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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...w-carbs11.html Nanci Hellmich USA Today Dec. 11, 2003 12:00 AM An explosion of low-carb foods designed for people on Atkins-type diets is contributing to diet failure. Experts staffing the Atkins customer information service are getting calls and questions online from disappointed dieters who can't understand why they aren't losing weight. The problem, the experts say: Dieters are eating too many of these new low-carb protein bars, muffins and brownie mixes, which are low in carbohydrates but often high in calories. It is a trend that's similar to problems dieters faced in the 1980s and 1990s with eating too much low-fat processed food. The low-carb market is booming: .. Nearly 500 new low-carb products have been introduced since 2001, according to Global New Products Database in Chicago. .. There are more than 2,000 of these products on the market, says Dean Rotbart, editor of LowCarbiz, a trade newsletter. .. Sales of these products are expected to pass $15 billion this year, he says. And in 2004, that number may reach $30 billion. The popularity is largely due to the diets like Atkins, which slashes carbs (found in sweets, potatoes, pasta, some starchy vegetables and many fruits) and the South Beach Diet, which trims them way back for the first two weeks of the plan. Millions of people have either tried or are following low-carb diets. Even more are watching their carbohydrates without following any particular diet. Atkins' customer-support team has received questions from dieters who were not losing weight on the diet because they were eating too many low-carb products and not following the program, says Colette Heimowitz, a nutritionist for the Atkins companies. "They cannot sacrifice their vegetables for low-carb products. The products were formulated to make the lifestyle easier, not as a substitute for healthy eating habits." Even patients in cardiologist Arthur Agatston's office in Miami Beach, author of The South Beach Diet, have gotten tripped up by eating too many low-carb, high-calorie products, says Marie Almon, a registered dietitian who works in his practice. The products can be "diet sabotages," Almon says. Some people think if the products are low in carbs, they don't have any calories. But they do. One woman on the diet was treating herself, twice a day, to a piece of low-carb cheesecake, instead of the low-fat cheese and celery stick that the diet recommends. |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
Bottom line: Calories count, so count calories!
(A phrase that I think was first penned by Wayne C.) Fitday.com is free, as are others. Dean S. Lautermilch© ²ºº³ wrote: :: Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray :: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...w-carbs11.html :: :: Nanci Hellmich :: USA Today :: Dec. 11, 2003 12:00 AM :: :: An explosion of low-carb foods designed for people on Atkins-type :: diets is contributing to diet failure. [...] |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
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wrote: Bottom line: Calories count, so count calories! (A phrase that I think was first penned by Wayne C.) Fitday.com is free, as are others. Dean S. Lautermilch© ²ºº³ wrote: :: Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray :: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...w-carbs11.html :: :: Nanci Hellmich :: USA Today :: Dec. 11, 2003 12:00 AM :: :: An explosion of low-carb foods designed for people on Atkins-type :: diets is contributing to diet failure. [...] I'd also point out that you don't get the same nutrients from the processed things as you do from just plain ol' food. That said, I *do* use the bars, for breakfast on occasion, when I'm short on time, and need to travel. That's an average of 1 bar per three weeks at this point. -- Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail). |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
Nancy Howells wrote:
:: In article , "Roger :: Zoul" wrote: :: ::: Bottom line: Calories count, so count calories! :: I'd also point out that you don't get the same nutrients from the :: processed things as you do from just plain ol' food. :: :: That said, I *do* use the bars, for breakfast on occasion, when I'm :: short on time, and need to travel. That's an average of 1 bar per :: three weeks at this point. I use the bars and other stuff, too. But I always count them in my daily allotment of calories. I also count all carbs -- I don't subtract the SA carbs. |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
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Nancy Howells wrote: In article , "Roger Zoul" wrote: Bottom line: Calories count, so count calories! (A phrase that I think was first penned by Wayne C.) Fitday.com is free, as are others. Dean S. Lautermilch© ²ºº³ wrote: :: Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray :: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...w-carbs11.html :: :: Nanci Hellmich :: USA Today :: Dec. 11, 2003 12:00 AM :: :: An explosion of low-carb foods designed for people on Atkins-type :: diets is contributing to diet failure. [...] I'd also point out that you don't get the same nutrients from the processed things as you do from just plain ol' food. That said, I *do* use the bars, for breakfast on occasion, when I'm short on time, and need to travel. That's an average of 1 bar per three weeks at this point. There ya go then. You're using the products the way they're supposed to be used, occasionally when you have time constraints, not as the basis for your diet. I bet the people most likely to eat the "products" all the time are those that previously lived off of fast food and vending machines and want to lose weight without actually changing how they live. I myself had some low-carb tortilla type chips from the vitamin/healthfood store yesterday when I was pressed for time on the way to work, but since May that is only the second time I've bought a low-carb packaged product and I don't plan on doing it often for the following reasons: These products are expensive. They don't taste as good as naturally low-carb foods such as cheese and nuts. They're still junk food!!! -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
Dean S. Lautermilch© ²ºº³ wrote:
Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...w-carbs11.html Nanci Hellmich USA Today Dec. 11, 2003 12:00 AM An explosion of low-carb foods designed for people on Atkins-type diets is contributing to diet failure. Experts staffing the Atkins customer information service are getting calls and questions online from disappointed dieters who can't understand why they aren't losing weight. The problem, the experts say: Dieters are eating too many of these new low-carb protein bars, muffins and brownie mixes, which are low in carbohydrates but often high in calories. It is a trend that's similar to problems dieters faced in the 1980s and 1990s with eating too much low-fat processed food. The low-carb market is booming: . Nearly 500 new low-carb products have been introduced since 2001, according to Global New Products Database in Chicago. . There are more than 2,000 of these products on the market, says Dean Rotbart, editor of LowCarbiz, a trade newsletter. . Sales of these products are expected to pass $15 billion this year, he says. And in 2004, that number may reach $30 billion. The popularity is largely due to the diets like Atkins, which slashes carbs (found in sweets, potatoes, pasta, some starchy vegetables and many fruits) and the South Beach Diet, which trims them way back for the first two weeks of the plan. Millions of people have either tried or are following low-carb diets. Even more are watching their carbohydrates without following any particular diet. Atkins' customer-support team has received questions from dieters who were not losing weight on the diet because they were eating too many low-carb products and not following the program, says Colette Heimowitz, a nutritionist for the Atkins companies. "They cannot sacrifice their vegetables for low-carb products. The products were formulated to make the lifestyle easier, not as a substitute for healthy eating habits." Even patients in cardiologist Arthur Agatston's office in Miami Beach, author of The South Beach Diet, have gotten tripped up by eating too many low-carb, high-calorie products, says Marie Almon, a registered dietitian who works in his practice. The products can be "diet sabotages," Almon says. Some people think if the products are low in carbs, they don't have any calories. But they do. One woman on the diet was treating herself, twice a day, to a piece of low-carb cheesecake, instead of the low-fat cheese and celery stick that the diet recommends. Goes to show... most people see low carb on the label and get stupid and forget to read the rest of the label. Also, as far as I know there is not standard for being low carb. If a food normally contains 50 carbs per serving, and I reduce it to 25 per serving, I can likely call that low carb and charge twice as much for it, I believe P.T. Barnum had a quote that fit, "Theirs a sucker born every minute." or something to that effect. LOL BJ |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
Roger Zoul wrote:
Bottom line: Calories count, so count calories! (A phrase that I think was first penned by Wayne C.) Or as I like to say: lowcarb junk food is still junk food. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
Too bad the article doesn't also mention that the Atkins Nutritionals
decision to pretend that sugar alcohol carbs aren't carbs means that most of the "low carb" foods aren't low carb by any stretch of the imagination. I mean, folks, if the 17 grams in an Atkins Endulge bar makes it low carb, then regular bread is low carb, too. -- Jenny Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address! New photo: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/jennypics.htm Weight: 168.5/137 Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 - HBa1c 5.2 10/03 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb Diet is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with Diabetes "Dean S. Lautermilch© ²ºº³" wrote in message ... Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...w-carbs11.html Nanci Hellmich USA Today Dec. 11, 2003 12:00 AM An explosion of low-carb foods designed for people on Atkins-type diets is contributing to diet failure. Experts staffing the Atkins customer information service are getting calls and questions online from disappointed dieters who can't understand why they aren't losing weight. The problem, the experts say: Dieters are eating too many of these new low-carb protein bars, muffins and brownie mixes, which are low in carbohydrates but often high in calories. It is a trend that's similar to problems dieters faced in the 1980s and 1990s with eating too much low-fat processed food. The low-carb market is booming: . Nearly 500 new low-carb products have been introduced since 2001, according to Global New Products Database in Chicago. . There are more than 2,000 of these products on the market, says Dean Rotbart, editor of LowCarbiz, a trade newsletter. . Sales of these products are expected to pass $15 billion this year, he says. And in 2004, that number may reach $30 billion. The popularity is largely due to the diets like Atkins, which slashes carbs (found in sweets, potatoes, pasta, some starchy vegetables and many fruits) and the South Beach Diet, which trims them way back for the first two weeks of the plan. Millions of people have either tried or are following low-carb diets. Even more are watching their carbohydrates without following any particular diet. Atkins' customer-support team has received questions from dieters who were not losing weight on the diet because they were eating too many low-carb products and not following the program, says Colette Heimowitz, a nutritionist for the Atkins companies. "They cannot sacrifice their vegetables for low-carb products. The products were formulated to make the lifestyle easier, not as a substitute for healthy eating habits." Even patients in cardiologist Arthur Agatston's office in Miami Beach, author of The South Beach Diet, have gotten tripped up by eating too many low-carb, high-calorie products, says Marie Almon, a registered dietitian who works in his practice. The products can be "diet sabotages," Almon says. Some people think if the products are low in carbs, they don't have any calories. But they do. One woman on the diet was treating herself, twice a day, to a piece of low-carb cheesecake, instead of the low-fat cheese and celery stick that the diet recommends. |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
"Jenny" wrote in message
Too bad the article doesn't also mention that the Atkins Nutritionals decision to pretend that sugar alcohol carbs aren't carbs means that most of the "low carb" foods aren't low carb by any stretch of the imagination. I mean, folks, if the 17 grams in an Atkins Endulge bar makes it low carb, then regular bread is low carb, too. Give it a rest already. Atkins isn't the only one who lists out net carbs, nor are they the first one either. None of the manufacturers 'pretend that sugar alcohol carbs aren't carbs'-- they make the claim that sugar alcohols don't affect the blood sugar the same way as real sugar does. And you know, they're right. The only one that comes close to acting like real sugar in the blood **in some people** is maltitol combined with chocolate. All sugar alcohols are not the same. Proven in the link Carmen provided and you snatched up and repost to bolster your prejudice, only it doesn't say what you want it to say. At no time has any lowcarb manufacturer ever been under the obligation to make "foods safe for Jenny" -- lowcarb does not equal diabetic safe (or even Jenny safe) and never has. Childish resentment at a diet business because you have be responsible for your own disease instead of being coddled is sad and ugly. Grow up. |
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Low-carb packaged foods lead dieters astray
In article , "Roger Zoul"
wrote: Nancy Howells wrote: :: In article , "Roger :: Zoul" wrote: :: ::: Bottom line: Calories count, so count calories! :: I'd also point out that you don't get the same nutrients from the :: processed things as you do from just plain ol' food. :: :: That said, I *do* use the bars, for breakfast on occasion, when I'm :: short on time, and need to travel. That's an average of 1 bar per :: three weeks at this point. I use the bars and other stuff, too. But I always count them in my daily allotment of calories. I also count all carbs -- I don't subtract the SA carbs. Me, too, both. -- Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail). |
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