Adding Fiber-Dawn/Sky: was- Re: Counting Fiber?

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Dawn,

It has to do with USA labeling laws, not with food/nutrition.

In the USA, fiber must be included in " Total Carbs " on our nutrition labels.

Since, theoretically, that fiber (some if not all) is not digestible, does

not contribute nutrition or put glucose into our blood, that is why some of us

can deduct all or part of it when considering how many carbs will effect our

bg's (Net Carbs).

We're not really " removing anything " from the actual food, just from what's

on the label.

So, adding fiber (a real part of our foods) is another whole kettle of fish

(fibery fish)!

In most the rest of the world, outside the USA, product labeling is such

that the " Total Carbs " listed already does not include the fibre grams, so those

folks don't even need to discuss this. What they have listed as " Total Carbs "

on their labels is already what we are calling " Net Carbs " (Total minus

Fiber).

Still confused?

Adding fiber has other benefits, a whole other discussion than the one about

" subtracting to get Net Carbs " .

, T2, dx'ed 4/98, controlling up to now with LC & Supplements

Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0% (10/20/05)

Talked my Dr into prescribing Metformin & Glyburide to get HbA1c nearer 5.0%

No Medical Qualifications-Only Experience Living With & Controling my DM

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>> There's one thing I can never quite figure out. WHY, if fiber in

food can be deducted from carbs, doesn't fiber *added* to food work

the same way? <<

> Sky - that logic makes perfectly good sense to me...I never thought of

it that way...I am curious to find out the answer to that. Dawn <

, T2, dx'ed 4/98, controlling up to now with LC & Supplements

Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0% (10/20/05)

Talked my Dr into prescribing Metformin & Glyburide to get HbA1c nearer 5.0%

No Medical Qualifications-Only Experience Living With & Controling my DM