What is the deal with “Net Carbs”? There’s a lot of products claiming that, should that influence choices at all?

From my understanding, the “net carbs” is a term/calculation that was created for diets such as the Atkins diet. The example I found was that of a banana.The total carb count is 31g. The total fiber is 4g. So the net carbs = total carb minus total fiber = 31g — 4g = 27g of net carbs.

I feel this “calculation” is a poor measure of the quality or health of the product. A much better measure of the quality of the product would be the ingredients list.

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