Sugar free candy

Mrschief44 said:

Can anyone tell me if sugar free chocolates are ok on a low carb diet

Dianne

Sugar free does not mean low carb. Many sugar free products are
loaded with carbs.

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It depends. Look at the label. I count sugar alcohol carbs according to
what analysis has indicated they digest as which is:
cal/gram carbs/gram
Erythritol 0.2 .05
Isomalt 2.0 .5
Lactitol 2.0 .5
Maltitol 2.1-3.0 .525-.75
Mannitol 1.6 .4
Polydextrose 1.0 .25
Sorbitol 2.6 .65
Xylitol 2.4-3.0 .6-.75

Be warned also that some of these will cause gastric distress, most common
culprit is maltitol and it's often used in SF chocolates. The best tasting
and lowest in actual carbs in my opinion are the ZCarb line,
www.zcarbbar.com

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| Can anyone tell me if sugar free chocolates are ok on a low carb diet
|
| Dianne

Candy is how you got fat in the first place, idiot.

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Can anyone tell me if sugar free chocolates are ok on a low carb diet

Dianne

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Can anyone tell me if sugar free chocolates are ok on a low carb diet

Dianne

I'm kinda with JC, here. If you are not happy with your weight, don't try
to find ways of getting around what you have been eating. Go low carb and
exercise more.

You can't trick Mother Nature.

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It depends. Look at the label. I count sugar alcohol carbs according to
what analysis has indicated they digest as which is:
cal/gram carbs/gram
Erythritol 0.2 .05
Isomalt 2.0 .5
Lactitol 2.0 .5
Maltitol 2.1-3.0 .525-.75
Mannitol 1.6 .4
Polydextrose 1.0 .25
Sorbitol 2.6 .65
Xylitol 2.4-3.0 .6-.75

Um, I don't get it. What is the correlation between cal/gram and
carbs/gram in that table? How do you apply it to an actual count? For
example, 1 Tbl (15g) erythritol has 3 calories and 15 carbs, all of
which are in the form of sugar alcohol. So how should I count the carbs
for that 1 Tbl?

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Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Saffire said:

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It depends. Look at the label. I count sugar alcohol carbs

according to

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what analysis has indicated they digest as which is:
cal/gram carbs/gram
Erythritol 0.2 .05
Isomalt 2.0 .5
Lactitol 2.0 .5
Maltitol 2.1-3.0 .525-.75
Mannitol 1.6 .4
Polydextrose 1.0 .25
Sorbitol 2.6 .65
Xylitol 2.4-3.0 .6-.75

Um, I don't get it. What is the correlation between cal/gram and
carbs/gram in that table? How do you apply it to an actual count?

For

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example, 1 Tbl (15g) erythritol has 3 calories and 15 carbs, all of
which are in the form of sugar alcohol. So how should I count the

carbs

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for that 1 Tbl?

Sugar alcohols are listed as carbs on nutrition labels because there is
no other category in which to list them. They do have calories, but
they are not really carbs at all, so there is no need to count them as
such. The best one to use is erythritol, because it does not produce
gastric distress.

Jerry
http://LowCarbDiet.us

One g of carb equals 4 calories, so I figure that if 1 g of an "ol" yields 2
calories it is equivalent to .5 grams of carb. If one TBL erythritol yields
3 calories, it would be equal to .75 carbs.

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Saffire <[email hidden]> stated
| In article <[email hidden]>,
| [email hidden] says...
|| It depends. Look at the label. I count sugar alcohol carbs
|| according to what analysis has indicated they digest as which is:
|| cal/gram carbs/gram
|| Erythritol 0.2 .05
|| Isomalt 2.0 .5
|| Lactitol 2.0 .5
|| Maltitol 2.1-3.0 .525-.75
|| Mannitol 1.6 .4
|| Polydextrose 1.0 .25
|| Sorbitol 2.6 .65
|| Xylitol 2.4-3.0 .6-.75
|
| Um, I don't get it. What is the correlation between cal/gram and
| carbs/gram in that table? How do you apply it to an actual count?
| For example, 1 Tbl (15g) erythritol has 3 calories and 15 carbs, all
| of which are in the form of sugar alcohol. So how should I count the
| carbs for that 1 Tbl?
|
| --
| Saffire
| 205/147/125 - 5'1.5"
| Atkins since 6/14/03
| Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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One g of carb equals 4 calories, so I figure that if 1 g of an "ol" yields 2
calories it is equivalent to .5 grams of carb. If one TBL erythritol yields
3 calories, it would be equal to .75 carbs.

Thank you!

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Saffire <[email hidden]> stated
| In article <[email hidden]>,
| [email hidden] says...
|| It depends. Look at the label. I count sugar alcohol carbs
|| according to what analysis has indicated they digest as which is:
|| cal/gram carbs/gram
|| Erythritol 0.2 .05
|| Isomalt 2.0 .5
|| Lactitol 2.0 .5
|| Maltitol 2.1-3.0 .525-.75
|| Mannitol 1.6 .4
|| Polydextrose 1.0 .25
|| Sorbitol 2.6 .65
|| Xylitol 2.4-3.0 .6-.75
|
| Um, I don't get it. What is the correlation between cal/gram and
| carbs/gram in that table? How do you apply it to an actual count?
| For example, 1 Tbl (15g) erythritol has 3 calories and 15 carbs, all
| of which are in the form of sugar alcohol. So how should I count the
| carbs for that 1 Tbl?

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Saffire
205/147/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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One g of carb equals 4 calories, so I figure that if 1 g of an "ol"
yields 2
calories it is equivalent to .5 grams of carb. If one TBL erythritol
yields
3 calories, it would be equal to .75 carbs.

Thank you!

Saffire, you are always right. That often means a lot to me.

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One g of carb equals 4 calories, so I figure that if 1 g of an "ol"
yields 2
calories it is equivalent to .5 grams of carb. If one TBL erythritol
yields
3 calories, it would be equal to .75 carbs.

Thank you!

Saffire, you are always right. That often means a lot to me.

Thank you, but in this case, FOB was right. (and sometimes I'm left :-)

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Saffire
205/147/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

And a Happy Holiday to you to Carmen. I'm lucky I don't have a weight problem,
60 years old and 120lbs. I don't know what trolling is, you'll have to explain.
I simply asked the question because I was curious. I'm not up on all this low
carb and just wanted to learn something. My daughter in law is doing Atkins and
she has done wonderfully. I try and have foods she can eat when she comes over
for dinner. Everyone on this site has very good information. There's no need to
be nasty.
Sorry
Dianne

Learn how to quote properly.

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

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And a Happy Holiday to you to Carmen. I'm lucky I don't have a weight
problem,
60 years old and 120lbs. I don't know what trolling is, you'll have to
explain.
I simply asked the question because I was curious. I'm not up on all this
low
carb and just wanted to learn something. My daughter in law is doing
Atkins and
she has done wonderfully. I try and have foods she can eat when she comes
over
for dinner. Everyone on this site has very good information. There's no
need to
be nasty.
Sorry
Dianne

What quote? And what is trolling?

I don't think there are "dumb people" sometimes just ignorant of the facts,
that's why people ask questions. there are no dumb questions, that's how people
learn.
Dianne

That post was not from Carmen, it was from JC Der Koenig. The Carmen
attribution was a quote from her, lifted by JC and used in his signature.
You can identify a signature by the fact that it generally appears below
a -- like this.

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FOB, Fat Old Broad

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Mrschief44 <[email hidden]> stated
| And a Happy Holiday to you to Carmen. I'm lucky I don't have a weight
| problem, 60 years old and 120lbs. I don't know what trolling is,
| you'll have to explain. I simply asked the question because I was
| curious. I'm not up on all this low carb and just wanted to learn
| something. My daughter in law is doing Atkins and she has done
| wonderfully. I try and have foods she can eat when she comes over for
| dinner. Everyone on this site has very good information. There's no
| need to be nasty. Sorry
| Dianne

Thank you for the correction and my apologies to Carmen.
Dianne

You don't think that there are dumb people, or that there aren't any people
dumber than you?

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

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What quote? And what is trolling?

I don't think there are "dumb people" sometimes just ignorant of the
facts,
that's why people ask questions. there are no dumb questions, that's how
people
learn.
Dianne

Learn how to quote properly.

Google is your friend.

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Thank you for the correction and my apologies to Carmen.
Dianne