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Hershey in low carb market
My girlfriend came over the other day and the first thing out of her
mouth, "Guess what? I had chocolate at the supermarket. Hershey's now has a low-carb bar, and it was yummy." I looked at her blankly, then sighed. And then I reminded her that it was junk food. I think this is going to be an all-too-often occurrence with a lot of people out there that haven't "realized" that it's not just about low-carb but low-carb AND real food. (p.s. I am getting rid of the alias coderx. I don't like it. Gotta think up a new one instead of using my real name.) -- steve (aka coderx) 250/233.5/170 (day 22) |
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I was just thinking about this type of thing. It seems when Dr. Atkins died
all hell broke loose. There are all kind of junk food low carb meals, candy bars and whatever else. It is a shame so many people are going to eat that crap. Curt "steve" wrote in message news:CNhcc.122045$Bg.87714@fed1read03... My girlfriend came over the other day and the first thing out of her mouth, "Guess what? I had chocolate at the supermarket. Hershey's now has a low-carb bar, and it was yummy." I looked at her blankly, then sighed. And then I reminded her that it was junk food. I think this is going to be an all-too-often occurrence with a lot of people out there that haven't "realized" that it's not just about low-carb but low-carb AND real food. (p.s. I am getting rid of the alias coderx. I don't like it. Gotta think up a new one instead of using my real name.) -- steve (aka coderx) 250/233.5/170 (day 22) |
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curt wrote:
I was just thinking about this type of thing. It seems when Dr. Atkins died all hell broke loose. There are all kind of junk food low carb meals, candy bars and whatever else. It is a shame so many people are going to eat that crap. There are people who eat that kind of crap once in a while for convenience sake, and it's no biggie. But I think people who make it a daily, by the case ritual are robbing themselves of the taste of real food, bigtime. It's so nice to really have my taste buds clear of that garbage, so I can have a *better* idea of what red bell peppers taste like, the different flavors in spinach. IMO, real food that I once thought to be bland and boring is a new and exciting experience, and it's like I am tasting it again for the first time. Seriously, I thought I knew what these foods tasted like, but that was originally only as a seasoning for pizza. Fresh parsley used to be a little sprig on the side, now it's the main event in a salad. Almost every bite is an "I never knew it tasted this good" event. YMMV, IMHO, etc etc... CM |
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curt wrote:
:: I was just thinking about this type of thing. It seems when Dr. :: Atkins died all hell broke loose. There are all kind of junk food :: low carb meals, candy bars and whatever else. I think hell broke loose well before Atkins died....in fact, I think he had a hand in it... |
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Not necessarily. If you keep your carb consumption low you are low carbing.
If you are eating only "real" food you are being some kind of purist. You can low carb without being a purist about junk food. You can also avoid all junk food without low carbing. They are two different things. If you wish to embrace them both that is your choice but don't push your values on everyone else. In news:CNhcc.122045$Bg.87714@fed1read03, steve stated | My girlfriend came over the other day and the first thing out of her | mouth, "Guess what? I had chocolate at the supermarket. Hershey's now | has a low-carb bar, and it was yummy." | | I looked at her blankly, then sighed. And then I reminded her that it | was junk food. | | I think this is going to be an all-too-often occurrence with a lot of | people out there that haven't "realized" that it's not just about | low-carb but low-carb AND real food. | | (p.s. I am getting rid of the alias coderx. I don't like it. Gotta | think up a new one instead of using my real name.) | | -- | steve (aka coderx) | 250/233.5/170 (day 22) |
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FOB wrote:
:: Not necessarily. If you keep your carb consumption low you are low :: carbing. If you are eating only "real" food you are being some kind :: of purist. You can low carb without being a purist about junk food. :: You can also avoid all junk food without low carbing. They are two :: different things. If you wish to embrace them both that is your :: choice but don't push your values on everyone else. Purist = real food only LC Purist = real LC food only LF Purist = real LF food only Veggie Purist = real Veggies only JF Purist = real junk food only etc.... :: :: :: In news:CNhcc.122045$Bg.87714@fed1read03, :: steve stated ::: My girlfriend came over the other day and the first thing out of her ::: mouth, "Guess what? I had chocolate at the supermarket. Hershey's ::: now ::: has a low-carb bar, and it was yummy." ::: ::: I looked at her blankly, then sighed. And then I reminded her that ::: it ::: was junk food. ::: ::: I think this is going to be an all-too-often occurrence with a lot ::: of people out there that haven't "realized" that it's not just about ::: low-carb but low-carb AND real food. ::: ::: (p.s. I am getting rid of the alias coderx. I don't like it. Gotta ::: think up a new one instead of using my real name.) ::: ::: -- ::: steve (aka coderx) ::: 250/233.5/170 (day 22) |
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 at 20:13 GMT, FOB spoke:
If you are eating only "real" food you are being some kind of purist. You can low carb without being a purist about junk food. You can also avoid all junk food without low carbing. They are two different things. If you wish to embrace them both that is your choice but don't push your values on everyone else. Since when is free speech pushing values onto someone? Since when is not agreeing with someone thinking the other person is pushing values onto them? Quit with the being so sensitive nonsense. Get real. -- steve |
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:13:10 GMT, "FOB" wrote:
Not necessarily. If you keep your carb consumption low you are low carbing. If you are eating only "real" food you are being some kind of purist. You can low carb without being a purist about junk food. You can also avoid all junk food without low carbing. They are two different things. If you wish to embrace them both that is your choice but don't push your values on everyone else. Neither side seems to distinguish 'low-carb', 'no-carb', and 'slow-carb.' All those can be useful, even for losing weight; plans vary, mileage varies. For some people who are 'low-carbing' for BG rather than weight, 'slow-carb' can be more important than low. Also there's a lot of difference between one sweetener and another. Can't just look at Malitol and assume all the other sweeteners are that high GL. I haven't tried the others yet, but I find glycerine/glycerol very good, very nourishing. (Has some carbs and calories but fewer than conventional sugar I think.) Glycemic Load (ie, effect on BG level soon after eating) 18 for Honey (Canada)[GR] 11 for Maltose[GR] 10 for Glucose/Dextrose/normal sugar[GR] 7 for 99% Malitol product[GR] 5 for Lactose{GR] 2 for Fructose[GR] 1 for Xylitol[GR] 0 for Glycerol/Gylcerine[M] 0 for Polydextrose[M] Sources: [GR] GI /GL tables in THE NEW GLUCOSE REVOLUTION, p. 319 [M] http://www.mendosa.com/netcarbs.htm Skinny -- pre-diab hypo |
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steve wrote:
(p.s. I am getting rid of the alias coderx. I don't like it. Gotta think up a new one instead of using my real name.) just use your real name. sheesh. you don't *have* to have a pseudonym. |
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Roger Zoul wrote:
Purist = real food only LC Purist = real LC food only LF Purist = real LF food only Veggie Purist = real Veggies only JF Purist = real junk food only "real" is entirely subjective, which mostly renders categories like this useless. |
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