WARNING on the low-carb TORTILLAS!

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In a message dated 9/13/1999 12:25:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

esterbrook@... writes:

<< Someone said something about subtracting the fiber content from the carb

content. What is that about? >>

Sara,

This is only done on the Protein Power plan that some of the people are on.

This is also something that some people have chosen to do to help them with

this WOL. It is strictly a personal choice if you want to do this. That being

said, You subtract the fiber from the total carbs on your lable and that

leaves the carbs that you count. If your interested you should buy the

protien power book.

Hugs,

Penny

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but a while back, somebody organized

and collected money ($800+) from all over the world from low carbers to do

an independent test on the whole wheat tortillas, branacrips, and WASA

crackers and here is what they found out. I'm sure this is a YMMV thing but

if you eat the tortillas and experience a stall or decrease in weight loss

you might want to give them up and see if that's what's causing it!

----Each tortilla has (8)eight effective (net) gms of carbohydrate.

Serving size 1 tortilla (37g)

servings per container 10

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Calories: 80

Total Carbohydrate: 15 grams

Dietary Fiber: 7 grams

Sugars: 0 grams

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(1) La Tortilla Factory [LTF] tortillas MAY have triple the carbs shown on

their label. Tests show: 15 gm total carbohydrates / 7 gm dietary fiber

per tortilla

(2) El Galindo tortillas SEEM to duplicate the carb counting error.

(3) Wasa Fiber-Rye Crispbread appear accurate. 7 gm total carbohydrate / 3

gm dietary fiber per serving

(4) Bran-A-Crisp Fiber Bread appear accurate. 13 gm total carbohydrate / 6

gm dietary fiber per serving

It's not a very good thing when the label lies to us, is it?! Anyhow, just

wanted to share.

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[Guest guest]

Someone said something about subtracting the fiber content from the carb

content. What is that about?

<<<snip> from low carbers to do

> an independent test on the whole wheat tortillas, branacrips, and WASA

> crackers and here is what they found out. I'm sure this is a YMMV thing

but

> if you eat the tortillas and experience a stall or decrease in weight loss

> you might want to give them up and see if that's what's causing it!

>>>

[Guest guest]

- we had someone mention this, but when I asked for

documentation on it they could not furnish anything. These are sold

nationwide in grocery stores and I dont see how they can be lying about

it. I would be very interested in knowing where you heard about this

testing and where I could obtain a copy of the results.

Thanks

Mollie