Please help with net carb count

Dede66 · 02-21-2013, 08:32 AM

I want to see if I am anywhere close to understanding how to count the net carbs in food.........example...Quaker Instant Oatmeal..Apples and Cinnamon....total carbs 33g.....dietary Fiber4....soluable fiber 1 sugars 12g....what would be the net carbs?

I wanted to keep my carbs at 50 today and think I blew it .. couldnt find the lower sugar oatmeal ,,so I ate this,, now I regret it.

Please help ,, thanks so much.

HarmsWay · 02-21-2013, 08:39 AM

As I understand it, take total carbs and subtract fiber. So 33 - 4 = 29 net carbs

MattWCZY · 02-21-2013, 08:39 AM

Total carbs - total dietary fiber - sugars alcohol = Net carbs. Sugars alcohol are debatable though. Many people find that they stall or slow weight loss because they do still have some impact on blood sugar. Mind you, less than sugar. To answer your question though, your oatmeal would be 29g net carbs.

Kimberli33 · 02-21-2013, 08:50 AM

Dede66 · 02-21-2013, 08:50 AM

tested blood sugar and its a bit high for my goal so this oatmeal is off the list of what I can eat,, I need to stay at 20g a meal.. Thanks for explaining the carb count.
I was confused because of soluable fiber and sugar.

LiterateGriffin · 02-21-2013, 09:43 AM

Yeah... Total - fiber = net. Anything else (ie: sugar alcohols, etc) is fudging it.

Ntombi · 02-21-2013, 10:50 AM

^that.

I always deduct fiber, but only sometimes do I deduct SOME sugar alcohols. Never all of them, but, depending on which they are, I'll deduct half. IMO, most sugar alcohols are for pre-maintenance and beyond.

02-21-2013, 08:32 AM	#1
Dede66 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 295 Gallery: Dede66 Stats: 168/ 167/140 WOE: low carb Start Date: 6/12/06	Please help with net carb count I want to see if I am anywhere close to understanding how to count the net carbs in food.........example...Quaker Instant Oatmeal..Apples and Cinnamon....total carbs 33g.....dietary Fiber4....soluable fiber 1 sugars 12g....what would be the net carbs? I wanted to keep my carbs at 50 today and think I blew it .. couldnt find the lower sugar oatmeal ,,so I ate this,, now I regret it. Please help ,, thanks so much.

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02-21-2013, 08:39 AM	#2
HarmsWay Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 328 Gallery: HarmsWay Stats: depressed/better/ecstatic	As I understand it, take total carbs and subtract fiber. So 33 - 4 = 29 net carbs

02-21-2013, 08:39 AM	#3
MattWCZY Junior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 36 Gallery: MattWCZY Stats: 328/317/220 WOE: Protein Power Start Date: February 8, 2013	Total carbs - total dietary fiber - sugars alcohol = Net carbs. Sugars alcohol are debatable though. Many people find that they stall or slow weight loss because they do still have some impact on blood sugar. Mind you, less than sugar. To answer your question though, your oatmeal would be 29g net carbs.

02-21-2013, 08:50 AM	#4
Kimberli33 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Montana Posts: 7,497 Gallery: Kimberli33 Stats: 200 /166/149? 5ft 6 1/2 in. Age 42 WOE: LC-My Way start 1/27 then JUDDD on 3/12 2 171.5lbs Start Date: Jan 27,2013 at 199 for the LAST time!	29

02-21-2013, 09:43 AM	#6
LiterateGriffin Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,700 Gallery: LiterateGriffin Stats: 236.5 start (Jan 2012) /194.0150 goal 5'9", 42 yr WOE: Atkins (though I think a fairly early version) Start Date: Jan 6 2012	Yeah... Total - fiber = net. Anything else (ie: sugar alcohols, etc) is fudging it.

02-21-2013, 10:50 AM	#7
Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 34,748 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: Restart:360/329.8/185 Original:325+/259.6/180 WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Restarted: 1-3-13 Original: 8-23-02	^that. I always deduct fiber, but only sometimes do I deduct SOME sugar alcohols. Never all of them, but, depending on which they are, I'll deduct half. IMO, most sugar alcohols are for pre-maintenance and beyond.