Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

[elsy]

Does anyone know if Fitday gives you the total carbs or the digestible carbs?

For example, when looking at one avocado:
Atkins book says 14.9 "total carb" and 4.8 "digestible carbs"
FitDay only says 12 carbs

Another example, when looking at a Jicama (which by the way it's delicious):
Atkins book says 1/2 cup has 5.7 "total carbs" and 2.5 "digestible carbs"
FitDay only says 6 carbs

They are totally different numbers. I am soooo confused!

It's really hard trying to keep a count of my carbs. I'm trying to use FItday for it's convenience but then again, I'm not sure the numbers are totally accurate.

[not2late]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

Fitday only give the total carbs. But there's a way to get it to count the fiber, so you can figure out the net/digestible carbs on your own.

There are a couple of fitday 'sticky' threads in these forums. And I think they tell you how to do it.

[julirama723]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

On fitday, go into nutritional goals and set a fiber goal. Just enter something in. Only then will it show you fiber subtracted from total carbs.

[elsy]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

Enter something???? I have no idea what my fiber goal is.

I entered the number 2, then saved it, looked back at foods and the total is still the same.

[julirama723]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

You have to do a minimum and a maximum.

Go to the goals tab, on the pulldown menu choose dietary fiber. A little chart should come up, enter minimum and maximum goals. Go back to foods and it should start showing fiber underneath carbs on your chart. Enter in some high-fiber foods just to check this out.

[Kawispice]

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So, let me get this right, when we count the, say, 15 grams of carbs per day, that means 15 net grams, after we have subtracted the fiber grams?

I have very high metabolic resistance and I count each carbohydrate like as if they were diamonds. For some reason my body really does not like to let go of weight and I practice the equivalent of boot camp to get my weight loss going.

[elsy]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

I did that Julie thanks. It says Carbs 21, Fiber 11. Does that mean my net carbs are 10?

After I did this, I went back and deleted the Dietery Fiber goal completely. I went back to Foods and still showing the same number.

I'm wondering if Im doing this right. I'm looking at the blue/purple chart where the pie chart is.

[elsy]

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Kawspice, I'm confused too. I see what Julie is saying but the weird thing is that I see the same Fiber number on the chart even without having to add that specific goal. That number was already there.

So then that means that all this time I've been eating way less then 20 carbs a day. This could very well stall weight loss as well.

Does anyone know?? Please help!!

[not2late]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

So, let me get this right, when we count the, say, 15 grams of carbs per day, that means 15 net grams, after we have subtracted the fiber grams?

I have very high metabolic resistance and I count each carbohydrate like as if they were diamonds. For some reason my body really does not like to let go of weight and I practice the equivalent of boot camp to get my weight loss going.

We only count net carbs on Atkins. Total carbs - fiber grams = net carbs.

Let's say we have food X. It has 5 total carbs, no fiber. In that case, we count it as 5 carbs (5 total carbs - 0 fiber grams = 5 net carbs.)

If food B has 8 total carbs and 5 fiber grams, then we count food B as 3 net carbs. (8 total carbs - 5 fiber grams = 3 net carbs.)

Fiber isn't digested by our bodies so it doesn't impact our blood sugar level and that's why we don't count fiber.

[mitzimarie]

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I asked this exact question on the boards before. I observed that the percentages are incorrect because the fiber wasn't being subtracted and that would throw it all off. Someone gave me the same instructions to fix this, but the percentage numbers remain the exact same whether I have a fiber goal or not... it's still wrong.

This is the reason I logged onto the board a few minutes ago... to ask this question again. The solution just does not appear to work for me. Anyone else?

[mitzimarie]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

Kawspice, I'm confused too. I see what Julie is saying but the weird thing is that I see the same Fiber number on the chart even without having to add that specific goal. That number was already there.

So then that means that all this time I've been eating way less then 20 carbs a day. This could very well stall weight loss as well.

Does anyone know?? Please help!!

Yes, indeed... if you have not been subtracting the fiber, then your carbs number has been lower.

[julirama723]

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I don't worry about percentages of carbs anyway. I worry about grams. I keep my protein at 30% or under, and let the fat and carbs be what they may. Of course, I'm not on induction, so I don't have to strive for the 65/5/30 ratio. My ratios nowadays are more like 50/20/30.

[mitzimarie]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

I don't worry about percentages of carbs anyway. I worry about grams. I keep my protein at 30% or under, and let the fat and carbs be what they may. Of course, I'm not on induction, so I don't have to strive for the 65/5/30 ratio. My ratios nowadays are more like 50/20/30.

Julie,

I am in OWL, and need to work on getting my protein ratio at 30%... I think it has been a little low. If the percentages are off because the fiber isn't being subtracted, how do you know you are at 30%?

[mitzimarie]

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Julie,

I am in OWL, and need to work on getting my protein ratio at 30%... I think it has been a little low. If the percentages are off because the fiber isn't being subtracted, how do you know you are at 30%?

LOL... I'm like a dog with a bone... I can't stop thinking about this. I wish I was better at math. I'm just wondering... when figuring the percentages with digestible carbs instead of all carbs, what happens to those calories from the fiber in the overall calorie total for the day? Say you get 20 grams of fiber from 45 veggie carbs - that would give you 25 net veggie carbs. As for as calories, the fiber is worth 20 x 4 = 80 calories. I wonder how this 80 calories would be classified in the percentages? In theory, it would not be counted as a carb, but that doesn't make it fat or protein either. Does it sound possible that to find the percentage for each, the number you would have to use for your calorie total for the day would be the actual number of calories minus the amount of calories attributed to fiber? If that is the case, then the percentages would probably be the same - and correct. If I haven't thoroughly confused whoever is reading this, what do you thlink?

[julirama723]

Re: Total Carbs vs. Digestible Carbs???

The percentages should still be correct though, shouldn't they? Fiber has no calories because it is not absorbed by the body. So the percentages should reflect the percentages of CALORIES from each nutrient group.