regarding carbs, net or regular

[Guest guest]

What is the difference between net carbs and regular carbs?

[Guest guest]

Total (regular) carbs = the number stated on the nutritional statement

label as carbohydrates. Net carbs = that total number minus fiber.

Effective carbs = total carbs minus fiber minus sugar alcohols. So the

label should look like this:

Carbohydrates 18

Fiber 2

Sugar 0

Sugar Alcohol 14

Net carbs would be 16. Effective carbs would be 2.

CarolR

Sammie Rutledge wrote:

> What is the difference between net carbs and regular carbs?

[Guest guest]

At 06:57 AM 4/2/2004, Sammie wrote:

>What is the difference between net carbs and regular carbs?

Hi Sammie,

When you look at the nutritional information on the label of a product, you

often see Carbs=X grams, Fiber=X grams (X=some number). For example, Carbs

= 10, Fiber = 2. Fiber is an insoluble form of carbohydrates that cannot be

easily digested and is therefore passed out of the body. In the example

above, although the " regular " Carb count = 10, the 2 for Fiber can be

deducted, so that the " Net Carbs " for this example is 8. The next time

you're in the store, see if they have any Atkins products there. If so,

you'll see that boldly displayed somewhere on the package is the " Net Carb "

value. Check that against the nutritional label and you'll see where they

have deducted the fiber. There are others who point this out in their

packaging as well, it just that Atkins comes to mind. Also, I believe that

some types of sugar-alcohol combinations may not be counted, but I don't

really know much about that. As I understand it, some forms of sugar are

not absorbed by the body and get passed out. I think that these types of

sugars are deducted as well. I'm sure someone else here can address this

part of the total carb count much better than I.

Rick

[Guest guest]

Sammie Rutledge wrote:

>What is the difference between net carbs and regular carbs?

>

>

Many foods contain fiber. Fiber is a carbohydrate, and in the

US, it's included in Total Carbohydrates on the nutritional labeling on

packages. But fiber is not digested. It just passes on through, so it

doesn't enter your blood stream as glucose. Thus for purposes of

diabetic control, you can subtract fiber from Total Carbs, to obtain

" net carbs, " the amount that affects your bgs. In Europe, fiber is

already subtracted from Total carbs. Don't know how our Aussie friends

handle it.

Edd