Protected carbs

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Quoted message said:

:: But the original question, which was interesting, is still open. What
:: does "Protected Carbs" mean?

What it means is that they've come up with a fiber blend that slows breakdown
of the starch molecules sufficiently so that some folks never metabolize it
before it's out of their bodies.

Other folks, diabetics, have variable experiences. Some have had no bg
problems with the product. Others have had sometimes delayed, and very long
lasting bg rises as high as if it were regular pasta. Sometimes not until 3 or
4 hours post prandial.

The taste, to even the most discriminating, is identical to regular pasta; both
are made of semolina flour.

Susan

Tarkus wrote:
|| On 1/10/2005 12:14:35 PM, Roger Zoul wrote:
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||| It means those carbs won't be absorbed by your body if you use the
||| product the way it was intended to be used. You can read about it
||| on their website. However, is some fake pasta worth messing up
||| progress for?
||
|| How would that be messing up your progress?

if it does do as they described.

I don't know if I would trust the carb count on the pasta. to me- a carb is
a carb after subtracting the fiber. I'll wait till maintenance
..

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I think you're the only person who has ever posted a negative review of
Dreamfields pastas. You should try the soy-based LC pastas. They're like
trying to eat rubber-bands in both taste and texture. Dreamfields tastes
just like regular high-carb pasta to the rest of us.

Glassman said:

I had some the other night. It was the first pasta I've had in 6 years!
I
thought it was beyond awful! My wife said that if you really want
something
bad for you, why not eat the real thing and be done with it! She has a
good
point.

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Bev

here is an explanation- I'm still not buying it.
http://www23.netrition.com/dreamfields_pasta_page.html

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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:11:16 -0500, Roger Zoul wrote in
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[censored] Yuknavech wrote:

Quoted message said:

:: But the original question, which was interesting, is still open. What
:: does "Protected Carbs" mean?

if in doubt don't eat it.

Sensible. But what if the stuff should turn out to be the long-sought
magic bullet?

Actually, I'm probably not at all interested in eating it, since it's
probably another spin/scam, but I'd still like to know what it means.

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here is an explanation- I'm still not buying it.
http://www23.netrition.com/dreamfields_pasta_page.html

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Diane

It's certainly not as foolproof as the manufacturer would have you believe.

But many folks have used their blood glucose meters to test its effects, and
many can eat it without a commensurate rise. Others can't, and still others
get the rise hours later than normal.

As with everything, it's a YMMV thing. I can eat it without bloating or
getting cravings (a 2 oz portion, dry, which is small, side dish sized), and my
BG doesn't shoot up, but it's a late rise, at the 3rd hour after eating,
instead of 1 hour.

Susan

Susan wrote:
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||| here is an explanation- I'm still not buying it.
||| http://www23.netrition.com/dreamfields_pasta_page.html
|||
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||| Diane
||
|| It's certainly not as foolproof as the manufacturer would have you
|| believe.
||
|| But many folks have used their blood glucose meters to test its
|| effects, and many can eat it without a commensurate rise. Others
|| can't, and still others get the rise hours later than normal.
||
|| As with everything, it's a YMMV thing. I can eat it without
|| bloating or getting cravings (a 2 oz portion, dry, which is small,
|| side dish sized), and my BG doesn't shoot up, but it's a late rise,
|| at the 3rd hour after eating, instead of 1 hour.

I guess this can't be answered, but when it shoots up later I wonder if it
shoots up as high (as for regular pasta w/ similar carbs). if it is as
high, then all that is happenning is the carb load from teh pasta is simply
delayed. If it is not has high, but there is some "timed release" going on,
where the carb load is dumped into the bloodstream at a slower rate. The
latter would likely be best from several POVs, but I wonder if the insulin
response would result in just as much energy being forced into cells. An
area under the curve type thing.

diane wrote:
|| I don't know if I would trust the carb count on the pasta. to me- a
|| carb is a carb after subtracting the fiber. I'll wait till
|| maintenance .

smart. and even then use it sparingly.

Is anyone else like me in that foods like pasta and rice seem almost scary.
I could have 1/2 of a sweet potato tonight, but I just don't want to go
there.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Roger Zoul said:

Susan wrote:
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|||
||| here is an explanation- I'm still not buying it.
||| http://www23.netrition.com/dreamfields_pasta_page.html
|||
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||| Diane
||
|| It's certainly not as foolproof as the manufacturer would have you
|| believe.
||
|| But many folks have used their blood glucose meters to test its
|| effects, and many can eat it without a commensurate rise. Others
|| can't, and still others get the rise hours later than normal.
||
|| As with everything, it's a YMMV thing. I can eat it without
|| bloating or getting cravings (a 2 oz portion, dry, which is small,
|| side dish sized), and my BG doesn't shoot up, but it's a late rise,
|| at the 3rd hour after eating, instead of 1 hour.

I guess this can't be answered, but when it shoots up later I wonder if
it
shoots up as high (as for regular pasta w/ similar carbs). if it is as
high, then all that is happenning is the carb load from teh pasta is
simply
delayed. If it is not has high, but there is some "timed release" going
on,
where the carb load is dumped into the bloodstream at a slower rate. The
latter would likely be best from several POVs, but I wonder if the
insulin
response would result in just as much energy being forced into cells. An
area under the curve type thing.

With me, blood sugar went substantially higher than after eating the
same amount of "available" carbs (2 small cookies, made with flour and
sugar and everything, adding up to 10 g/carb), and it stayed up far
longer. But it wasn't nearly as high as if I'd eaten regular pasta with
the same sauce (pesto from the garden!).

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AF

diane said:

Is anyone else like me in that foods like pasta and rice seem almost scary.
I could have 1/2 of a sweet potato tonight, but I just don't want to go
there.

I know how you feel. I'm considering doing the Body For Life plan and
am not too sure I want to go there either. It seems like a LOT of
carbs for one day multiplied by 6 times per week...and then there is
the Free Day.

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|| here is an explanation- I'm still not buying it.
|| http://www23.netrition.com/dreamfields_pasta_page.html
||

I just read the explanation at their website, and it makes about as much
sense as Reaganomics. One proved to be voodoo, the other looks like it.
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"diane" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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|| here is an explanation- I'm still not buying it.
|| http://www23.netrition.com/dreamfields_pasta_page.html
||

I just read the explanation at their website, and it makes about as much
sense as Reaganomics. One proved to be voodoo, the other looks like it.
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website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo