Net carb question

Oatmeal is not low carb.

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"PolarBear" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a love of Irish oatmeal. The total carbs per serving are 26g. The
label lists the following:

Dietary fiber 4g
Soluble fiber 2g
Insoluble fiber 2g

Does this mean I can only subtract 2g from the total carbs? Can I add
fiber
to cut the net carbs more?
Thanks

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PolarBear said:

I have a love of Irish oatmeal. The total carbs per serving are 26g.
The label lists the following:

Dietary fiber 4g
Soluble fiber 2g
Insoluble fiber 2g

Does this mean I can only subtract 2g from the total carbs? Can I add
fiber to cut the net carbs more?
Thanks

Bear, you cannot cut the carbs by adding more fiber. Fiber doesn't "cancel
out" other carbs - it's just a type of carb that isn't metabolized and
therefore doesn't contribute to the "net" total.

So, for example, if you have a food with 5g sugar, 5g starch, and 5g fiber,
it would have 15g carb, or 10g net carb. But if you added an extra 5g
fiber, it would have 20g carb, but still 10g net carb.

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Thanks carla. Now I understand.

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Quoted message said:

PolarBear said:

I have a love of Irish oatmeal. The total carbs per serving are 26g.
The label lists the following:

Dietary fiber 4g
Soluble fiber 2g
Insoluble fiber 2g

Does this mean I can only subtract 2g from the total carbs? Can I add
fiber to cut the net carbs more?
Thanks

Bear, you cannot cut the carbs by adding more fiber. Fiber doesn't

"cancel

Quoted message said:

out" other carbs - it's just a type of carb that isn't metabolized and
therefore doesn't contribute to the "net" total.

So, for example, if you have a food with 5g sugar, 5g starch, and 5g

fiber,

Quoted message said:

it would have 15g carb, or 10g net carb. But if you added an extra 5g
fiber, it would have 20g carb, but still 10g net carb.

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I know JC. Right now I'm approaching things by allowing myself certain whole
grains and fruits. No refined carbs of sugar. I'll go lower over time and
eliminate more carbs after I've dealt with some other issues. Thanks for
caring enough to point it out.
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"JC Der Koenig" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Oatmeal is not low carb.

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Both types of fiber can be subtracted.

In news:[email hidden],
PolarBear <[email hidden]> stated
| I have a love of Irish oatmeal. The total carbs per serving are 26g.
| The label lists the following:
|
| Dietary fiber 4g
| Soluble fiber 2g
| Insoluble fiber 2g
|
| Does this mean I can only subtract 2g from the total carbs? Can I add
| fiber to cut the net carbs more?
| Thanks
|
| --
| Bear-
| Grrrrrrrrrrrr :o)

But if you have a cup of oatmeal and add a cup of fiber and then eat one cup
of that you have reduced the carbs and increased the fiber. You have half
the carbs of the original because you are only eating half of it.

In news:[email hidden],
carla <[email hidden]> stated
| PolarBear wrote:
|| I have a love of Irish oatmeal. The total carbs per serving are 26g.
|| The label lists the following:
||
|| Dietary fiber 4g
|| Soluble fiber 2g
|| Insoluble fiber 2g
||
|| Does this mean I can only subtract 2g from the total carbs? Can I add
|| fiber to cut the net carbs more?
|| Thanks
|
| Bear, you cannot cut the carbs by adding more fiber. Fiber doesn't
| "cancel out" other carbs - it's just a type of carb that isn't
| metabolized and therefore doesn't contribute to the "net" total.
|
| So, for example, if you have a food with 5g sugar, 5g starch, and 5g
| fiber, it would have 15g carb, or 10g net carb. But if you added an
| extra 5g fiber, it would have 20g carb, but still 10g net carb.
|
| --
| carla
| http://geekofalltrades.typepad.com/geek

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Quoted message said:

PolarBear said:

I have a love of Irish oatmeal. The total carbs per serving are 26g.
The label lists the following:

Dietary fiber 4g
Soluble fiber 2g
Insoluble fiber 2g

Does this mean I can only subtract 2g from the total carbs? Can I add
fiber to cut the net carbs more?
Thanks

Bear, you cannot cut the carbs by adding more fiber. Fiber doesn't
"cancel
out" other carbs - it's just a type of carb that isn't metabolized and
therefore doesn't contribute to the "net" total.

So, for example, if you have a food with 5g sugar, 5g starch, and 5g
fiber,
it would have 15g carb, or 10g net carb. But if you added an extra 5g
fiber, it would have 20g carb, but still 10g net carb.

me too. This net carb thing's been confusing me since I first did atkins a
year ago!