Fiber Question

[Schark]

Hello to all.
This is my first post so thank you in advance.

Little about me.
I very successfully followed PP when the first book came out to the tune of 90lbs. I have since very successfully regained the weight and stopped the low carb lifestyle due to numerous things like getting married and life in general.

Well, I'm back and I've dropped nearly 40 uneventful pounds. My body hates carbs, loves protein so life is pretty easy. Much easier this time around with all of the low carb products available on the market.

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but,
Here's my question:

Let's say we have a portion of soup that we've made and it has 20 carbs and 8 fiber. Pretty simple, 20-8=12. Here's the thing. if we add extra fiber powder to the soup can we deduct that fiber from the total carbs?

Sorry if this is a rookie question but it wasn't in the manual the last time. Or if it was, it never sank in between my ears.

Thanks everyone!

[bellestarr]

Ahhhh....No.
Sorry.
There's always an off chance that I am wrong, but unfortunately, I doubt it.
The good news is, You lost 40 lbs.!! Wow!

[LessLiz]

If you fiber powder contains 5g of fiber it also contains 5g of carbs. Fiber is a nondigestible or semidigestible carbohydrate.

[ruthla]

If you add extra fiber powder to the soup, you're adding fiber AND total carbs. So instead of doing 20-8=12, you'll be doing 25-13=12. You can't add fiber to reduce the total carb content of a food.