Friday, July 08, 2005

Health Fun Fact

Do you know how to get the effective carb count of an item off of the nutrition label? Simple.

When counting carbs you can deduct the grams of dietary fiber from the total carbohydrate grams to get the net carb count.

Example:
19g Total Carbohydrate
-14g Dietary Fiber
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5g (ECC)EFFECTIVE CARB COUNT - THIS IS WHAT COUNTS!

# POSTED BY @ | Friday, July 08, 2005

3 Comments:

  • I only wish Krispy Kreme donuts had that kind of count. Mmmmmm....donutssss...... I miss donuts.

    By Blogger Ben, at 10:59 AM  

  • Mmmmmmmm...donuts. Had 2 this morning from Lamars! Oink! Oink!

    By Blogger Janna Rust, at 11:28 PM  

  • I'm sorry, did I not mention that when counting carbs in donuts the sugar and carbs cancel each other out?

    By Blogger Rebekah, at 11:32 PM  

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