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**cyslespitocop** · 08-07-2008, 10:39 PM

Anything edible that has fiber has carbs. It can have more carbs than fiber, but not more fiber than carbs.

So there's never a deficit. If you take in 10 grams worth of psyllium husks, for example, it will also be 10 grams of carbs. So, net carbs are zero.

If the nutrition label for a particular product indicates more grams of fiber than carbs, there's a rounding error somewhere.

08-07-2008, 10:39 PM	#5
cyslespitocop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	Anything edible that has fiber has carbs. It can have more carbs than fiber, but not more fiber than carbs. So there's never a deficit. If you take in 10 grams worth of psyllium husks, for example, it will also be 10 grams of carbs. So, net carbs are zero. If the nutrition label for a particular product indicates more grams of fiber than carbs, there's a rounding error somewhere.
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