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"Carb Solutions" Bars and "Net Carbs"
"Jenny" wrote in message ... Is there glycerine/glycerol in these bars? Yes. It will not be listed as a sugar alcohol. It will be included in the carb count, and it does raise the blood sugar of many people with diabetes--especially if you are on a low carb diet because the liver processes glycerine differently depending on whether it is full of glycogen or not. So how can the manufacturer legitimately deduct grams of glycerine from the total carb count to arrive at "net carbs"? -- -My Real Name |
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"Ignoramus32082" wrote in message ... why in the hell are you lecturing him on SA when the product he is interested doesn't even have them? get a friggin clue you get a clue, I was responding to his own comments about sugar alcohols. I did not bring them up, he did. Actually the context I brought them up in was to say that this product does not contain them. -- -My Real Name |
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"Lexin" wrote:
I'm posting from Google, so someone may have already raised this, but isn't the point that while sucralose isn't a sugar alchohol, it may be listed in the ingredients as a carb, because carbs listed on nutritional information aren't a food group per se (like protein and fat) but are 'everything else'? "Mr. N" wrote: No. Why not? -- Lexin |
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"Carb Solutions" Bars and "Net Carbs"
On 1/14/2004 11:09 PM, Ignoramus32082 wrote: In article m, Mr. N wrote: "Ignoramus32082" wrote in message ... why in the hell are you lecturing him on SA when the product he is interested doesn't even have them? get a friggin clue you get a clue, I was responding to his own comments about sugar alcohols. I did not bring them up, he did. Actually the context I brought them up in was to say that this product does not contain them. You said: I understand that the concept of "net carbs" is at least somewhat dubious, but generally accepted to mean the number of "impact" carbs, i.e. Total Carbs - Fiber - Sugar alcohols = "net/impact carbs". It was a statement to which I replied. You did not just mention that those candy bars did not contain sugar alcohol, you stated a formula involving SA's that I was compelled to correct. i The OP also said "NO sugar alcohols" in the original post. -- jmk in NC |
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"Carb Solutions" Bars and "Net Carbs"
On 1/14/2004 9:46 PM, Mr. N wrote: So how can the manufacturer legitimately deduct grams of glycerine from the total carb count to arrive at "net carbs"? According to the FDA, they cannot. I mean, the FDA has said that glycerine is a carbohydrate and should be counted. In fact, I think that they have sent warning letters to manufacturers that are not listing it as such. -- jmk in NC |
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carbs listed on nutritional information aren't a food group per se (like protein and fat) but are 'everything else'? "Mr. N" wrote: No. Why not? You are right Lexin, carbs are all the calories left over after the fat and protein calories are taken out: "According to Jack M. Goldberg, Ph.D., and Dr. Karen O'Mara....... The discrepancy can be attributed to the method by which the government requires manufacturers to measure carbohydrates. The "difference" method means manufacturers measure all the different components of a food and anything left is counted as carbohydrates." http://members.tripod.com/~himolocar...ocarb_diet.htm |
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Jenny -- thanks for all the info on blood sugar and sugar alchols.
Your website is very helpful. I've noticed eating the Atkins chocolate bars with malitol that I still get a "sugar rush" -- if not as pronounced -- and seem to retain some water, so I think my body is still recognizing the stuff as carbs. -rebeq |
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"Carb Solutions" Bars and "Net Carbs"
"Lexin" wrote in message om... I'm posting from Google, so someone may have already raised this, but isn't the point that while sucralose isn't a sugar alchohol, it may be listed in the ingredients as a carb, because carbs listed on nutritional information aren't a food group per se (like protein and fat) but are 'everything else'? "Mr. N" wrote: No. Why not? It simply isn't true that 'carbohydrates' on food labels represent everything that is neither a protein or fat. "Carbohydrates" specifically address compounds that provide energy (i.e. calories). The idea that "carbs = everything else" is a myth that the rising number of "low-carb" food manufacturers want you to swallow so that they can claim a lower level of "net carbs" in order to get you to buy their products. -- -My Real Name |
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"Carb Solutions" Bars and "Net Carbs"
"jmk" wrote in message ... So how can the manufacturer legitimately deduct grams of glycerine from the total carb count to arrive at "net carbs"? According to the FDA, they cannot. I mean, the FDA has said that glycerine is a carbohydrate and should be counted. In fact, I think that they have sent warning letters to manufacturers that are not listing it as such. This might explain the runaround I got when I called Richardson Labs, whom I've since discovered is also the (former) manufacturer of Metab-o-Lite, a Metabolife knockoff high in ephedra. It looks like this company has (since my call) removed all information about the Carb Solutions product from it's web site at www.carbsolutions.com and will soon be marketing a product marketed as having "0 Sugar Carbs", whatever that means. -- -My Real Name |
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"Carb Solutions" Bars and "Net Carbs"
"Rebeq" wrote in message om... Jenny -- thanks for all the info on blood sugar and sugar alchols. Your website is very helpful. I've noticed eating the Atkins chocolate bars with malitol that I still get a "sugar rush" -- if not as pronounced -- and seem to retain some water, so I think my body is still recognizing the stuff as carbs. My experience with Maltitol and other sugar alcohols has NOT been good. Even a small amount causes me painful (and noisy) gas attacks. My sense is that Maltitol will be gradually replaced by sucralose as the sweetener of choice as the price of Splenda comes down. -- -My Real Name |
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