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> "When a person has been eating a lot of sweet foods, they almost seem
> to be
> dependant on it. If it were not true, then why all the recipes like
> "chocolate omelets" with Da Vinci syrup and other such weird low carb
> combos
> that shouldn't be? Is that the way a low carber is supposed to enhance
> the
> flavor? By eating chemicals? "
>
> Where are all these bizarre recipes? I've been in this newsgroup for
> years and have yet to see a recipe for a chocolate omelet.
I know you are a long time poster and low carber. You've never seen this
one?
" mix half sour cream and half cream cheese with cocoa powder
and sweetener for a chocolate omelet (also using sweetener and cocoa
powder in the egg part)."
There are other variations. The reason I singled this type of recipe out
is because of the adding of a sweetener to eggs for a meal.
> Sure, many
> of us like to replace sugar with Splenda, or use a Da Vinci syrup to
> make a dessert so we can still have one, but I don't see anything wrong
> with it, unless dessert becomes the centerpiece of your diet.
The adding of sweeteners is a preference for many on this board.
Personally, I don't trust them and prefer to go without the sweet taste.
> There
> may be an occasional person acting the way you claim, but it's the
> exception, not the rule. Look at the recent threads here and I see
> people discussing all kinds of tasty, healthy, food ideas, not
> chocolate omelets.
There are quite a few recipes that use carb replacement. Whether it is a
sweetener, or a substitute for gravy mix, or breading. Is this the way that
a low carber is suppose to make their food more tasty and exciting? I
wouldn't call a person a poor cook for not wanting to use them. But what a
person ate before low carb would have had sauces or sweet desserts. To
suddenly go bland is a big step.
The people that use the carb replacements didn't change their diet all
that much. They're just using a different product that is low carb. Atkins
advocates getting rid of the sweet taste in foods on one hand, but also
encourages low carb replacements on the other. When someone is starting out
on this diet, it can me a little confusing.
The low carbers that don't use them and the ones that do constantly argue
about whether they should be used or not. I guess if a person finds their
food that mundane, then perhaps adding extra stuff is the ticket for them. I
don't like the fake sugar taste, and I don't trust how they are made. Part
of the problem of our modern foods is the chemicals and the refinement. It's
not to hard to see why a person would choose not to use the extra
questionable carb replacements in light of the food industry's track record.
Perhaps this is why some of us find our food a little bland and
repetitive, but it's a choice that I'm willing to live with for added health
benefits. And I really don't mind the blander taste, but it is less than
what I use to eat that made me fat.
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