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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2637234" data-attributes="member: 480869">a low carb item would be under 5g. A moderate carb under 10g.  I rarely eat anything higher unless it’s a very small amount. You’re kidding?  As a main meal it’s easy to eat a whole can. A 1/4 of a standard can (100g) is nothing.And as to the sugar content mattering more than carbs that’s simply wrong and I’m not sure where you were told this because it would cause a lot of people to still have high levels if that’s all they are paying attention to.Sugar is a carb. All carbs (except fibre) become glucose as they are broken down and digested and all of them will raise blood glucose levels. Sugar is a simpler carb and often hits faster but that’s the only real difference. All the glucose matters so all the carbs do too. All the other fancy sugars (coconut, agave etc etc) are much the same in terms of what they do to your glucose too with just the speed varying a little.  And finally whilst carbs do provide energy it’s possible to live without eating any carbs at all (probably not desirable but possible). Humans are dual fuel and can run on a process called nutritional ketosis (not to be confused with DKA or ketoacidosis - a significantly different thing) whereby fats are utilised for energy instead.  The body can make a small amount of glucose from fats and proteins and that is used for the few essential requirements of glucose.  You might see 130g carbs a day quoted as “needed”. That actually is 130g of glucose and the body can make that itself without eating any.</blockquote>

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