Does fiber lower Net Carb count?

[toetag]

The way I understand it, you subtract fiber from the total carbs to get the "net carbs", and this is what matters on Atkins.

So if I were to add ground flaxseeds to a dish, would that lower the net carbs?

Say I make a casserole that has 10g net carbs, but then I add 5g fiber in the form of ground flaxseed (maybe as a 'crust'). Does the dish now have 5g net carbs per serving?

[Atkins_Nutritionist]

The dish would still have 10 g Net Carbs. Here’s why:
Say there were 18g Total Carbs in the casserole (just made the number up for demonstration purposes). If you add the flaxseed, that another 5g of carbs, for a total of 23g. There is already 8g of fiber (from your example). So you subtract the 13 g of fiber from the total carbs of 23g and that’s 10g Net Carbs. Hope this helps to clarify!

[toetag]

What you say makes sense. But it leads me to ask another question.

I found a recipe at atkins.com for Golden Flax Seed and Caraway Flatbreads. Among the ingredients are 3/4 cup Atkins Bake Mix (9g net carbs), and 1/3 cup heavy cream (~6g net carbs). It also calls for salt, butter, egg white, caraway seeds, black pepper and flax seeds.

This makes 32 servings, but claims to have 0.00g net carbs.

This is why I thought maybe the fiber in the flax seeds diminished the carb count.

Are these really 0.00g net carbs? Please tell me they are because I have been eating them like crazy!!

[Ben_1981]

Originally posted by toetag
What you say makes sense. But it leads me to ask another question.

I found a recipe at atkins.com for Golden Flax Seed and Caraway Flatbreads. Among the ingredients are 3/4 cup Atkins Bake Mix (9g net carbs), and 1/3 cup heavy cream (~6g net carbs). It also calls for salt, butter, egg white, caraway seeds, black pepper and flax seeds.

This makes 32 servings, but claims to have 0.00g net carbs.

This is why I thought maybe the fiber in the flax seeds diminished the carb count.

Are these really 0.00g net carbs? Please tell me they are because I have been eating them like crazy!!

Fiberdoesn't diminish other carbs. It is a carb. You are subtracting "dietary fiber" from the carb count because that type of carb does not count when doing Atkins. Your reciple has ~15g carbs from what you stated. That divided by 32 is less than half, which is why a serving is rounded down to zero.

[Atkins_Nutritionist]

The recipe yields 32 servings. There are 10 g Net Carbs in the entire recipe (9 from the bake mix and only 1 from the 1/3 cup heavy cream) which means that there is only a fraction of Net Carbs in each serving which rounds to 0. Each serving is 0 Net Carbs, but if you eat the entire batch, you will have consumed
10 g of Net Carbs. It is so important to be aware of serving sizes, whether in a recipe or on a food label, as consuming a serving larger than what is defined can interfere with your weight loss.

[toetag]

Then why do they say 0.00g net carbs?

ZERO point ZERO ZERO!!

That's terribly misleading. I mean if they just said zero, I would think, ok, less than 0.5. But to go as far as to say 0.00 is just wrong!

[lkmjbc3]

I'll take my 10 bucks.......

It is a simple rounding down. It is not misleading in any way. It is way we account for these numbers.

This is reason why Splenda packets are listed as 0 carbs. This is the reason that eggs are listed as 0 carbs.

lkmjbc

[Atkins_Nutritionist]

This is the way the FDA defines the nutrient content be listed on the Nutrition Labels. Also note that something can say 0 trans fats even when it has <0.5 g trans fats/serving or say fat-free when it has <0.5 g fat/serving. This is how it is defined. Here are some websites to learn more about the Nutrition Facts label and nutrient content claims.

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-an...ent-claims.jsp

The recipe states that there are 0 g of Net Carbs/serving. It would be misleading if a more than one serving was listed as the amount to be eaten on an eating occasion, but it clearly indicates that the recipe yields 32 servings.

[toetag]

I understand.

I'm just terribly dissapointed because I thought I finally found a "free" snack that didn't involve meat.

Ok, back to that whole "self-discipline" thing. Rats!