Carbohydrates of Which Sugars

[nukemdukem]

Hi All,

So i've finally taken the step of tracking my macros!! Its really interesting how much you learn when tracking what your eating!

I have a question concerning carbohydrates.

If i need to eat 250g of carbohydrates per day - does this include carbohydrates of which sugars?

Example is tomatoes - 100g has 3.1g of carbs or which 3.1g is sugars. So does this count as 3.1g towards my daily target or 0?

Also is there a limit of how much carbs of which sugars you should eat per day? All the searching i have done only uncovers added sugar limits, but not carbohydrates of which sugars.

At the moment i'm tracking around 40g carbohydrates of which sugars from 250g of carbs.

Thanks in advance

 

[nukemdukem]

Thanks - thats a really interesting point i had not considered.

I've been eating oat bran for breakfast recently with blackberries. Mainly to help reduce bad cholesterol levels and boost my vitamins - although i know cholesterol is needed to make testosterone.

I was going to count the carbs from both towards my daily target. I've also been adding a lot of beans / legumes to my basmati rice to boost my carb and protein intake.

However all of those are highly fibrous - i'm living in Singapore at the moment, but i've created a s/s of all my food macros by looking them up on the uk online supermarkets! - although many do not state fibrious carbs.

If i understand what your saying correctly - i should not include the fibrious carbs - as the carb target is basically and energy target and fibre has no energy that the body can utilise.

Does that mean its better to meet my carb target through fruits which have a higher sugar content than rice, beans, legumes?

Or does the carbs from fruits get released too quickly that the body cant absorb / use it all before it gets flushed out?

That would then imply a mix of fast release carbs (fruits / even raw sugar) and slow release carbs (rice, beans, legumes)?

Many thanks