Calories Summary - Consumed Carbs !?

pkll

Hi!

Net Carbs : 29.2 g. but the consumed carbs on the donut in the diary summary shows : 208.1 kcals (208.1 / 4 = 52 g.)
I can't understand how it can find this number who seems false and don't even match with the total carbs (58.3 g.) ?

I find a strange number every day ONLY for the consumed carbs (sometimes the difference is really huge), the rest (fat & protein) is always OK.

The wrong number is also reported in the charts.

Maybe i've missed something if not what can i do to get the right value in the charts & the sumary ?

Thank You

Karen_Cronometer

Hi pkll,

Your energy from carbohydrates can be greater than the net carbs value would suggest because we can get some energy from fibre!

pkll

Hi Karen,

We can get energy from fiber but it depends on the type of fiber AND on the microbiote of people so how the consumed energy from carbs is calculate ?

By making some tests, i 'm thinking that the carbs consumed is the difference between Proteins+Lipids consumed which is a fine way to go but not for keto diet where the net carbs consumed is important. The total energy from food is never the exact (4P+4C+9L) so the software has to procede by difference and it adjusts with the carbs (ok for normal diet), it would be more accurate to adjust with the lipids for keto diet.

Sorry for my poor english and thanks for your response.

Karen_Cronometer

There are energy factors applied for the macronutrients, depend on the s you can see them in the USDA Food Data Central. Here's an example for lentils:
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/175254/nutrients

Cronometer counts all calories in a food toward your energy target to give you the most accurate estimate of the energy you are getting from your food that we can.

pkll

That's exactly the info i was missing (and searching), now i understand the energy donut values

Thx