Carbs In Flax Seeds

Diet and Nutrition
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I am confused. In FitDay, it is seen that Flax Seeds have 37 grams of carbs per 100g, of which 17 is fiber. However, guys at this site (www.buyflax.com/carbohydrates-and-flax-seed.asp) say that only 3% of carbs in Flax Seeds are digestible, which makes it 1g of net carbs per 100g of flax seeds.

Since i felt like Randy Marsh in the beginning of “More Crap” episode last time i assaulted the porcelain, i decided to add some fiber to my meals and flax seems to be very good, since it has both soluble and insoluble fibers. But i am on Anabolic Diet, you know, and can only have 30g of digestible (net) carbs per day.

So, whom to believe? Are flax seeds actually carb free?

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i think they are at about 4 grams per serving…all of which is fiber… I would still count it as a “carb” …

i think you should be able to fit 2 tablespoons in your diet without going well over 30g carbs

3

Do not count fiber as carbs, they are classified as a carb but provide 0 calories. Fiber does not count in total carbs for the day.

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Yeah, i don’t count fiber and i agree that is not digestible and thus provides zero cals (except for some very rare occasions). The problem is i am confused about how many grams of fiber are in 100g of flax seeds. Some say that 97% of carbs in flax are fiber, but USDA gives another info. I understand, that, in terms of diet and carbs allotment, it would be safer to count as per USDA, but i want to maximize fiber intake.

5

Read the label of the package you bought.

Also buy “Milled Flax Seeds” no point in grinding them yourself, unless you like to.

My pack says 4 carbs (all fiber).

6

When I search I get that the USDA database says 29g carbs, 27g of which is fiber per 100g.

I think that is correct.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

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Hmm… Actually, when i was talking about amount of fiber in flax i was refering to FitDay, since i thought that they use USDA’s database.

USDA’s info seems to be more… appealing.