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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1776765" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>If your food is packaged, such as the crackers, it will tell you in the nutrition label how many carbs are in it. It is a legal requirement in Europe for manufacturers to state the nutrient amounts in grams per 100g, which is a percentage, so if it says it has 10g carbs per 100g then whatever portion size you eat will be 10% carb. Sometimes they are kind and state how many in one cracker. Look for "total carbohydrate" and ignore the "of which sugars" because the sugars are included in the total carbs. After that you have to work out your portion size and calculate the number of carbs in it. It is messy at first, but soon becomes automatic. It is often easy to keep a list of the stuff you eat regularly. Also, supermarket websites such as Tesco and Sainsbury list all the nutrient amounts of all the foods they sell. I tend to use the Tesco website.. There is also a book and an app available from Amazon called Carbs & Cals which is excellent as it has photos of common individual foods on a plate, with the weight, carbs, calories, protein, fat and fibre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1776765, member: 94045"] If your food is packaged, such as the crackers, it will tell you in the nutrition label how many carbs are in it. It is a legal requirement in Europe for manufacturers to state the nutrient amounts in grams per 100g, which is a percentage, so if it says it has 10g carbs per 100g then whatever portion size you eat will be 10% carb. Sometimes they are kind and state how many in one cracker. Look for "total carbohydrate" and ignore the "of which sugars" because the sugars are included in the total carbs. After that you have to work out your portion size and calculate the number of carbs in it. It is messy at first, but soon becomes automatic. It is often easy to keep a list of the stuff you eat regularly. Also, supermarket websites such as Tesco and Sainsbury list all the nutrient amounts of all the foods they sell. I tend to use the Tesco website.. There is also a book and an app available from Amazon called Carbs & Cals which is excellent as it has photos of common individual foods on a plate, with the weight, carbs, calories, protein, fat and fibre. [/QUOTE]
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