Thread: Why do people who are trying to get lean like unabsorbable carbohydrates?

I was trying to figure this out because I'm trying to lean out while always on the go so I don't have a lot of time for meals. I wanted to try out protein bars and found one that has a 19g of carbs, but they said that its ok because 15g of them are unabsorbable carbohydrates. I tried to look it up, but I didn't really find anything that had to do with weight loss, mostly just diabetes. What makes unabsorbable carbs better than any other kinds?

The technical term is "non digestible" carbohydrates but I get what you're saying.

Basically there are two components that make carbs "non digestible". One is sugar alcohols and the other being dietary fiber.

Lets start with fiber. Lets say a bar has 30 grams of carbs. Underneath the label it states of those 30 carbs, 5 grams come from fiber and 5 from sugar alcohols. Therefore, you minus 30 from 10 and get 20 net carbs.

Dietary fiber does not have any effect on blood sugar, hence it's considered "non digestible" and doesn't count towards your carb count. That for the most part is non debatable as far as i'm concerned and read.

Sugar alcohols on the other hand are up for debate. I think it helps people who are diabetic in that it doesn't raise insulin as much as regular sugar. But for low carbers (non diabetics), there is debate that it still raises blood sugar to a certain extent.

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