Comments on: How much carbs or sugar should we have in our diet? http://www.wowyouarereallylucky.com/good-carbs-bad-carbs/how-much-carbs-or-sugar-should-we-have-in-our-diet.htm Lose Weight Naturally, Diets To Boost Metabolism Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:46:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristen http://www.wowyouarereallylucky.com/good-carbs-bad-carbs/how-much-carbs-or-sugar-should-we-have-in-our-diet.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12 Kristen Fri, 04 May 2007 01:21:29 +0000 http://www.wowyouarereallylucky.com/?p=12#comment-12 If you don't mind, could you please elaborate further on sugar vs. carbs? Does a gram of sugar equal (x) amount of carbs? Example: I have a can of organic minestrone soup in hand. While perusing the nutrition label, I read the following: Per Serving Total Carbs: 19 grams or 6% of the Daily Value Dietary Fiber: 5 grams or 20% of the Daily Value Sugars: 4 grams I presume net carbs pursuant to the above equation is 14 grams. However, how were the sugar grams derived? I guess my confusion results over parsing "sugar" from the "carbs." In this case, were four grams of sugar (per serving) possibly added to the mix or was this the net effect, i.e., the amount of natural sugars occurring in the tomatoes added? Another example: Black Beans Per Serving Total Carbs: 21 grams or 7% of the Daily Value Dietary Fiber: 6 grams or 24% of the Daily Value Sugars: 0 grams Using the same equation and rationale for Black Beans, net carbs equals 15. Am I to assume no sugar was added or was this the net effect of an equation? Can you please un-confuse the confused? If you don’t mind, could you please elaborate further on sugar vs. carbs? Does a gram of sugar equal (x) amount of carbs? Example: I have a can of organic minestrone soup in hand. While perusing the nutrition label, I read the following:

Per Serving
Total Carbs: 19 grams or 6% of the Daily Value
Dietary Fiber: 5 grams or 20% of the Daily Value
Sugars: 4 grams

I presume net carbs pursuant to the above equation is 14 grams. However, how were the sugar grams derived? I guess my confusion results over parsing “sugar” from the “carbs.” In this case, were four grams of sugar (per serving) possibly added to the mix or was this the net effect, i.e., the amount of natural sugars occurring in the tomatoes added?

Another example: Black Beans

Per Serving
Total Carbs: 21 grams or 7% of the Daily Value
Dietary Fiber: 6 grams or 24% of the Daily Value
Sugars: 0 grams

Using the same equation and rationale for Black Beans, net carbs equals 15. Am I to assume no sugar was added or was this the net effect of an equation?

Can you please un-confuse the confused?

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