Keto Foods? Low carb pasta and snacks....

[Guest guest]

I was looking through my latest issue of vegetarian times and ran

across an

add for a low carb pasta. Here is the company website.

 

http://www.ketofoods.com/

 

It looks almost too good to be true, but damn, if this stuff is as

good as they

say, I want to buy some stock. *lol* Kind of raises some questions

and

doesn't provide me with as many answers as I'd like, so I thought I

would put

it here and ask some of our resident food gurus if you have heard

anything

about this product. The product line looks promising, to be sure, but

I wonder

about it a bit.

 

What do they mean by " effective carbs " etc?

 

~ P_T ~

 

Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me.

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001)

[Guest guest]

>>What do they mean by " effective carbs " ?<<

 

Here's what my google search turned up.

 

During the past few months you may have noticed some changes in the labeling

of low carb products. None of the ingredients in the products has

changed--just the labels are being changed due to new guidelines put into

effect by the FDA.

 

Sugar alcohols are now being included in the " Total Carbohydrate Count " . In

the past, the total carb count excluded the sugar alcohols because their

effect on the blood sugar is negligible. But the FDA is now demanding that

these are included in the count. So don't be alarmed by the total carb count

numbers!

 

Sugar alcohols (also called " polyols " ) are a class of ingredients that are

neither sugar nor alcohol. In fact, many nutritional experts and biochemists

say sugar alcohols aren't carbohydrates at all. Sugar alcohols have caloric

yields ranging from 1.6 to 4.3 calories per gram and have a much lower

impact on blood sugar levels. Some examples of sugar alcohols are maltitol,

mannitol, polydextrose and glycerine.

 

Just as you've always subtracted the fiber to get the Effective Carb Count

(also called " Net Impact Carbs, " Digestible carb count " , " Net Carb Count " ),

now you'll also subtract the sugar alcohols.

 

Remember, Dr. Atkins is the one who developed the diet, so regardless of

what the FDA says, if he says this is how to count carbs, then it makes

sense to do it this way. And if you've been successfully dropping pounds and

inches, keep doing what you've been doing!

 

You'll start to see the new labeling being phased in over the next 6 months

to a year. As the manufacturers use up their old labels, the new labels will

have the updated information. Some of the Doctor's Diet Bars and Keto bars

have already started coming in with the new labels.

 

Dave