SouthCaliDiva

I'm trying to enter the food listed below. FitDay won't let me because it says the total calories should only be 88.

Since when does fiber not have calories? I understand the premise that fiber has a different effect on blood sugar and insulin. But I didn't take that to mean that I could disregard the fiber calories altogether.

What say you?

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Aftershock

Fiber technically has 4 Calories to the gram because it's a complex carbohydrate. It's a complex carbohydrate that's not broken down and absorped by the body though, therefore; it's not really considered to have Calories.


http://www.jhbmc.jhu.edu/cardiology/rehab/fiber.html

^ Second paragraph briefly mentions that.




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SouthCaliDiva

Thanks for the info, Aftershock. It looks like I can go ahead and modify my FitDay entries to only show the non-fiber carbs for this product. Cool. I was afraid to do that before because it seemed like cheating.

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