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    Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

    Ok... I have read in a fitness magazine from some Dr. that no matter what, a carb is a carb and you have to count them in your diet. It says that if the product says 3 net carbs on the front and 18 carbs on the listing, then it is still 18 carbs ingested per serving.

    I am soooo confused???? I am asking because I bought a container of meringue like cookie things. The container lists as follows.

    Chocolate Meringues
    Front----Naturally Fat Free, No Trans Fats, 0g Net Carbs, Sweetened with Splenda.

    Back----Serv. size 13 cookies, serv./container about 4, Calories40,Total carbs 8g, Dietary fiber 2g, sugars 0g, sugar alcohol 6g, protien 5g

    Vanilla Meringues
    List the same except----35 cals.,total carbs 9g,dietary fiber 3g,protien 4g

    Can someone please shed some light here? I have eaten 8 lil cookies so far.

    Female/married/40
    Restart date 3/1/06
    Beginning wt. 290, Restart wt. 270/ cw259/gw 175







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    Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

    according to Dr. Atkins net carbs are as follows:

    Net Carbs = Carbs minus Dietary fiber, sugar alcohols, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate and glycerin.

    Now enter the great debate about sugar alcohols!!!!! I personally have to count sugar alcohols as they DO matter to me and my body. But, I find I do not have to count fiber carbs. YMMV.
    Bren
    female


    218/150 calling it goal!
    3/30/03

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    • #3
      Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

      How is it you count sugar alcohols and should I?

      Female/married/40
      Restart date 3/1/06
      Beginning wt. 290, Restart wt. 270/ cw259/gw 175







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      • #4
        Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

        Every sugar alcohol carb matters to me, too! Those supposedly 0 net carbs in sugar alcohol have never been 0 as far as I'm concerned.

        Seriously-- if you want to know what screwed me up most when I began low-carbing, it was eating sugar alcohols. The cravings drove me up the wall and I didn't lose weight. I was ingesting every. single. carb.

        And how seriously 0 carb can something derived from a pineapple be?!


        Here's a good article sadie posted not long ago.
        ADBB Moderator Emeritus
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        • #5
          Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

          We subtract fibre grams from total carb counts in order to get net carbs. Sugar alcohols though is a whole different kettle of fish, in my opinion. Recently there was a great article posted about sugar alcohols and how they all effect blood sugar differently. Foods that use sugar alcohols will subract the grams of those from the total carb count. That is how those meringues are labelled as zero carbs. Or how bars and shakes etc. are labelled 3 net carbs, or 3 impact carbs. Be careful of this. If it were me, I would count all sugar alcohol carbs.

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            Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

            I only subtract fiber carbs.


            5'4"
            45 yrs (F) a.k.a. "Butterbean"
            Start date 5/18/2003
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            • #7
              Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

              I am giving those things away!!! I don't like these sneaky foods!

              Female/married/40
              Restart date 3/1/06
              Beginning wt. 290, Restart wt. 270/ cw259/gw 175







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              • #8
                Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

                Good for you! Personally, I think that's a great decision.

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                • #9
                  Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

                  Is a carb a carb? Yes and no.

                  Fiber is a carbohydrate. However, it is a carbohydrate that has little to no effect on your blood sugar, which is why Dr. Atkins let's us subtract fiber from the total carbohydrate.

                  Sugar alcohols, organic acids and the rest purportedly have little to no effect on your blood sugar, which is why Dr. Atkins let's us subtract those things from the total carbohydrate. BUT as Bren pointed out, your mileage may vary with them and in some people they can raise the blood sugar as regular sugar would.
                  ~Megs~
                  242/141/160 (130)
                  dress size 26/10/8
                  5'4", Female, May 2, 2003
                  My blog:
                  http://mformiscellaneous.blogspot.com/

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                    Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

                    Woohoo, mcotton! Those foods are naughty little buggers! They're the machinations of a greedy food company bent on selling low-carbers a false bill of goods.
                    ADBB Moderator Emeritus
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                    • #11
                      Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

                      I also try to avoid sugar alcohols so make our own sweets for taking to parties etc.
                      Here is an easy meringues recipe from the ADBB Desserts forum
                      http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...read.php?t=563

                      But if you are on induction and having problems with sugar cravings do not make these unless you are going straight to a party with them!! I would hate to read that you followed the recipe but ended up eating them all yourself
                      Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
                      Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



                      Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





                      F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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                      • #12
                        Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

                        I only deduct the fiber too. That SA 'doesn't count' is a myth IMO.

                        Betty
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                        • #13
                          Re: Carbs vs. Net Carbs??? I'm confused...

                          by definition fiber has to enter your mouth and exit your butt unmetabolizes in any way which was why the FDA refused to allow low carb companies like Atkins and others to list glycerine and SA and hydrolized starches as fibers. So labels grew new boxes with effective carbs listed.

                          Yopu can make your own meringues with whipped egg whites and flavored with a splenda flavored syrup then dried in a warm oven over night. Or you can use almond flour in them when you get to OWL

                          happy low carbing
                          by the book atkinseer

                          started 6/1/02 at 313
                          goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge


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