Posted by Wildflower on March 2, 2004, at 14:41:46
Last night, I was trolling through my supermarket and came across a whole section of low carb foods. I bought some high protein/low carb chips and didn't realize that it said "3 net carbs" versus regular carbs.
Do net carbs have a negative impact on a low-carb diet? It appears to me that it may just be a clever marketing idea that makes something look seemingly good for you.
Here's the definition from the chip website:
"Net Carbs are the carbs that the body converts to glucose quickly, such as sugar and starch. Other carbs, such as dietary fiber are considered to be Non-Impact carbs and are not counted toward Net Carbs because they are converted slowly, if ever, to glucose."
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