Net Calories

bob8038
bob8038 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you include fiber when calculating total calories?

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  • Sarah_Shapes_Up
    Sarah_Shapes_Up Posts: 76 Member
    I do. With all the fiber supplements out there, a lot of them are not natural (from fruit/veg). It doesn't make sense to me to subtract.
  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
    fiber still has calories, just not at the typical 4 cal/gram carbohydrates. Just log everything that you eat and don't worry about what to and what not to include - if you log it, you don't have to think about it.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Yes. My understanding is that the calorie count for an item already excludes the parts of the food that our bodies can't digest. So if some fiber is passing through your body, that's already accounted for.
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