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Carbs vs Impact Carbs
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Recently I noticed the term "Impact Carbs" on some products. For example, one drink has : 2 Impact Carb grams. However, the fine print says it contains 8 carb grams. That's 4 X. Is this yet another scam like the good-ol days of low calorie diet? Should I count the Carbs the Impact Carbs? For example, a bread company claimed their bread has less calories. Well, they got sued since their bread actually contained less "bread" than people thought. The bread contained lots more air bubbles, so you'd end up eating 1.5 instead of 1 to get full. J. |
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It's a scam.
-- You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW "news" wrote in message ... Hi, Recently I noticed the term "Impact Carbs" on some products. For example, one drink has : 2 Impact Carb grams. However, the fine print says it contains 8 carb grams. That's 4 X. Is this yet another scam like the good-ol days of low calorie diet? Should I count the Carbs the Impact Carbs? For example, a bread company claimed their bread has less calories. Well, they got sued since their bread actually contained less "bread" than people thought. The bread contained lots more air bubbles, so you'd end up eating 1.5 instead of 1 to get full. J. |
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"news" writes: Is this yet another scam like the good-ol days of low calorie diet? Fiber is a carb, but doesn't count. Find the real nutrition label (the white box with black text), and note the Total Carbohydrate grams, and if given, the fiber grams. Subtract fiber from total carbs, that's the net carbs you should use. Note: Outside the US, fiber is NOT counted as part of total carbs; in that case fiber is not indented relative to total carbs. For those cases, don't subtract, total carbs is already the number you want. Some products have other types of carbs subtracted to get net carbs (such as sugar alcohols) but it's debatable whether that's appropriate for most people or not. It's safest to not do this until you have a chance to find out if YOU are sensitive to each of those items. As for it being a scam, note that the FDA has not officially defined the term "net carbs" so you can't say it's legally misleading because legally it says nothing. The producers are giving us the numbers they think we want; the problem is that most of "us" want those numbers (not adslc'ers, we know better . |
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http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/products.htm discusses the "net
carb" thing in detail including some research links. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.7 . Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/ Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "news" wrote in message ... Hi, Recently I noticed the term "Impact Carbs" on some products. For example, one drink has : 2 Impact Carb grams. However, the fine print says it contains 8 carb grams. That's 4 X. Is this yet another scam like the good-ol days of low calorie diet? Should I count the Carbs the Impact Carbs? For example, a bread company claimed their bread has less calories. Well, they got sued since their bread actually contained less "bread" than people thought. The bread contained lots more air bubbles, so you'd end up eating 1.5 instead of 1 to get full. J. |
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http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/products.htm discusses the "net
carb" thing in detail including some research links. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.7 . Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/ Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "news" wrote in message ... Hi, Recently I noticed the term "Impact Carbs" on some products. For example, one drink has : 2 Impact Carb grams. However, the fine print says it contains 8 carb grams. That's 4 X. Is this yet another scam like the good-ol days of low calorie diet? Should I count the Carbs the Impact Carbs? For example, a bread company claimed their bread has less calories. Well, they got sued since their bread actually contained less "bread" than people thought. The bread contained lots more air bubbles, so you'd end up eating 1.5 instead of 1 to get full. J. |
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DJ Delorie wrote in message ...
As for it being a scam, note that the FDA has not officially defined the term "net carbs" so you can't say it's legally misleading because legally it says nothing. The producers are giving us the numbers they think we want; the problem is that most of "us" want those numbers (not adslc'ers, we know better . True, but FDA regulations are that any term like that ("net carbs," "impact carbs," etc.) has to be defined on the package. Most packages explain that net carbs = carbs-fiber. If you look around on the box (sometimes in fine print) you can know how that number is calculated. One notable exception to this is Dreamfields, who doesn't say how they calculate their digestible carbs at all. They claim that a food lab tests the number for them on human subjects, but that claim has been called into question. |
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DJ Delorie wrote in message ...
As for it being a scam, note that the FDA has not officially defined the term "net carbs" so you can't say it's legally misleading because legally it says nothing. The producers are giving us the numbers they think we want; the problem is that most of "us" want those numbers (not adslc'ers, we know better . True, but FDA regulations are that any term like that ("net carbs," "impact carbs," etc.) has to be defined on the package. Most packages explain that net carbs = carbs-fiber. If you look around on the box (sometimes in fine print) you can know how that number is calculated. One notable exception to this is Dreamfields, who doesn't say how they calculate their digestible carbs at all. They claim that a food lab tests the number for them on human subjects, but that claim has been called into question. |
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DJ Delorie wrote in message ...
As for it being a scam, note that the FDA has not officially defined the term "net carbs" so you can't say it's legally misleading because legally it says nothing. The producers are giving us the numbers they think we want; the problem is that most of "us" want those numbers (not adslc'ers, we know better . True, but FDA regulations are that any term like that ("net carbs," "impact carbs," etc.) has to be defined on the package. Most packages explain that net carbs = carbs-fiber. If you look around on the box (sometimes in fine print) you can know how that number is calculated. One notable exception to this is Dreamfields, who doesn't say how they calculate their digestible carbs at all. They claim that a food lab tests the number for them on human subjects, but that claim has been called into question. |
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