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> 18 carbs blows you away? It also has fibre from the fruits.

That's odd, since your nutritional breakdown says:

" Dietary Fiber: 0 g "

Jennifer

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> Alan wrote:
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>> On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 01:34:50 GMT, wrote:
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>>> PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
>>>
>>> Yield: 12 servings
>>> Source: "Forbidden Foods Diabetic Cooking" by Maggie Powers
>>> Book info: http://tgcmagazine.com/bin/track/click.cgi?id=42
>>>
>>> INGREDIENTS
>>>
>>> - 2 tablespoons stick margarine
>>> - 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
>>> - 4 slices water-packed canned pineapple, drained
>>> - 2 maraschino cherries, cut in half
>>> - 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
>>> - 1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
>>> - 1/2 teaspoon salt
>>> - 5 tablespoons stick margarine, softened
>>> - 1/4 cup granulated sugar
>>> - 1 egg
>>> - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
>>> - 1/2 cup low-fat (1%) milk
>>>
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>> <rest of spike-cake snipped>
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>> This may be great for a T1 who can just up the insulin dose. For a T2
>> I have grave doubts.
>>
>> Like your previous recipe here, the way you get the carb count down is
>> by the unrealistic number of serves. 12 serves in a moderately small
>> cake is silly, as were 16 serves for the baked beans.
>>
>> Obviously, one way to reduce the BG effect is portion control; if your
>> aim is to promote portion control, great! I'm all in favour of that. I
>> have the discipline to eat one chocolate from the box, or one of your
>> twelve slices. But say so, and point it out.
>>
>> Even so, if I was going to go without a meal (which is what this would
>> represent) to have my one serve of this, I also go without the fibre and
>> other vitamins that balanced meal would have provided. At least the
>> beans had some fibre.
>>
>> So to me, recipes like this are both dangerous and misleading when
>> promoted for diabetics.
>>
>> To me, the author's title "Forbidden Foods Diabetic Cooking" was more
>> apt than she knew.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
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