Since low-carb dieting is all about carbs minus fiber, can I eat foods with higher carbs if I add fiber capsules or Fiber Sure to my food? Does that count or does it actually have to be part of the food naturally to lower the carb count?
2006-07-31 08:22:22 · 3 answers · asked by Furiously Curious 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Fiber is subtracted from the carb-count of the food which you are eating. I've heard that adding extra fiber can to some degree detract from the carbs from other foods, but nothing substantial enough to rely on it. So if a bowl of fiber one has 10 carbs but 4 of them are fiber, you would count 6 carbs. Adding some other form of fiber would not alter that.
2006-07-31 08:29:50 · answer #1 · answered by Priest 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It actually has to be apart of the food. Eating raw fiber might be good, but you're still getting the carbs from the other food.
The only reason fiber is subtracted from the carb count is because the body doesn't completely digest it. By still eating the high-carb food, you're still getting all those carbs.
IMO, however, low-carb dieting isn't going to help anyways.
2006-07-31 15:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by Sid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when your on a low carb diet they want you to eat fiber there are no carb that count in fiber
2006-07-31 15:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by rml313 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋