Tue, Mar-22-05, 05:16
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Plan: My own low-carb rules
Stats: 190/180/140
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Progress: 20%
Location: Seattle
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Originally Posted by DoubleA
I took microbiology this last semester. If you look at the ingredients, under carbs, something like manitol is still a sugar, but it's not you're traditional C6H12O6, so the teacher said it can be called sugar free, but it's still a sugar.
I'd try to determine that the hidden carbs way (calories minus 9 times grams of fat minus four times the sugar, divide answer by 4 to get hidden carbs)
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Though still a sugar, mannitol causes less of a rise in blood sugar than sucrose or glucose. It still causes a rise though, which means the release of insulin & consequent fat storage. Anyone know HOW much of an effect it has? |