Hi Amwassil,
The herbs used in Xanthium 12 (Cang Er Zi, Ku Shen, Chai Hu, E Bu Shi Cao, Huang Qin, Bai Qian, Stauntoni, Fang Feng, Wu Mei, Ren Shen, Gan Cao, Mu Dan Pi, Wu Wei Zi) are all Chinese traditional medicine and their usage dates back to 2 to 3 thousand years. It would be impossible to look up their carb counts. On the bright side, there is no indication of them being hybridized for unnatural levels of carbohydrates (franken vegis), as that would definitely ruin their pharmaceutical properties. And Xanthium 12 is prepared in the traditional fashion, so it is not an extract.
At the worst during the spring or fall, I only take six a day. Typically I only take two a day. The pills are the size of a large goober pea (peanut), so not a lot of food value. My presumption is that the carb count would be the same as picking wild edible plants from a forest.
My main reason for asking the question is that I am fasting for the repair action involved on my body, not the weight loss. And Doctor Ken Berry (kendberrymd.com) states in his youtube videos (www.youtube.com/results?search_query=berry+fasting) not to consume anything other than water and salt water. He states that eating anything will stop the fasting action as your body will think you ended the fast.
So the ketones may continue (my hands and arms smell like spoiled paint thinner during the fast) but the repair action might not. This is my concern.
Thank you for your response!
-T