Mon, Apr-05-04, 11:23
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Getting Healthy!
Posts: 1,755
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Plan: General LC
Stats: 213/169/166
BF:
Progress: 94%
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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I bought a box of Dreamfield's Penne Rigate last night as Super Wal-Mart. I saw the 5 g digestible carbs on the front of the box, it looked very much like "real" pasta, and it was only $1.98. So, I put it in the cart without even reading the rest of the box.
Now, I see each serving has 190 calories with 42 g total carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, and 1 g sugar. The "Carb Facts" on the box says there are 37 g of "Controlled Carbs," leaving a "Net digestible Carbs" of 5 g per serving. But, what are these controlled carbs? The box says it's made of "quality durum wheat semolina, but with only 5 grams of digestible carbohydrates". Why would wheat semonlina be low carb and also low fiber? Sorbitol is an ingredient, but it's way down on the list, third item from the bottom. So, I doubt that a serving has 33 g of sugar alcohols. The box also says that the product "has been clinically tested to establish disgestible carbohydrate levels".
What's going on here is a mystery to me--although if the digestible carbs count is true, it would certainly be great.
I'm going to give this a try with a half serving or so. I'm a type 2 diabetic who controls my blood sugar by low carbing and exercise alone. I should be able to tell roughly how many digestible carbs are really in this by how much it raises my blood sugar 1, 2, and 3 hours after eating. It's worth a try.
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