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Re: Cinnamon fitday carbs-fiber
Ah, sorry guys. I think I confused you more than helped. Let's see if I can explain better...
At the end of the day, your FitDay totals will look something like this:
This means you consumed 20.3 g total carbohydrate, out of which 4.8 g were dietary fiber. On Atkins (in the 2002 plan) we count net carbs, which basically is total carbohydrate minus dietary fiber. Therefore, to find your net carbs for the day, you do
So you had 15.5 net carbs.
What I said in my previous post (the one right before this) is that, for the carbohydrate percentage, you take the number listed in FitDay rather than compute it yourself using only net carbs. So you do not multiply the net carbs by 4 to find the calories coming from net carbs and calculate how much that is of your total caloric intake. You should not do this because dietary fiber also has calories, the number of calories per gram depending on the type of fiber and on the measuring method used. So, in my example, your carbohydrate percentage would be 5%. During Induction you should aim for something like 65% fat, 5% carbs and 30% protein, but they are not written in stone, so don't worry if you don't get the exact numbers.
Ah, sorry guys. I think I confused you more than helped. Let's see if I can explain better...
At the end of the day, your FitDay totals will look something like this:
This means you consumed 20.3 g total carbohydrate, out of which 4.8 g were dietary fiber. On Atkins (in the 2002 plan) we count net carbs, which basically is total carbohydrate minus dietary fiber. Therefore, to find your net carbs for the day, you do
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total carbs - dietary fiber = net carbs 20.3 - 4.8 = 15.5
What I said in my previous post (the one right before this) is that, for the carbohydrate percentage, you take the number listed in FitDay rather than compute it yourself using only net carbs. So you do not multiply the net carbs by 4 to find the calories coming from net carbs and calculate how much that is of your total caloric intake. You should not do this because dietary fiber also has calories, the number of calories per gram depending on the type of fiber and on the measuring method used. So, in my example, your carbohydrate percentage would be 5%. During Induction you should aim for something like 65% fat, 5% carbs and 30% protein, but they are not written in stone, so don't worry if you don't get the exact numbers.
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