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Why doesn’t sugars and fiber add up to total carbs on labels?

From my understanding all carbs break down to three camps, fiber, glucose or fructose. So on food labels why doesn't total carbs == fiber + sugars? What is the missing component? …
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Is Paleo Bogus for Weight Loss?

When I first went Paleo and starting losing weight, I thought it was because there was something magical about taking out grains and sugars, but when looking at my old diaries, my …
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what non-sugar carbs are in blackstrap molasses (if any)

i have just been looking at the labels on two jars of different blackstrap molasses, and also checking out various online nutrition databases. In all cases there is a (varying) di …
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Processed food and sugar…

Hi guys , I'am 19 years old boy from Italy... I went HALF paleo cause my ibs..i'am an ibs sufferer since i was 11-12 years old. Why HALF paleo? Cause i've eliminated : Cereals leg …
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PLEASE SOMEONE HACKS MY IBS?

HI guys! im from italy and im 18 years old! I've been an ibs sufferer (c&d) for a lot years , 8 or 9 ! Once I discovered the paleo diet , the gluten damages , the dairies/suga …
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I’m not hunger in this last days , help me

I m in paleo , so everyday I eat vegetables with meat/fish.. and I feel tired of eat fish/meat so my hunger is actually very low and I just feel like a want to eat sugars as chocol …
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Is splenda as bad as this guy says?

http://thepeopleschemist.com/splenda-the-artificial-sweetener-that-explodes-internally/ There don't appear to be any references and it seems like a blog post. I'm not sure what t …
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What Do You Think About Counting Grams of Sugars Instead of Carbs?

If we decide to eat 100g of carbs, we could be eating 50g of sugars (20g of fructose) if we choose bananas or 16g of sugars (4g of fructose) if we choose sweet potato. Maybe the ca …