http://www.carbsmith.com/carb/n28.html Low carb diet food - should we really be buying into all of the foods at the grocery markey that are labeled as a low carb diet food? en-us Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:26:52 EST Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:26:52 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 Oh boy, did the food manufacturing companies jump on the band wagon when we all thought we could solve our collective obesity problem by eating a strict diet of low carb diet food. before we knew it there was an entire aisle at the store that was devoted to only low carb diet food, pre-packaged and often pre-prepared. And here we are, again, buying into something that looks like another easy button. Look into this today See what sort of low carb diet food is out there Enjoy it all Not the whole truth about low carb diet food When a food is labeled as a low carb diet food, it does not necessarily mean that it is good for you or that it will help you to lose weight. When something is taken out of a food, it often times has to be replaced by something else, which is the case with most of these foods. More often than not you are certainly getting just as many calories in the food that you think befits your diet. Not to mention that fact that they are full of fillers such as sugar alcohols and other sweeteners. All of these add up to a substantial amount of calories, particularly for someone who is looking to lose a few pounds. There is a also another little hole in the low carb diet food label and that is that the FDA has yet to officially define what it means exactly to be a low carb diet food, so essentially it is meaningless. Now, of course, you can look at the nutritional information and see just how many grams of carbs are actually in that low carb food you are thinking about purchasing. But, here again, you can be misled because food manufacturers are allowed to round the numbers down. So, if you have a sour cream, for example, that states that it has no carbs, it could actually have a .4 of a gram per serving - they rounded it down and depending on which of the diets that you are on, this can be detrimental to your diet. Take the time to find out all of the facts and don't let the fat cats pull the wool over your eyes. Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:26:52 EST