Do you trust the food labels?

I'm counting carbs and I notice that sometimes a vary basic thing has differant carb counts among brands and it makes me suspicious. Example: Heavy cream... One brand says it has 1 g of carb per tablespoon, while another says its 0 carbs. Cream is cream, how can there be a discrepancy? Same thing with some Cheeses and coffee, etc. Is it possible that if something has less than 1 carb that they are just labeling it 0 carbs? If something has .25 carbs and I eat alot of it thinking its 0 - it adds up. Should I trust the labels?

FYI, please spare me the lectures on carb diets, I am medically carbohydrate intolerant. Not only is my boyfriend a doctor and supervising my diet, but several of my friends are doctors too and my OWN doctor concur that I need to cut my carbs. I've lost 125 lbs and gone from being insulin resistant and hypertensive to being normal because of low-carb diets so I think I know the benefits thank you very much.

I like to use labels as guidelines, but there's no substitute for just plain good education. Yea, I doubt they're 100% correct. That's another reason why it's good to stay away from processed stuff - it's hard to lie about whole single-ingredient foods.

If you deprive your body of carbohydrates your brain functioning will suffer. Why can't people just learn to eat a variety of healthy foods in moderation, instead of killing themselves on fad diets???

Forget the labels, I continue to follow the advice an old wise doctor told me. Eat what you like, but in moderation.

no, the FDA lets companies lie up to 30% on their labels
so no I dont

You need SOME carbs, so don't go to a non carb diet. It's not healthy.

But, I've heard that what you want to avoid are certain types of carbs. I've also heard (sorry I don't have a source) that a label can state no carbs if each category has less than 1 carb. So the combination can add up to more carbs than it lets on. Also, pay attention to the serving size. Some of the serving sizes are sooo small, they are not realistic.

I don't know if I trust Food labels.. I don't trust them like labels and sterotypes... food people could be putting anything in your food... like onces on a food item said.. low calories.. and it still was alot of calories for.. I forgot.. but it was a small amount of food.. or ones that says 0 fat.. and then I look 10gs of fat.. oh yeah thats 0.. so I am unsure.. but congrats on the weight loss!