On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:10:10 +0000 (UTC), "W. Baker"
> wrote:
>In alt.support.diabetes Mack > wrote:
>: On 22 Jan 2004 04:27:44 -0800, (Judy_Gee)
>: wrote:
>
>: >Sadly, there is no free lunch, but I have to say that the low carb
>: >craze may have something for us diabetics.
>: >
>: >Looking at the labels (and sticking to ice cream for now) the low-carb
>: >ice cream is relatively high in fat (at least compared to the low fat
>: >stuff).
>: >
>: >If you divide nutrition into three groups: protein, fat, carbohydrate
>: >(and there are a lot of other ways to do this) and assume that
>: >protein+fat+carbohydrate=100 percent of the product, then when you CUT
>: >one of the components, one or both of the others have to go up.
>: >
>: >Judy G
>
>
>: no they don't. If you check the Eddie's Grand Ice sugar free
>: sweetened with Splenda the regular sugar free has the same fat content
>: as the regular with sugar. comparing a non fat brand to a regular fat
>: brand because both are sugar free does not support this statement.
>: Eddy's makes both regular sugar free and low fat sugar free ice cream.
>: Compare low fat to low fat for an accurate picture.
>
>: Mack
>: Type 1 since 1975
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>
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>
>Mack, I think with the Edy's it is a low fat not sugar added and a no fat
>no sugar added they make. What is the interesting thing is that the
>dalorie count for both is the same and the mo fat has higher carbs, as
>they have to put something in to thicken it up some. I but the low fat
>and enjoy the fewer carbs and nice taste, unlike the plastic taste of the
>no fat.
>
>The only full fat ice cream-no sugar added is the Breyer's lo-carb ice
>cream. I have not tried it as the carb difference is not so great and why
>ea that much more milkfat?
>
>Wendy
I checked this already, Edy's make a regular fat content no sugar
added as well as the low and no fat.
Mack
Type 1 since 1975
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org
In tribute to the United States of America and the State
of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
terrorism.