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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004zero carb chewing gum?
Hi I have been looking through all of the sugarfree gums and they all contain about 1gm of carb per piece. Does anyone know of any no-carb gums? Thanks in advance Tony >Hi > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Tony I've been looking, too. I don't think there is any with none, but there are some with 0 net carbs. I found Xylichew. It has xylitol in it, which is easier on me than the other sugar alcohols. I bought a couple of 100 piece tubs. It turns out that good old Trident has the same stuff in it and it's easier to find. -- Jean M. New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. (The jalapeño peppers are very hot!) Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. >New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. >(The jalapeño peppers are very hot!) To counteract the jalapeno burn, cream works wonders. Water can just make matters worse. Just an FYI. I can't cite anything on this. I heard it, I tried it, it works. For me, anyway. Carol  Signature227/222.5/150 Atkins since March 12, 2004 Type 2 Diabetic since May 15, 2001 >> New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. >> (The jalapeño peppers are very hot!) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Carol The fat absorbs the Capsaicin. Bread also doesn't work. See: http://ushotstuff.com/Heat.Scale.htm SignatureBob in CT Remove ".x" to reply > >Does anyone know of any no-carb gums? > I've been looking, too. I don't think there is any with none, but > there are some with 0 net carbs. I found Xylichew. It has xylitol in > it, which is easier on me than the other sugar alcohols. I bought a > couple of 100 piece tubs. It turns out that good old Trident has the > same stuff in it and it's easier to find. Hi Jean Thanks for your response. I bought some Trident yesteday and the package says 4 carbs per piece (the Wrigleys that I was using was 1 carb). If I read your post correctly the carbs in Trident count 0 Atkins. Am I understanding that correctly? > New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. > (The jalape?o peppers are very hot!) In India they drink Lassi with hot food - it's a type of yoghurt drink, so I assume that cream should have similar results. Tony >I bought some Trident yesteday and the package says 4 carbs per piece (the >Wrigleys that I was using was 1 carb). 4 carbs per piece? Yowza. My Trident says 1 carb, 3.5 calories, 1 sugar alcohol, for 0 net carbs. It has sorbitol, aspartame, and xylitol sweeteners. Can you look again? I like cinnamon gum and also tried Dentyne Fire and Ice Breakers Unleashed. Each has 1 sugar alcohol per piece (2 pieces in 1 serving, but I only chew one at a time) and 0 net carbs. -- Jean M. New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. (The jalapeño peppers are very hot!) Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. I chew half a stick at a time. That took a bit of getting used to, but now it seems like a normal amount, and instantly cuts the carbs in half. Zee ZeeSwan@Aol.com Hi Jean I bought a package of seven packs and the nutritional info was on the outer package which a threw away. On the inner package it just lists sugars and states 4 calories. I'm hoping now that I misread 4 cals as 4 carbs. Next time I go to the store I'll check and let you know. Thanks Tony > >I bought some Trident yesteday and the package says 4 carbs per piece (the > >Wrigleys that I was using was 1 carb). [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. SignatureTony Roberts (indiacharlieecho@hotmail.com) PP-ASEL VFR-OTT - Night Cessna 172H > > > Does anyone know of any no-carb gums? There are low carb gums but not zero carb gums. > I bought some Trident yesteday and the package says 4 carbs per piece (the > Wrigleys that I was using was 1 carb). That must be regular sugared Trident. Trident SF is 1 per stick. It gets that low because the sticks are half the size of other gum. CareFree and other brands tend to be 2 per stick, because they are twice the size of Trident. Jila from Australia is small chicklets at 0.6 each. All about the same count per size. >I've been looking, too. I don't think there is any with none, but >there are some with 0 net carbs. I found Xylichew. It has xylitol in >it, which is easier on me than the other sugar alcohols. I bought a >couple of 100 piece tubs. It turns out that good old Trident has the >same stuff in it and it's easier to find. Carfree Coolers too. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/220/140 & hubby- 310/239/180 >>I've been looking, too. I don't think there is any with none, but >>there are some with 0 net carbs. I found Xylichew. It has xylitol in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Carfree Coolers too. I tried the Koolerz. I have to stay very far away from them (Craving Memes.) They are good. -- Jean M. New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. (The jalapeño peppers are very hot!) Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. >I tried the Koolerz. I have to stay very far away from them (Craving >Memes.) They are good. I hear you! Damn good, I know. I went through a pack in a day and decided it would be my last pack. It didn't seem to hurt my weight loss or anything, but I don't need that much of anything, and can't control it very well. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/220/140 & hubby- 310/239/180 Actual mint (the plant) is lower in carbs than gums or candy-type mints. Much *stronger* tasting too, sweetens the breath and is kind of *hot* at the same time. I love the stuff - one of the pleasures of being outside is chewing on mint leaves fresh out of the garden. According to the USDA database, 2 leaves of peppermint have 0.015 g carb and 0.008 g fiber for 0.007 net carbs. So it's virtually carbless and you can't really overeat it to the point where it becomes countable cause it's too strong and too hot to eat more than a leaf or two at once. Mint comes in a wide variety of flavors - peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, etc. There's scores of them. If you plant it in the yard, you'll have mint in summer forever and ever cause the stuff grows and spreads like a weed. If you plant it in a pot, and bring the pot inside in winter, you'll have mint year-round. >Actual mint (the plant) is lower in carbs than gums or candy-type >mints. Much *stronger* tasting too, sweetens the breath and is kind [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >spreads like a weed. If you plant it in a pot, and bring the pot >inside in winter, you'll have mint year-round. Thanks, jpatti. I like minty things, so I may try that. Even I can grow mint in a pot, right? -- Jean M. New food of the week: Ice water. Lots of it. (The jalapeño peppers are very hot!) Do away with flipfloping to e-mail. > Thanks, jpatti. I like minty things, so I may try that. Even I can > grow mint in a pot, right? Even with a "black thumb", Jean. The stuff is a weed, so unless you forget to water it for 3 months or spray it with pesticide, it's going to be hard to kill. ;) > Thanks, jpatti. I like minty things, so I may try that. Even I can > grow mint in a pot, right? For growing, mint is like kudzu. Give it a pot and it will escape the pot and take over the world. Sure, growing it in a pot works great as long as you keep trimming the tendrils it will keep sending out of the pot in its eternal effort to conquer the world. Spearmint works better in pots than peppermint because spearmint tends to be small and peppermint tends to be big. When I had a back yard to garden in, I set the two types of mint into battle with each other ;^) > > Thanks, jpatti. I like minty things, so I may try that. Even I can > > grow mint in a pot, right? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > to be big. When I had a back yard to garden in, I set the two > types of mint into battle with each other ;^) I grow them in hanging pots so there's nowhere for them to go. ;) Makes it easy to bring them in come winter too. I'd like to let some naturalize in an unused corner of the yard though. Just let it go all year and then pot some up for winter. > > > Thanks, jpatti. I like minty things, so I may try that. Even I can > > > grow mint in a pot, right? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I'd like to let some naturalize in an unused corner of the yard > though. Just let it go all year and then pot some up for winter. I tried that. It didn't work. Seriously, I have a shaded spot next to my shed. Even grass doesn't grow there. I don't know if it's because of the shade or some problem with the soil (it's very hard), but the mint that I planted there not only didn't take over, it died off. The first year, I had 3 plants, but only one of them came back last year, and it never grew up enough that I could snip off mint leaves for any cooking. SignatureAF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball > > I grow them in hanging pots so there's nowhere for them to go. ;) > > Makes it easy to bring them in come winter too. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > one of them came back last year, and it never grew up enough that I > could snip off mint leaves for any cooking. I didn't know you *could* kill mint plants. If nothing grows there, you might want to test that soil before trying to grow anything you are thinking about eating there. It might just be something simple like a pH imbalance or such, but... it might be that's where the previous owner dumped their motor oil or something. Mint is hard to kill, so if mint wouldn't grow somewhere, I'd be pretty supicious about why... and not want to grow food there unless I was sure. > > > I grow them in hanging pots so there's nowhere for them to go. ;) > > > Makes it easy to bring them in come winter too. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > be something simple like a pH imbalance or such, but... it might be > that's where the previous owner dumped their motor oil or something. I've got soil test kits, so that's a start. > Mint is hard to kill, so if mint wouldn't grow somewhere, I'd be > pretty supicious about why... and not want to grow food there unless I > was sure. It's not an area where I'd want to grow a lot of food. I'm more concerned about ground cover, because it's on a downslope and I'd rather not have to deal with erosion. SignatureAF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball > It's not an area where I'd want to grow a lot of food. I'm more > concerned about ground cover, because it's on a downslope and I'd rather > not have to deal with erosion. If it's shady, you might try hostas. They come in a wide variety of colors and shapes - some people get into collecting them. If the ground is really hard-packed though, you might need to rake it up and add some humus or composted manure. If it were me, I'd experiment with dandelions. Rake up the ground a bit and throw down some dandelion fluff gathered from anywhere handy. If dandelion won't grow, something is *really* wrong. I know most people consider dandelions a weed, but I have never gotten over my childhood love of them. I have them all over my lawn and am happy with it. And my chickens *love* the greens. Might not be a good idea if you don't want a weedy lawn though. > If it were me, I'd experiment with dandelions. Rake up the ground a > bit and throw down some dandelion fluff gathered from anywhere handy. > If dandelion won't grow, something is *really* wrong. I know most > people consider dandelions a weed, but I have never gotten over my > childhood love of them. I have them all over my lawn and am happy > with it. And my chickens *love* the greens. Truck farms that grow lettuce also sometimes grown dandeloins for the greens. I've had dandeloin salad, dandeloin on pizza and a few other ways. Fabulous. I would not want the uncertain pollution of my back yard for salad unless I planned it from the day I planted the dandeloins, though. They are low carb and good. |
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