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The carbohydrate count
given with each recipe, and pre-designed menu on
www.lowcarbguy.com is total carb count. You are permitted on a
low carb diet to use net carb count when totally your total carbs
per day.
Net carbs is a term becoming more popular with low
carb diets. The term is used to reflect the amount of carbohydrate
that is rapidly available in any food or product. It subtracts those
carbs such as fiber, glycerin, and sugar alcohols, which either are
not digested or are digested but do not impact blood sugar more than
negligibly. You can calculate the net carb value of any recipe by
subtracting the grams of fiber, sugar alcohols and glycerin from the
number of carbohydrate grams.
Example: 2 Tablespoons of
Creamy Peanut Butter has 6g of Carbohydrate less 2g of fiber gives
you a net carb value of 4g.
Note: It is my advice that you
not neglect total calories when selecting recipes for your daily
menu. Some recipes may be very low in carbs, but extremely high in
fat calories. It is important to have variety in your choices.
Going on an instant pudding only diet for a week would result in
weight gain, although your carbohydrate count would be such that you
should have lost weight.
Example: Sugar Free/Fat Free Instant
Pudding made with heavy cream instead of milk only has 5 net grams
of carbohydrates per serving, BUT contains 320 calories from fat.
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