Counting carbs...?
Stephie_J
Posts: 260 Member
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)
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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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 all0
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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.xx0
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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.0 -
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! Thanks There are a few low carbers on here from the UK0 -
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-uk0
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Have joined :-)0
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