[southernplayer99]

Hi,
Ive been 'on' the atkins diet for a couple of weeks along with some of my friends. We are easily confused by 'net carbs'. I gathered from info on net that its the part of carbohydrate that sugars which you look at, BUT if thats the case i have oven chips with a carb content of 28.1 per 100g when cooked but it says only 0.5 of that sugars which means i could eat oven chips on 'atkins' which im 99% sure isnt right. Ive now read on here somewhere i should be looking at fibre content??? Im soooo confused and really dont want to mess things up.
Can someone please explain to me very simply what a net carb is?
What part of a food label do i eat by?
Thanks in advance
karen

[southernplayer99]

Many thanks for your help but im afraid im still non the wiser

I live in england so what you are saying is that for instance on the information on a jar of mustard i have carbs 7g of which sugars trace, im meant to count the 7g?? is that right?
We have read the atkins site and numerous other low carb diet sites relentlessly and probably because most of them are american the message isnt coming through very clearly.
If im right about the mustard then ive got the idea right!!
Sorry for being a pest
thanks again
karen

[southernplayer99]

Thanks for your help its very much appreciated.

I did quote i was 99% sure i couldnt eat potatoes, my 1% doubt was due to not been able to find my answer which you have now sorted out for me. Ive read numerous times that i cant eat pasta etc.
thanks again