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So I found a recipe for making Quest bars into Cookies. My partner has a taste for chocolate chip cookies and I thought I would use the Quest bar cookie recipe to try it out.

So I was checking the nutrition info and it has 20g carbs but...

4 net carbs because 20g - 14g fiber- 2 g erythritol =4g net carbs

So which do you count ? Carbs or net carbs?

I'm torn on this one....also, has anyone tried the cookie recipe???

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There will be a lot of people on both sides of this and the thing to do is find what works for you. For me I count total carbs and keep below 25 for the most part.

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I'm really erring on the more strict side and counting actual carbs

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I count actual carbs (not net) on orders from my dietitian.

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I count actual carbs as well.

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I will add the other side, I count net carbs. I've done just fine with that. But that said, that's typically only a thing with processed foods and I don't eat a lot of those in general. Basically Quest products and some low carb tortillas I use and I don't use the tortillas often.

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I have always counted net carbs and it works a charm.

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My dietician has me on what she calls the 10/10 rule... 10g or less of fat and 10g or less of sugar... hard to argue with my preop weight loss. But like others have said, do what works for you.

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Total carbs for me. The net carbs do produce a slight blood sugar spike so they are not neutral as some people may think.

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