Re: OT the tiny url WAS Are They Really Low Carb

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> Reply-To: alldiabeticinternational

> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:17:18 -0000

> To: alldiabeticinternational

> Subject: [alldiabeticinternational] Are They Really Low Carb

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> http://tinyurl.com/4fxqj

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> Are They Really Low Carb

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> Foessel

> News Channel 7

> Thursday, May 13, 2004

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> You can get everything from chocolate bars to pancake syrup,

> with low or no carbohydrates.

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> But are they really low in carbs, and maybe more importantly are

> they good for you?

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> The hardest part about following a diet--desserts.

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> Just about all sweets are forbidden because of the carb culprit:

> sugar.

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> Nutritionist Heller says, " It gets absorbed very

> quickly. It spikes your blood sugar up. That might signal hunger and

> fatigue, which may make you eat more. "

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> Like this three musketeers bars, it has 46 grams of

> carbohydrates, almost all from sugar.

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> But wait now-a-days you can find so-called low-carb bars with

> names like " Endulge " and " Chocolate Decedance " .

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> And the sensuous sounding snacks claim to have only have two net

> carbs.

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> Nutritionist Bonnie Liebman says, " People see these net carb

> claims and say oh it's low in net carbs i can't gain weight "

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> However, a look at the back shows there are actually 25 grams of

> carbs.

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> So, if there are 25 carbs on the back then what is this figure

> on the front.

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> What are net carbs?

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> Heller says, " What they're doing is, the'yre subtracting the

> sugar, alcohols, that they've added to make it taste sweet. "

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> Companies subtract the sugar alcohol carbs from the " total "

> number of carbs because they say it doesn't impact your blood sugar

> the same way regular sugar does, keeping you from gaining weight.

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> However, what these bars don't tell you is that sugar alcohol,

> like regular sugar, has calories.

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> Liebman says, " The problem is minimal impact on blood sugar

> doesn't necessarily mean minimal impact on your hips "

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> So what's really in these bars?

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> The candy bar has 260 calories, the low-carb bar - 220.

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> Only 40 less calories.

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> And that's why most nutritionists won't endorse a low-carb diet.

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> Because in the end losing weight is really about one thing less

> calories, not just less carbs.

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