" foods

thecapaccino
thecapaccino Posts: 138
in Food and Nutrition
OMG...just came across this now I am in ASDA!

NET CArbs...wth?

Just googled polyols...and found out you can deduct them from your CARB count if you are on low carb diet.

What are your thoughts???

Can you REALLY just put in the NET CARBS?

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  • nomoremuffintop42
    nomoremuffintop42 Posts: 129 Member
    I am not sure if i understand completely what you are saying but from what i know about net carbs from back in the day when i was really into aktins...net carbs are the true carbs that your body digests-you take your regular carbs from the whatever food you are having and subtract the fiber and sugar alcohols and you get net carbs..i think that's it..someone can feel free to correct me but i think that's what it is..this was very helpful for me to stay on track years ago..i find that the carb craze has come and gone..we use to have a low carb food store in our area..it was awesome now i have hunt for stuff...
  • Brian_VA
    Brian_VA Posts: 125
    The idea is that net carbs are the carbs that get converted to sugar in your bloodstream, and require insulin to process. Normally this is just total carbs - fiber. But some low carb food contain sugar alcohols that don't cause an insulin response and can be subtracted. Doesn't mean they don't have calories, but just don't cause insulin to be produced (in theory anyways).
  • thecapaccino
    thecapaccino Posts: 138
    am totally happy!

    I was putting in the macros for the "full carbs"....and now I can "revise" them!

    Thanks!

    Love it!
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I would be very careful. While *some* polyols pass through and don't get digested this is limited to erythritol and maybe a couple of others.

    http://www.mendosa.com/netcarbs.htm is worth reading - there's a fair bit of maltitol in the Atkins products.

    I did a one-off test with an Atkins bar that contains 19g of carbohydrates but claims 2g of net carbs, it had the same blood sugar effect as 8g of carbs in a low GI bread.

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