GF breads (yep, again!)

[Guest guest]

This may be a rather stupid question, but how do these compare in terms of

carbs and sech compared to wheat-based breads?

MFJ

Everything connects. The Universe is not THAT chaotic. Beauty can

still be found in the most amazing places.

[Guest guest]

:

>This may be a rather stupid question, but how do these compare in terms of

>carbs and sech compared to wheat-based breads?

I think they are both more or less pure carbs unless

you fill them with soy Isofiber ;---)

If you use fat and eggs and fiber in the batter,

like adding nut flours and milk, you can lower the carb

content or at least make it less insulin-reactive

(slathering it with butter helps too ...). I think the

sourdough breads are less insulin-reactive too ...

lactic acid seems to regulate the blood sugar

somehow. Whole grains, and grains that are ground

finely, are better also. But all this applies to wheat

as well as any other grain.

Some starches are slower to digest than others too ...

the link to the processed food site talks about

a slow-digesting corn starch that can be used

in bread.

My own take on bread is that as a food, it's an

edible napkin. That is, it's a carrier for butter and

jam, olive oil and lox, anchovies. Some of my

bread has a lot of " stuff " in it which makes it

more filling (eggs, oil, kefir, nut meal) because

my family will grab toast for a snack and they

like standwiches. But it's not low carb ...

Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

At 11:37 AM 9/24/04 -0700, you wrote:

>My own take on bread is that as a food, it's an

>edible napkin. That is, it's a carrier for butter and

>jam, olive oil and lox, anchovies.

Exactly. That's pretty much what I use it for (now, at least) - a vehicle

for all sorts of other neat stuff. It just really really sucked when

what, once every couple weeks, once a month? - I would try something and I

ALWAYS felt like crap the next day. So many of my favorite " treats " ,

gone forever. It was kinda yucky.

This is why we wuvs you. We gots our treats back.

And I will always remember " edible napkin " . *snort*

Pizza. Now " pizza " is a carrier for just about ANYTHING. My pizzas of

late always have to be eaten with a knife and fork, they're too loaded to

be able to get your mouth around without making a really big huge mess (at

least if I've done it right).

MFJ

Everything connects. The Universe is not THAT chaotic. Beauty can

still be found in the most amazing places.

[Guest guest]

>So many of my favorite " treats " ,

>gone forever. It was kinda yucky.

>

>This is why we wuvs you. We gots our treats back.

Yeah, when I stopped eating gluten the only thing

I was really eating with gluten in it was Wasa Bread

crackers with anchovies, and a big glass of beer.

Every night. Man was I bummed. Now I have sourdough

crackers and kefir porter, so life is good ... actually

better, because it tastes better and no tummy ache.

Heidi Jean