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Carb grams are weight grams?

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  1. Hi Folks,

    I wonder if the term "grams" in counting carbs is the
    same scale derived from KG used in weighing gold, or potatos, ..etc.

    A piece of sugar candy that weighs 30 grams on a gold scale does NOT
    translate to
    a much higher carb grams, correct?

    If so, then someone can eat a very small piece of desert to satisfy some
    eagerness
    as long as the total "scale" grams keeps him below the the ketosis
    requirement maximum.
    Correct?

    Thanks,

    J

  2. John E said:

    I wonder if the term "grams" in counting carbs is the same scale
    derived from KG used in weighing gold, or potatos, ..etc.

    Yes. Exactly the same gram. However, food contains more than just
    carbs.

    Quoted message said:

    A piece of sugar candy that weighs 30 grams on a gold scale does NOT
    translate to a much higher carb grams, correct?

    Consider "Smarties" candies. A 7g roll of smarties contains between
    6g and 7g of carbs and trace amounts of flavorings, binder, etc.

    However, a 100g Russet potato only contains about 16g of carbs. The
    rest is mostly water. http://www.delorie.com/health/ns/?fid=11353

    Quoted message said:

    If so, then someone can eat a very small piece of desert to satisfy
    some eagerness as long as the total "scale" grams keeps him below
    the the ketosis requirement maximum. Correct?

    You have to know what percentage of the food's weight is carbs.
    Certainly, 20g of food cannot contain more than 20g of carbs, so if
    you want to be really conservative you can use that method, but you'd
    be taking in less carbs than you think - and IMHO it's better to keep
    carbs consistent at a reasonable amount (CCLL for Atkins, for example)
    than to keep them randomly lower than that.

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