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Originally Posted by SCAPER  I mean, with that logic, I could go eat a hershey's bar as long as I took some ex-lax or metamucil at the same time. |
Not exactly...it's not that the fiber is negating the carbs you eat... It's based on the fact that we can't digest fiber, so if a company finds a way of replacing some of the non-fiber carbs with fiber, there will be less digestable carbs in the product.
That being said, although YMMV, many people find they can only subtract half of the amount of fiber carbs from total carbs, not the total amount. So...20 grams of carbs, 10 fiber = about 15g digestible.
And sugar alcohols is about the same thing (plus it will give you the same effect that ex-lax will, so watch out for using too much!)
