How Can I Calculate The Total Carbs And Calories In Nutrition Labels?
Posted by Zolly | Under Nutrition Wednesday Sep 30, 2009I want to know how to calculate the total carbohydrates and find out how many calories in this food label here. Theirs insoluble fiber and
souable fiber and dietary fiber. Which one do I have to subtract the grams from total carbohydrates?
Total Carbohydrate 30g
Dietary Fiber 10g
Soluble Fiber 1g
Insoluble Fiber 9g
Sugars 6g
Protein 13g
Dietary Fiber is the total, they are giving you a breakdown of the soluable vs insoluable. Normally you take the total carbs 30 & subtract the total fiber 10 to give you a net carbs of 20 grams. (The 6 grams of sugar is included in the total carbs, but are required to be listed separately) Some labels are sneaky and already deduct the fiber from the total. I’ve included a hidden carb calculator from a web site if you ever want to double check the true carb level but you need the total calories to use it.
To get total calories you multiply 4 x protein & carb grams & 9 x fat grams. The calorie total for this should be 30-10+13=33×4= 132 calories
(strange, no fat??? that would be unusual)
You will lose more body fat eating protein and fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast eat all you want but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter and half an avocado a day (you’ll need added potassium). Keep the calories high and the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Adding in green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.
If you starve yourself by lowering calories lower than are needed for the body to function, your body will freak out and will want to store every ounce in case it doesn’t get nourished again. You need to give it adequate nourishment so it doesn’t slow your metabolism down to adjust for lower calories.
Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) triggers insulin which can store the calories you eat into fat. The more protein you eat the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate you eat the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.
Simple carbs are addictive and can be disastrous to our health. The best way to break the addiction is NO carbs for 3 days. Make a huge batch of deviled eggs and eat one every time you want “something” have huge omelets for breakfast, with bacon, a lil onion, peppers, mushrooms & cheese. Pork chops for lunch. Get pork rinds and eat them with tuna salad. Steak for dinner. Make a huge sugar free cheese cake for dessert. Eat so much you won’t feel deprived of anything. By the fourth day, your addiction will be gone and you can start making healthy choices.
High insulin levels unbalance other hormones. Controlling your insulin level will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so you will gain lean muscle even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase your muscle mass with high HGH levels.
Once you get near your goal, you start adding 5 carbs every 3 days til you gain weight, then you subtract 10 carbs. That would give you your personal carb level (everyone is different and it depends on how active you are.) As long as you remain <9 carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control, and shouldn’t gain weight. Many people gain weight on high carb, then switch to low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb that they gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar and maintain weight or health.
Dr.Atkins was a cardiologist, low carb was a health plan easier sold as a “diet” Read any of his books for easily understandable science. Lutz “Life without Bread” & Taubes “Good calorie, bad calorie” are excellent books that dispel all the nutrition myths.
Reducing body fat and increasing muscle mass will have you in awesome shape in no time. Good luck!
Total carbs = 30 g
—fiber = 10 g
——–SF = 1 g
——–IF = 9 g
—sugar = 6 g
Carbohydrates are broken down into the fiber (broken down into soluble and insoluble) and the sugars.
[Net carbs refer to the amount of carbs available in a food product. It is the actual amount of carbohydrates available after carbs from fiber, glycerin, and sugar alcohols have been subtracted.]
So the net carbs would be 14 g. Ten grams of carbs come from the fiber and six grams come from the sugar. The rest are net carbs.
1 gram of carbs = 3.5 calories
1 gram of protein = 3.5 calories
1 gram fat = 8.5 calories
TOTAL CALORIES = 105 (carbs) + 45.5 (protein) + 0 (fat)
————————–150.5 calories
A gram of carbohydrates or protien contains 4 calories each.
A gram of fat is twice as much at 8 calories each.
Simply multiply the gram X the appropriate calorie count.
A hint, subtract the fiber grams from the carbo. grams, It’s included in for some reason.
Man, those calories add up quickly when you don’t pay attention.