Newbie low carb Q

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked before - I did quickly search but didn't see anything on a quick glance.

Basically, when you are counting carbs do you use the actual carb value, or "net" carb (ie carbs minus fibre) value? I'm a little confused, as some things differ considerably between the two values and I don't want to be miscalculating!

Thanks in advance!

Thank you Graham.
I hoped it might be as that's often the lower value!

Squishee

Ah, that's useful info to bear in mind sugarless sue, thanks. I would probably have started subtracting fibre & got it all wrong!
I don't eat much packaged food, most of the carb-values I'm using are coming from books where both values are stated, hence my initial query.

Thanks!