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Jtrejoconsulting
Jtrejoconsulting Posts: 3 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Can someone explain this? I'm new to this macro counting. I have hit a plateau in my weight loss so really started to watch macros. Why does cinnamon show to be 24.8g of carbs per tsp on this app but around 1.8ish tsp on the Google machine? Thanks

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  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
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    Sounds like an inaccurate entry. Check your nutrition info against what you have in front of you (i.e. The bottle/jar, etc.) and match it to the correct entry.
  • Jtrejoconsulting
    Jtrejoconsulting Posts: 3 Member
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    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    Not everything in the database is correct .

    That's kinda what I was thinking. Just making sure I didn't miss anything. Thanks
  • ksz1104
    ksz1104 Posts: 260 Member
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    pretty sure cinnamon has practically no carbs.

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    ksz1104 wrote: »
    pretty sure cinnamon has practically no carbs.

    1 tablespoon has 6 grams of carbohydrates.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,728 Member
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    meganridenour wrote: »
    Sounds like an inaccurate entry. Check your nutrition info against what you have in front of you (i.e. The bottle/jar, etc.) and match it to the correct entry.

    Probably cinnamon sugar vs cinnamon spice

    Which of course is just a tsp of sugar with some cinnamon or cinnamon flavor
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    kwtilbury wrote: »
    One tablespoon is a crapload of cinnamon. Enough to take down a tiger.

    A tablespoon is probably more than the average person would eat (although I have a lot of recipes that call for at least a couple teaspoons). For the average person, not a big deal. But if someone is shooting for a low carbohydrate diet, it's at least something to consider.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,384 Member
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    janejellyroll wrote: »
    ksz1104 wrote: »
    pretty sure cinnamon has practically no carbs.

    1 tablespoon has 6 grams of carbohydrates.

    6 total grams, but only 2 net carb grams. And net carbs are the ones people usually count.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited June 2017
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    toxikon wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    ksz1104 wrote: »
    pretty sure cinnamon has practically no carbs.

    1 tablespoon has 6 grams of carbohydrates.

    6 total grams, but only 2 net carb grams. And net carbs are the ones people usually count.

    Thanks for the clarification -- I don't limit carbohydrates, so I wasn't sure.
  • schtump
    schtump Posts: 71 Member
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    Sounds to my someone entered information on cinnamon and sugar mixed.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited June 2017
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    toxikon wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    ksz1104 wrote: »
    pretty sure cinnamon has practically no carbs.

    1 tablespoon has 6 grams of carbohydrates.

    6 total grams, but only 2 net carb grams. And net carbs are the ones people usually count.

    For "macro counting" I wouldn't assume that. For watching carbs I would.

    In normal amounts I don't worry about cinnamon enough to log it, though -- 2 total grams, less than 1 net for a tsp.
  • Jtrejoconsulting
    Jtrejoconsulting Posts: 3 Member
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    schtump wrote: »
    Sounds to my someone entered information on cinnamon and sugar mixed.

    I just put in cinnamon and that's what came up.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    Jtrejoconsulting wrote: »
    schtump wrote: »
    Sounds to my someone entered information on cinnamon and sugar mixed.

    I just put in cinnamon and that's what came up.

    The database on MFP is mostly user entries. They're as accurate as you'd expect an unverified collection of crowd-sourced data to be.

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