Dreamlands Pasta

It's Dreamfields... and they "invented" the term net digestible carbs.

You can read about it on their website.

http://www.dreamfieldsfoods.com/

Jennifer

Roger V. LaPlante said:

Can Dreamlands pasta be classified as low-carb? I am not familiar with
the term 'net digestible carbs'.

Thanks
Roger

Roger V. LaPlante said:

Can Dreamlands pasta be classified as low-carb? I am not familiar with
the term 'net digestible carbs'.

Thanks
Roger

Sounds a little fishy to me. Here's a quote from the company FAQ:

-------QUOTE STARTS HERE----------
How does Dreamfields make its pasta lower in carbohydrates?

DREAMFIELDS pasta is lower in digestible carbohydrates. What that means
is that while the total number of carbohydrates is the same as typical
pasta, our unique blend of dietary fibers and proteins protects all but
about 5 grams of these carbohydrates from being digested. These
protected, or "controlled," carbohydrates pass to the colon where they
provide the health benefits of fiber.
-------QUOTE ENDS HERE----------

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Jim Marnott
Originally: 245/193/180
Now: 221/216/180

Roger V. LaPlante <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Can Dreamlands pasta be classified as low-carb? I am not familiar with
the term 'net digestible carbs'.

Thanks
Roger

I suppose you mean Dreamfields. The actual total carb count of this
stuff is contoversial, at best.

Well... I can tell you that on the diabetes lists, some diabetics
(myself included) have found no blood glucose rise after eating this
pasta. Regular pasta would cause a LARGE rise.

Others, have found a rise.

So the juries out.

Jennifer

Jim Marnott said:

Roger V. LaPlante said:

Can Dreamlands pasta be classified as low-carb? I am not familiar with
the term 'net digestible carbs'.
Thanks
Roger

Sounds a little fishy to me. Here's a quote from the company FAQ:

-------QUOTE STARTS HERE----------
How does Dreamfields make its pasta lower in carbohydrates?

DREAMFIELDS pasta is lower in digestible carbohydrates. What that means
is that while the total number of carbohydrates is the same as typical
pasta, our unique blend of dietary fibers and proteins protects all but
about 5 grams of these carbohydrates from being digested. These
protected, or "controlled," carbohydrates pass to the colon where they
provide the health benefits of fiber.
-------QUOTE ENDS HERE----------

"Roger V. LaPlante" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Can Dreamlands pasta be classified as low-carb? I am not familiar with
the term 'net digestible carbs'.

Thanks
Roger

This pasta shows a somewhat delayed and reduced blood sugar effect,
and thus may be useful to diabetics, but a high proportion of the total
caloric content of the pasta is in fact absorbed, so I personally do not
consider it low carb. Same situation as for sugar alcohols. Although
they partially pass to the colon for digestion via fermentation, you
still absorb most of the sugar and must produce insulin to utilize it.

Note that fiber, in comparison, is not digested, fermented, or absorbed.
Therefore I regard the Dreamfields claims as blatent false advertising.

Alan

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Quoted message said:

Note that fiber, in comparison, is not digested, fermented, or absorbed.
Therefore I regard the Dreamfields claims as blatent false advertising.

Alan

I'm not following your logic. First, the folks who seem to have the worst bg
spikes from Dreamfields are diabetics. Some do fine, others find a delayed
spike, others spike right away.

Second, the non-digestible portion is, to a great extent, a fiber blend, which
you are saying isn't digested, so wouldn't calorie count be reduced by a great
deal?

The rest of the picture is the blocking of digestion of the starch in the
pasta, which seems to be blocked in some, partially in others, and not in
others at all.

Susan

And as a non-diabetic, I don't experience bloating, water retention or
hunger pangs in a few hours like I do if I eat something truly high-carb
like a normal pasta would be. So for me, it's working just fine too. Like
Jennifer said, it's going to be an individual thing. You can only try it
and see how it works for you.

on Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:22:06 -0700, Jennifer <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Well... I can tell you that on the diabetes lists, some diabetics
(myself included) have found no blood glucose rise after eating this
pasta. Regular pasta would cause a LARGE rise.

Others, have found a rise.

So the juries out.

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Bev

I'm not certain what they've done to this pasta, but I know that it doesn't
affect my blood glucose the way that regular pasta does. It tastes great,
and cooks up very nicely. I am fortunate in that I don't crave pasta like
some people do, but it's nice to be able to make an occasional "one pot
meal" (kind of like a Hamburger Helper) or macaroni and cheese and use
Dreamfields pasta to make it more low carb. I hope the Dreamfields pasta
folks get obscenely rich selling their technology to the other pasta
companies.

DebH

"Roger V. LaPlante" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Can Dreamlands pasta be classified as low-carb? I am not familiar with
the term 'net digestible carbs'.

Thanks
Roger

I did crave pasta pre-LC and was both hopeful and worried when Dreamfields
came out with their products. Hopeful that it would live up to it's claims
(which it has) and worried that I'd start to crave pasta again (which I
haven't). I can eat the recommended 56g serving a few days a week and feel
satisfied for that meal without wanting to gorge myself on the stuff like I
used to.

DebH said:

I'm not certain what they've done to this pasta, but I know that it doesn't
affect my blood glucose the way that regular pasta does. It tastes great,
and cooks up very nicely. I am fortunate in that I don't crave pasta like
some people do, but it's nice to be able to make an occasional "one pot
meal" (kind of like a Hamburger Helper) or macaroni and cheese and use
Dreamfields pasta to make it more low carb. I hope the Dreamfields pasta
folks get obscenely rich selling their technology to the other pasta
companies.

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Bev