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The low carb breads/bagels, i looked at the nutrition labels & the calories listed do not include those from all the grams of fiber in there. is this accurate?? do calories from fiber really not count? or are they just lying to make you think so
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Keep it simple: Consider fiber as the equivalent of sawdust. Since you are not a termite, you don't have the enzymes needed to turn this natural fiber into fuel, so it does not count as calories.
Answered 5/20/2018
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