Sentences with phrase «total fibre content»
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Though this post is over a year old, I was wondering whether you got some of the results you were hoping for in the end, and whether you were tracking total carbs or net carbs (carbs minus fibre)-- as tracking net carbs allows us to eat quite a bit of spinach / chard / kale etc — since the fibre content of these veggies is so high..
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Hello Carla, the carbohydrate content per 100 g is indeed very low, it's 1.8 g net carbs, 6.7 g fibre and 8.5 g total carbs.
Dr Volek & Phinney suggest that ~ 50 g of total carbs a day should be enough to induce ketosis - this could be 20 - 35 g net carbs depending on the fibre content.
The deficiency has led nutritionists towards the development of the improved index GL (glycemic load), which is the GI multiplied by the net carbs (the total carbohydrate content of the food minus the fibre content and sugar alcohols) of regular portion of the particular food.
My total daily carbohydrate intake falls around 100 grams a day with a net carb intake between 50 to 70 grams a day, depending on the fibre content of the vegetables, seeds, and legumes I've eaten that day.
When reading labels subtract the fibre content from the total carbohydrates to give the you «net carbs», which means the carbohydrates that actually provide energy to our body.