Sat, Apr-10-04, 23:35
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Senior Member
Posts: 8,730
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Plan: Atkins Maintenance
Stats: 213/141/150
BF:
Progress: 114%
Location: Dallas, TX
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Sugar alcohols really aren't alcohol, they're still considered in the carbohydrate part of the equation....but since you don't want to put them in as carbs (to help you count) you have to figure out how to handle it. What I used to do is put the item in with less calories, which canceled out the sugar alcohol carbs...but with all the talk about calories going on I decided I really want to know the true calorie counts, so I've started putting in the sugar alcohols as alcohol. But carbs are multiplied x 4 to get the calories...alcohol is multiplied x 7...so just divide the sugar alcohols by 2 and use that number to put in the alcohol box. Either way will work...just depends on what is more important to you. I kind of like counting the sa's as alcohol actually, because that way, since I don't drink, I also have a breakdown of how many of them I'm eating in ratio to carbs, etc.
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