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Pineapple upside down Cake
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:09:49 GMT, wrote:
>18 carbs blows you away? It also has fibre from the fruits.
I'll repeat your own detail:
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>Nutritional Information Per Serving (1 piece):
>Calories: 148, Fat: 7 g, Cholesterol: 18 mg, Sodium: 231 mg,
>Carbohydrate: 18 g, Dietary Fiber: 0 g, Sugars: 8 g, Protein: 2 g
>Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Carbohydrate, 1-1/2 Fat
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Yep, when you're eating a significant part of my daily carb input in one
mouthful.
Now, I will accept what the author claims, although I have doubts about
the validity of her numbers, particularly kj when the thing is basically
fat, sugar and preserved fruits. First, she doesn't claim any fibre, so
it would be at trace levels at best.
Secondly, on the possibly incorrect assumption that the 8g of sugar is
included in the 18g of carbs that's still a lot of sugar and carbs for
one very little slice of cake.
Over here, we tend to think in percentage terms (gms per 100 gms) on our
food labels. When you convert that it comes out at:
Fat 26%
Carbs 67% incl sugar at 30%
Protein 7%
Others (sodium etc) <1%
And it's not just the carbs - it's which carbs. As granulated sugar and
brown sugar both give me rapid spikes, and white flour is only just
behind them with sweet pineapple a close third, it would be hard to find
anything worse apart from a glucose tablet.
Then again, you may have just found the perfect hypo fix; a few slices
of this in the fridge could be invaluable.
Cheers Alan, T2, Oz.
dx May 2002 , A1C 5.8, no meds, diet and not enough exercise.
I have no medical qualifications beyond my own experience.
Choose your advisers carefully, because experience can be
an expensive teacher.
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Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
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