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Carbs or net carbs?
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Bluetit1802
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In the UK the Total Carbs is what you need. They are already net carbs. In the USA they add the fibre to the total carbs on food labelling whereas in the UK the fibre is already deducted.
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To add to @Bluetit1802 comment:
If you are looking up carbs on the internet, check the source of the page you are looking at to make sure you have not inadvertently picked a US-based site.
If you are looking up carbs on the internet, check the source of the page you are looking at to make sure you have not inadvertently picked a US-based site.
SueJB
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nice diagram, I'm a visual learner so this is magic for me, thanks
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Something else to be aware of - since diabetes.co.uk is (obviously!) in the UK, by default we will be using all UK values/units both for nutritional info (i.e. total vs net carbs) and for glucose levels. etc, though international members will generally be using their own versions when they post. So use a little caution when looking at actual values, and if necessary refer to the international conversion tables on our main site for glucose related data....
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caroline_92
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I first started low carbing as a result of reading Atkins, many, many years ago and for a lot of this time was merrily going round deducting the g of fibre from the g of carb on nutritional labelling to give me my carb intake! I live in the UK and had absolutely no idea this was wrong...
I ate to my meter so it worked out ok in the end but I do feel the Atkins books need to spell this out more clearly.
Great question to get clarified for this forum
I ate to my meter so it worked out ok in the end but I do feel the Atkins books need to spell this out more clearly.
Great question to get clarified for this forum
SueJB
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Thanks, I do look at labels when I buy stuff, like cream, not processed yuk but you know what it's like when you've been reading stuff and I thought I needed to be sure. Feel better now
