Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 My goodness... our Super Wal-Mart has gone in for low carb in a big way :-) They had a whole display at Christmas, with low carb candy, nuts, Atkins mixes, anything that would help out someone on a low carb diet. I thought that was great! They are the best place I've found to buy low carb products... I tasted the Chef's Choice low carb frozen dinners, and they're pretty good -- I had the shredded Mexican pork. It was tasty, lots of pork -- I couldn't finish mine -- with peppers, onions, and Jack cheese, I believe. I don't usually eat frozen dinners, but I bought a couple of these, as they come in handy when you're in a hurry and otherwise might grab the wrong thing. One more thing I noticed... today, I was in the Kroger store, and the bags of pork rinds I usually buy had a big sticker on them to denote that they were ZERO carbs. Sandy H. Sandy Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 I was at Walmart's yesterday and I noticed a large stack of Nutrition drinks...Slimfast???, I don't remember which one, it said that it had something like 4 carbs, but then it has 190 calories...most everything else looked low, but my question is this....why are the calories so high? I haven't had time to figure this out...remember, I just saw it yesterday. Eleanor low carb products My goodness... our Super Wal-Mart has gone in for low carb in a big way :-) They had a whole display at Christmas, with low carb candy, nuts, Atkins mixes, anything that would help out someone on a low carb diet. I thought that was great! They are the best place I've found to buy low carb products... I tasted the Chef's Choice low carb frozen dinners, and they're pretty good -- I had the shredded Mexican pork. It was tasty, lots of pork -- I couldn't finish mine -- with peppers, onions, and Jack cheese, I believe. I don't usually eat frozen dinners, but I bought a couple of these, as they come in handy when you're in a hurry and otherwise might grab the wrong thing. One more thing I noticed... today, I was in the Kroger store, and the bags of pork rinds I usually buy had a big sticker on them to denote that they were ZERO carbs. Sandy H. Sandy Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 To produce a low-fat product, fat is removed and sugar is added. A low CARB product, OTOH, takes away the sugar but leaves the fat (calories). If you are lc all the time you will eat more fat and more calories. CarolR Eleanor wrote: > I was at Walmart's yesterday and I noticed a large stack of Nutrition drinks...Slimfast???, I don't remember which one, it said that it had something like 4 carbs, but then it has 190 calories...most everything else looked low, but my question is this....why are the calories so high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 >I was at Walmart's yesterday and I noticed a large stack of Nutrition >drinks...Slimfast???, I don't remember which one, it said that it had >something like 4 carbs, but then it has 190 calories...most everything >else looked low, but my question is this....why are the calories so high? " Low carb " is higher in fat and/or sugar. " Sugar free " is higher in fat and/or carb. " Low fat " is higher in carb and/or sugar. The taste has to come from somewhere and it depends on the market they're trying to sell to. Remember when caffeine in soda was suddenly frowned upon and producers came out with " caffeine free " versions? . . . and to fit into the market hype, 7-up started plastering a " caffeine free " on their cans? (Which was funny because it never had caffeine . . . which is why they followed up later with the ads about 7-up and " caffeine free " as " . . . never had it; never will. " ) Or the recent Subway ads with " low carb " (a wrap with LC tortilla but lots of cheese - thus high fat) or " low fat " (a big bun with no cheese - thus high carb). With few exceptions, Subway could probably sell all their stuff as " low sugar " or SF. Whatever is the PC and marketing flavor du jour and right now the " low carb " phase for products is just getting started. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Thank you very much, for the information...this puts things into a better perspective...I guess it boils down to keeping the calories low, and getting the most nutrition that we can...it does make it rough on those of us who have to eat for diabetes and severe coronary artery disease and add gout to that (I have gout in an ankle that acts up if I eat too much beef). Does NASA have a pill that has all the nutrition that one needs, just take the pill and drink a glass of water to make it swell up to make one feel full, and let that be it. Eating is certainly not any fun any more. Food has usually been the center of all get togethers, holidays, birthdays, church suppers, receptions, etc....I guess I will have to change my outlook on things. I don't associate exercise with fun, because I grew up on a farm where exercise was strenuous labor. At least it was a healthy balance. We ate a large breakfast, we worked that off with about 5 hours of strenuous exercise, ate lunch, worked that off with the afternoon work...then we always ate a very light supper, because it was not good to go to bed with full stomach. I have been away from the farm for many years now, but our motto was have a breakfast like a king, a lunch like a queen and a supper like a pauper, and one would be healthy...and most people who lived all of their life on the farm and their only work was on the farm, were pretty healthy for the most part. Eleanor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Someone on here mentioned to me that Atkin's Diet, which is low in carbs. I went to their site, and I found recipes that have pasta, breads, etc. that have lots of carbs in them. How can those recipes be low in carb if they are using those types of food? I guess I'm just confused about it. Jo > > >I was at Walmart's yesterday and I noticed a large stack of Nutrition > >drinks...Slimfast???, I don't remember which one, it said that it had > >something like 4 carbs, but then it has 190 calories...most everything > >else looked low, but my question is this....why are the calories so high? > > " Low carb " is higher in fat and/or sugar. > " Sugar free " is higher in fat and/or carb. > " Low fat " is higher in carb and/or sugar. > The taste has to come from somewhere and it depends on the market they're > trying to sell to. Remember when caffeine in soda was suddenly frowned upon > and producers came out with " caffeine free " versions? . . . and to fit into > the market hype, 7-up started plastering a " caffeine free " on their cans? > (Which was funny because it never had caffeine . . . which is why they > followed up later with the ads about 7-up and " caffeine free " as " . . . > never had it; never will. " ) Or the recent Subway ads with " low carb " (a > wrap with LC tortilla but lots of cheese - thus high fat) or " low fat " (a > big bun with no cheese - thus high carb). With few exceptions, Subway could > probably sell all their stuff as " low sugar " or SF. > > Whatever is the PC and marketing flavor du jour and right now the " low > carb " phase for products is just getting started. > Sandy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Those recipes use Atkins low-carb products, not the stuff you buy in a grocery store. You would be better off to read the book for the real deal on Atkins. CarolR joeelliottjr wrote: > Someone on here mentioned to me that Atkin's Diet, which is low in > carbs. I went to their site, and I found recipes that have pasta, > breads, etc. that have lots of carbs in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 In a message dated 1/7/04 9:18:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, croberts@... writes: To produce a low-fat product, fat is removed and sugar is added. A low CARB product, OTOH, takes away the sugar but leaves the fat (calories). If you are lc all the time you will eat more fat and more calories CarolR This is true if you are eating " pre-prepared " foods. Most LC foods (except meats) prepared at home are inherently low-fat also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 >...I guess it boils down to keeping the calories low, and getting the most >nutrition that we can... However and whyever one gets there, that's the " short story " , IMO . . . you can't lose weight unless you take in less calories than you expend. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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