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Net Carbs

The option to use Net Carbs instead of Carbs isn’t available in all settings or regions within the Lifesum app. Here’s how the option to track and view Net Carbs is enabled.

Requirements to Enable Net Carbs Tracking:

To see the option to track Net Carbs, you need to:

**Select a Keto Program or Keto Meal Plan in Lifesum.**
**Set the app language to English.**

Only under these conditions will the Net Carbs option become available.

Why Net Carbs Isn’t Available in All Regions:

The calculation of net carbs is only relevant to the US market as their total amount of carbs includes dietary fiber, too. That means that carbs in the US = carbs + fiber.

To calculate net carbs, you subtract the fibers from the carbs > in the US carbs - fiber = net carbs.

In Europe however, the fiber is already subtracted from the total amount of carbs. So in European nutritional data, the total amount of carbs is the same as the total amount of net carbs. That means you do not see any settings/option to choose, as it is irrelevant. You are able to choose between carbs and net carbs in the keto Diets and Meal Plans available in the app:

Ketogenic Strict
Ketogenic Medium
Ketogenic Easy
Keto Burn
Ketogenic Maintain

When selecting a Keto Meal Plan or Program, you get the option to select either Net Carbs or Carbs. You will save your choice by pressing "Continue" at the bottom of the screen.

Depending on what you choose you will either see carbs or net carbs in your diary.

Since we do not support sugar alcohol in our app, our approach can differ a bit from other net carb calculators.

In our app we calculate net carbs = total carbs minus fiber.

This is the net amount that will affect your blood sugar (such as sugar and starch) - the rest (fiber) are not broken down in into glucose (sugar), but instead goes down in your stomach to be food for the gut bacterias.

Therefore if you have e.g. a total sum of 45 grams of carbs and 39 grams consists of fibers, you will get 6 gram net carbs.

45 gram of total carbs, minus 39 grams of fiber equals 6 grams of Net Carbs.

The activation of net carbs is only relevant if you are using the app in English. For the rest of our markets the total amount of carbs = net carbs.

**Examples:**

**Avocado US:**

Carbs: 8.5 g

Fiber: 6.7 g

Net carbs: 1.8 g

**Avocado Europe:**

Carbs: 1.7 g

Fiber: 4.8 g

As Net Carbs is only available when using a Meal Plan or a Program it is a Premium feature.

Mis à jour le : 28/08/2025

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