What’s the difference between carbs and net carbs in food?

Question by kid1000: What’s the difference between carbs and net carbs in food?
To figure out how many grams of carbs you consume daily do you count net carbs or carbs?
But should I count net carbs or carbs when finding out how many grams of carbohydrates I consume in a day?

Best answer:

Answer by Gary Kaiser, PhD
Carbs are all of the carbohydrates contained in the food. Net carbs are the carbs minus the fiber content. Fiber slows the “burn” rate and lessens impact on blood sugar.

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