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Originally Posted by joycelyn

And this person is a nutritionist with a degree? Shame on her. Fiber, a net carb is not absorbed by the body and does not count. Sugar alcohols are more controversial.

Fiber and sugar alcohols are removed from the total number of carbohydrates to determine the net carb number. Fiber and sugar alcohols are not considered net carbs. Net carbs are those carbs that your body actually processes.

From the glossary at the Atkins website:

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Net Carbs: The Carbohydrates that can be Digested and processed by the body as dietary carbohydrate and therefore directly impact Blood sugar. The figure for Net Carbs represents the total grams of carbohydrate minus grams of Fiber, Glycerine and Sugar alcohols. Net Carbs are the only carbs that you need to count when you do Atkins. (For more on Net Carbs, see The Skinny on Net Carbs).

Granted, sugar alcohols and glycerine affect different people in different ways. It's more of a YMMV thing with those.