| jzolman
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Hi love lattes. I have been very good about staying away from them for the 1st month of my diet. Recently, I've allowed myself a latte now and again for lunch. I use regular coffee, sugarfree syrup, and 2/3 c almond milk. (I have an allergy to cow's milk.) I tried low fat coconut milk, but I didn't like it at all. Do you think this is all right as a substitute for my 1 to 1 1/2 cup of milk per day on Phase 2? Am I hurting myself with the almond milk?
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:35 pm |
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| audreyh1
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How much sugar is added to that almond milk? That's the main problem with these alternative milks.
Audrey |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:32 pm |
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| jzolman
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| It says 11g. Is that too much? |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:38 pm |
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| audreyh1
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If that 11g is from added sugar - check the ingredients list - then that is not good.
Audrey |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:52 pm |
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| jzolman
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Audrey, thank you for your help. I just don't understand this part of the diet.
The carton reads:
Amount per serving
Calories 100 Calories from fat 20
Total Fat 2.5g
Saturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 105 mg
Total Carbohydrate 15g
Dietary Fiber less than 1 gram
Sugars 11g
Protein 2g
Ingredients:
Almond base, (filtered water, almonds), brown rice sweetener, natural flavors, sea salt, ginger and some "gums." |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:08 pm |
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| RedRox
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| The brown rice sweetener is an added sugar. That is the likely source of most, if not all, of those 11 gms of sugar showing up in the nutrition label. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:26 pm |
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| audreyh1
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What do you not understand? That added sugar is to be avoided? Things like brown rice sweetener are pure sugar are to be avoided - especially when it is the second or third ingredient.
Audrey |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:44 pm |
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| RedRox
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| I think the poster might not have realized that "brown rice sweetener" is an added sugar. I mean if "brown rice" is OK on SB, then brown rice sweetener might be too? It doesn't say "sugar" in the ingredient list. It is one of those "hidden" kinds of sugar like evaporated cane juice. Stuff that sounds like it might be OK, but isn't. If the mfg. makes a SF version that would replace that with an alternative sweetener that would bring that sugars number down and also likely lower the GI, then it might be more acceptable don't you think? I don't know if something like that exists or not. I just don't think the poster knew what they were looking at, not necessarily that they didn't "get it". |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:01 pm |
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| jzolman
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Thank you both for your replies. Redroxco understood my dilemma. I did wonder about the rice sweetener. It didn't sound like one of the ones we were warned against in the book.
Guess it is back to the low fat coconut milk! |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:28 pm |
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| audreyh1
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Sorry - I guess I see things like brown rice syrup and corn syrup and sweeteners made from grains all the time so I though other people understood that these were added sugars. Obviously they said "brown rice sweetener" not "brown rice syrup" which is pretty sneaky if you ask me.
Yes - what's with all these creative sweetener names to make it sound like there is no sugar added? Evaporated cane juice is an excellent example. It's as if the manufacturers don't want people to realize that there is sugar added? I mean if people are taking the trouble to read the label they should at least be given straightforward information.
You gotta be a label hawk to eat healthy unfortunately.
Audrey |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:52 pm |
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| RedRox
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audreyh1 wrote: You gotta be a label hawk to eat healthy unfortunately.
Audrey
Ain't that the truth!! |
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Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:54 pm |
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| Carrye
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| Have you tried soy milk? |
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:03 am |
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| audreyh1
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You can get unsweetened soy milk too. Normal soy milk also has sugar added.
Audrey |
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:16 am |
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| jzolman
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I'm allergic to it as well. I may try the goat's milk next or just learn to like the coconut milk.
Thank you for your help. |
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:18 am |
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| Dolly-VA
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I believe I've seen a no sugar added rice milk. Can you drink these? Or, you can do as my sister does and make your own almond milk without adding sugar. Just a thought! (I also have food allergies/intolerances, so I know what you're going through. :( )
Good luck! :D |
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:28 am |
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