Carb Question
Hello everyone,
As a lot of you know, I am trying to really watch my carbs. I have been enjoying an Atkins bar each day and I wanted to confirm that I only count the net carbs, correct? The wrapper says there can be up to 18 carbs, but then the net carbs are only between 3-5.
Thanks for the help!
Liz
As a lot of you know, I am trying to really watch my carbs. I have been enjoying an Atkins bar each day and I wanted to confirm that I only count the net carbs, correct? The wrapper says there can be up to 18 carbs, but then the net carbs are only between 3-5.
Thanks for the help!
Liz
DS SURGERY NOV 20, 2009
210 POUNDS LOST SO FAR
210 POUNDS LOST SO FAR
Hi Liz. It depends why you are counting them. If you were on the Atkins diet, I understand you'd only count net carbs. I've seen other people on this board talking about counting net carbs.
The reason I count carbs is to make sure that I'm following the guidelines I was given. So I'm aiming for 40% of my daily cals to come from protein, 30 from carbs and 30 from fat. The nutrition tool I use on this site counts all carbs in that calculation. If I wanted to manually subtract the fibre from the carbs, I could come up with a net carb count - but I have no reason to at present. I know that almost all the carbs I'm eating are healthy, complex carbs and the total is around 30% of my daily intake.
I'm sure others who do count net carbs will chime in with their rationales ;-)
The reason I count carbs is to make sure that I'm following the guidelines I was given. So I'm aiming for 40% of my daily cals to come from protein, 30 from carbs and 30 from fat. The nutrition tool I use on this site counts all carbs in that calculation. If I wanted to manually subtract the fibre from the carbs, I could come up with a net carb count - but I have no reason to at present. I know that almost all the carbs I'm eating are healthy, complex carbs and the total is around 30% of my daily intake.
I'm sure others who do count net carbs will chime in with their rationales ;-)
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