Ive read your posts on the Feline Diabetes Message Board. Why do you correct people when they refer to a food as having “7 carbs”?
A. Because it’s inaccurate, and, further, it may inspire other people to make the same mistake. Plus, there’s no meaning to the term “carb” used in that context. If you see a “7” in the carbohydrate column, it means that food has 7 percent of calories from carbohydrate; it does not mean it contains 7 grams of carbohydrate. (The foods on the table are expressed in “per 100 calorie” terms so that foods may be compared to each other.) If you’d like to calculate the grams of carbohydrates in a can (or cup) of a particular food, do the following: Multiply the calories per can (or cup) by the percent of calories from carbohydrates, and divide by 350.
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