Wed, May-26-04, 23:26
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 320/220/195
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Progress: 80%
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blueowl
It has always been my understanding that surclose carbs do count, while Splenda is lower in carbs then suger, it still counts.
As for the Toronto question, they are not yet available in Canada, because Erythritol has not yet been approved by the Canadian Gov't, rumour has it, it's in the last stages of approval, and we could start seeing the slurpees soon.
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Sucralose has no Carbs. Splenda, in the Granular or Packet form has 1g of Carbs per packet or 2 tsp, from the fillers: Maltodextrin and/or Glucose (Dextrose.) Liquid Splenda, which at least in the US is only available to major companies, not the general public has NO CARBS. Since Pepsi can easily obtain Liquid Splenda, the Carbs in a Diet Pepsi Slurpee do not come from the Splenda, but rather from the Tagatose and Erythritol. Atkins endorses the subtraction [in their entirety] of Sugar Alcohols, including Erythritol. I don't subtract all of the Carbs in SAs anymore, though. But, I only count Erythritol as 1g Net per 20g of Erythritol, since that's all of the Erythritol that the body is supposedly able to absorb. I count 3g per 8g of Tagatose, for the same reason. Atkins never mentioned Tagatose as far as I'm aware in any of his books. But, thats not suprising since it didn't really come on the scene until last Fall [after Dr. Atkins had already passed away] when 7-11 started using it in their Slurpees. If he allowed for the deduction of all SAs...I don't see why he wouldn't have allowed the deduction of Tagatose.
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