Net Carbs

MssLvz
MssLvz Posts: 1 Member
edited November 13 in Food and Nutrition
I have seen many people asking about Net Carbs. I have found a way to subtract fiber and sugar alcohols so your total shows Net Carbs. Create your own food called Net Carbs. Fill in all the nutrients with zero except on carbs put a -1gram. Add it as a food on your meal use the grams of Fiber as the number of servings and it will automatically subtract from your total carbs.

You can also make another one called Sugar alcohols also using -1 gram in the carbohydrate column and use the grams of sugar alcohols as your serving size and it will subtract from carbs.

I have used this method for a year or more and it works. Hope it helps the rest of you who want to count net carbs.

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Can't you just have fiber as a column that shows and subtract it from total carbs?
  • tryett
    tryett Posts: 530 Member
    I would just subtract the fiber. Not all sugar alcohol subtracts on a 1 to 1 basis.
  • kathryntyne74
    kathryntyne74 Posts: 11 Member
    I'm trying to do this but it won't accept -1 as a value. What am I doing wrong?
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    kathryntyne74 wrote: »
    I'm trying to do this but it won't accept -1 as a value. What am I doing wrong?

    You are in the UK. The carb count you get on your packaged foods is already with fibre taken out.
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    I have found that, at least it appears thus, MFP already subtracts fiber from the carb count. You can check this out for yourself ... carbohydrates are 4 calories per gram, protein is also 4 calories, and fat is 9 calories per gram. If you apply those values to your grams of each and add it up, it won't add up to the total calories. You need to use the fiber calories to get it to come out, and fiber is not the same value for calories per gram as other carbs. I don't know if alcohol sugars add into to that or not.
  • 53YOWM
    53YOWM Posts: 40 Member
    Thanks, MssLvz! It's just what I needed!
  • HerbanLioness
    HerbanLioness Posts: 1 Member
    I am also having a problem with my entry not acceptin -1 grams as a value. I am not in the UK.
  • johaleesi
    johaleesi Posts: 55 Member
    This is a great workaround solution. Thanks!
  • christinejstuart
    christinejstuart Posts: 1 Member
    My keyboard doesn't offer a - option (using a phone). I can only input numbers :(
  • jen2swt
    jen2swt Posts: 37 Member
    Worked PERFECTLY!
  • jlc392
    jlc392 Posts: 1 Member
    edited August 2017
    Works perfectly once I created the food under the desktop version! However it does not subtract the carbs in the mobile app. I can only view on the desktop platform :/
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