low glycemic cornstarch

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Dale Baker - 02 Mar 2004 07:05 GMT

Does anyone know what this is and where you can get it?

Thanks,

Dale

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Priscilla H Ballou - 02 Mar 2004 18:56 GMT

Dale Baker <drbaker@hcis.com> quoth:

>Does anyone know what this is and where you can get it?

I'm wondering that, too. I saw it as an ingredient on something the other
day and did a double take. How can cornstarch be low GI, I asked myself.

<sits down next to Dale to wait for the answer>

Priscilla

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Carmen - 02 Mar 2004 19:30 GMT

Hi,

> Dale Baker <drbaker@hcis.com> quoth:
> >Does anyone know what this is and where you can get it?
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>
> <sits down next to Dale to wait for the answer>

They don't cook it. :-) I'm not even being a smart aleck:

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_08_c21.htm

Take care,
Carmen

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Priscilla H Ballou - 02 Mar 2004 21:06 GMT

Carmen <carmensrt@hotmail.com> quoth:

>> Dale Baker <drbaker@hcis.com> quoth:
>> >Does anyone know what this is and where you can get it?
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>> myself.
>> <sits down next to Dale to wait for the answer>

>They don't cook it. :-) I'm not even being a smart aleck:
>http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_08_c21.htm

Whadda scam! The "low glycemic cornstarch" I saw was an ingredient on
something that was going to be cooked. So it would become high glycemic
cornstarch when used according to package directions, I imagine.

Not that it was a factor weighed into the decision to buy or not, but
it's the principle of the thing.

Capitalism sucks. :-(

Priscilla

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Jenny - 02 Mar 2004 23:17 GMT

The Scarlet Letter strikes again. . . .

I saw that "low glycemic corn starch" on their labels too.

Hey, folks, just remember spaghetti and oatmeal are "low glycemic" too. But
eventually they get into your blood stream as glucose, however many grams
are in the food, and there is no way you will stay in a ketosis state if you
chug a lot of "low glycemic" anything.

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> Carmen <carmensrt@hotmail.com> quoth:
> >> Dale Baker <drbaker@hcis.com> quoth:
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> Priscilla

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Carmen - 03 Mar 2004 15:38 GMT

Hello,

> >> >Does anyone know what this is and where you can get it?
> >> I'm wondering that, too. I saw it as an ingredient on something
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>
> Capitalism sucks. :-(

Sometimes it does, huh.

Take care,
Carmen

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Doug Freyburger - 02 Mar 2004 23:57 GMT

> Does anyone know what this is and where you can get it?

No such thing. Must be a substitute of some sort. Maybe a
natural one like arrowroot (a root not a grain so less allergy
issues and lower glycemic index, but still a refined starch and
so still almost 100% carb by weight). Maybe something that
isn't actually starch but acts gooey, like that insoluble stuff
they put in Atkins bake mix.

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Dale Baker - 03 Mar 2004 01:10 GMT

Interesting. Thank you for all your responses. I'm going to go to the
Atkins site and ask them what the deal is with this cornstarch crap. I
really hope it's not a scam, but I'm afraid it is.

Dale

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Carmen - 03 Mar 2004 15:36 GMT

Hello,

> Interesting. Thank you for all your responses. I'm going to go to
> the Atkins site and ask them what the deal is with this cornstarch
> crap.
> I really hope it's not a scam, but I'm afraid it is.

Just a word of caution. The Atkins people make mistakes - lots of
them. They're just paid employees. The site does as well. Best to
verify with independent sources.

Take care,
Carmen

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