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Low Carbs & Fibre

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Hello ,pretty used to doing the low carb diet again after reverting back to bad eating during pandemic and type 2 coming back.I see some low carb diets take the fibre from the total carbs meaning the carbs can then become negative amount ,what is your take on this I have never taken the amount of fibre from the carbs i am eating .
thanks
 
mudmonster said:
Hello ,pretty used to doing the low carb diet again after reverting back to bad eating during pandemic and type 2 coming back.I see some low carb diets take the fibre from the total carbs meaning the carbs can then become negative amount ,what is your take on this I have never taken the amount of fibre from the carbs i am eating .
thanks
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The US includes fibre in the carbs on the label, so to get "net carbs" you subtract the fibre. The UK & elsewhere show "net carbs" on the label, with the fibre already subtracted. So when you're looking at diets etc you need to keep in mind whether or not they are from the US.
 
mudmonster said:
Hello ,pretty used to doing the low carb diet again after reverting back to bad eating during pandemic and type 2 coming back.I see some low carb diets take the fibre from the total carbs meaning the carbs can then become negative amount ,what is your take on this I have never taken the amount of fibre from the carbs i am eating .
thanks
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There is a clue in the spelling of fibre - that is the UK norm and doesn't include it in the carb count, but fiber is the US spelling and you'll see the total carbs including fibre listed on the information label.
Someone who had been deducting the fibre and eating a lot of carbs as a result was very disappointed to realise that they'd been misled about what they could eat by this difference in calculating carbs.
 
It’s one of the reasons why we often caution members against using some US resources - or mixing multiple sources.

It can get confusing! And negative carb amount would be a bit of a giveaway 🙂
 
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