Dropped28,
I haven't had canned soup since I started low carbing many years ago. I
guess I just plain forgot how disgusting it is. I think the "low carb"
vegetable soup is just the regular soup with all the noodles and potatoes
removed. I ended up throwing away the other half of the can. Too nasty.
The low carb juice is supposedly 10% fruit juice with splenda, flavorings, a
bit of oil and a food gum to give it texture and some vitamin C thrown in.
It probably has more frankenstuff in it than we'd like in an ideal world,
but I am coming down with a cold and it was so nice to be able to drink
something juicy. I haven't had a glass of fruit juice in over 6 years.
The calories are very low, too--25, which suggests that the carb count is
probably accurate.
As far as eating whole grain goes, I've eaten small amounts of serious whole
grain bread now and then since going into maintenance. I have to take
Precose with it, a drug that slows carb digestion, but if I do that, it
works fine. One slice of the Vermont sourdough whole wheat works okay too.
But these are "occasional" foods. I tried the low carb bread because it
looked like real bread. It isn't too bad toasted, but the rubbery gluten
texture screams "low carb bread" so I think I'd prefer to eat GG
Scandinavian Crisp breads instead. They are most definitely low carb and
taste very good to me.
I usually don't buy "low carb" products because most of them are full of
sugar alcohols which give me the screaming munchies and because at the
relatively high carb level I'm at now, on maintenance, I can eat small
amounts of non-low carb carby stuff and be fine.
-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.7 .
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"Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I tried a couple of new "low carb" foods yesterday. None had sugar
alcohols.
Quoted message said:However, what I found was that all the carbs were extremely high
glycemic--i.e. they shot right into my blood sugar and caused a
noticeable
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:spike at half an hour much more pronounced than what I experience eating
regular foods with the same carb count.
I ended up feeling groggy from the high blood sugar spike and then
hungry
Quoted message said:an
Quoted message said:hour later when a low blood sugar rebound occurred.
The foods were:
Progresso low carb chicken vegetable soup. Foul tasting.
Nothing worse than foul fowl...
The chicken is all
Quoted message said:stuck together with some kind of gelatin and the broth has no
resemblance
Quoted message said:to
Quoted message said:real chicken broth. Oh, and did I mention the MSG aftertaste?
Canned soup is vile to start with, is this a comparison to the full-carb
version?
Quoted message said:
Carb Countdown Orange Pineapple Banana juice. Delicious, but whatever is
in
Quoted message said:it goes right into the blood stream, so I'd advise sticking with the 8
oz
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:portion size, which I found difficult to do as it was so good and it has
been so long since I've had any juice.
How do they make juice low-carb?
Quoted message said:
The Baker brand whole wheat Flax seed bread. Better than most low carb
breads, but still a bit gummy. Very expensive. At this point in
maintenance,
Quoted message said:I'm inclining to eat a slice of dense, sourdough real stuff made with
nothing but whole wheat grain (as opposed to supermarket "whole wheat"
that
Quoted message said:is usually mostly white flour.)
you need to get Whole Grain - not Wole Wheat . Isn't Wheat bread just
White
Quoted message said:bread that hasn't been bleached? If the real bread doesn't affect your
blood
Quoted message said:sugar levels and doesn't make you crave or gain weight - why not introduce
some? I had done South Beach and lost while having a slice of good bread a
day.
You are a brave soul - trying out these weird LC foods! LOL!
Quoted message said:
-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2
diabetes,
Quoted message said:hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!
Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes
http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/
Jenny's Low Carb Diet Facts & Figures
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/
Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm
