Carbs & Sugar

Viv0147

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• Mar 6, 2016

• #1

My breakfast this morning was Nixe - Mackerel Fillets In Tomato Sauce the reading on myfitnesspal was 5 g Carbs & 5 g sugar not quite understanding the significance of this please advise. Thanks

 

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azure

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• Mar 6, 2016

• #2

@Viv0147 Looks like it has 5g of carbs, all of which is sugar. A little sugar is often added to tomato sauces, I've found.

 

Viv0147

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• Mar 6, 2016

• #3

I see labels on times saying 12 carbs 3 of which is sugar well the remaining 9 carbs I believe turn into sugar this is what I can't get my thick head around.

 

chri5

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• Mar 6, 2016

• #4

Viv0147 said:

I see labels on times saying 12 carbs 3 of which is sugar well the remaining 9 carbs I believe turn into sugar this is what I can't get my thick head around.

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I know,it can be confusing but the easiest thing to do is ignore the sugar figure and just work on the total carbs because they become sugar anyway.

 

Viv0147

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• Mar 6, 2016

• #5

That sounds very good advice thank you