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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / October 2003What is low carb?
Now that big companies are marketing 'low carb' products, I'm wondering exactly what they mean by low carb? Do they just mean it has less carbs than the traditional product, and if so, by how many? KFC is now marketing some of their chicken as low carb, but at 17carbs per pc of chicken it doesn't seem all that low carb to me. (BTW, imo KFC is horrid, so I don't eat there anyway) If bread is 17 carbs per slice, will they now call bread that is 16 carbs low carb? Is there a standard, as in 'low fat' products? I'm currently working on a dessert, from my calculations it has 8 carbs 2 fiber per serving, and I hesitate to call it low carb, but I have a feeling that my ethics and the ethics of big business are wildly different. Any thoughts? ~Kat "Rice Krispies. East meets west" Cosmo Kramer > Now that big companies are marketing 'low carb' products, I'm > wondering exactly what they mean by low carb? Do they just mean it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > serving, and I hesitate to call it low carb, but I have a feeling > that my ethics and the ethics of big business are wildly different. What matter is that sum total of carbs per day (for you low carbers, I am not a low carber), as well as quality (GI) of those carbs. Individual pieces count towards the whole day's allowance. i 223/176/180 If you have to ask, don't do it until you know more. BTW KFC is high fat and clinical studies show that high fat is bad for you in the long term, while clinical studies about low-carb have never taken it past 18 months. > Now that big companies are marketing 'low carb' products, I'm wondering exactly > what they mean by low carb? Do they just mean it has less carbs than the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > "Rice Krispies. East meets west" > Cosmo Kramer >If you have to ask, don't do it until you know more. BTW >KFC is high fat and clinical studies show that high fat is >bad for you in the long term, while clinical studies about >low-carb have never taken it past 18 months. Please site your sources when you reference "clinical studies" >..............................clinical studies show that high fat is > bad for you in the long term, while clinical studies about > low-carb have never taken it past 18 months. not! try carrots. Carrots are good for you. > >..............................clinical studies show that high fat is > > bad for you in the long term, while clinical studies about > > low-carb have never taken it past 18 months. > > not! Agreed. However isn't this a low carb thread? I thought carrots were on the do not eat until pre-maintenance list for Atkins followers? Then again, I guess this isn't specifically an Atkins thread. I just tend to think of Atkins as the yardstick by which low carb diets are measured. > try carrots. Carrots are good for you. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >>not!  Signaturejmk in NC A low carb diet is one in which you count grams of carbohydrates rather than calories or grams of fat. Low carb diets are qualitative, not quantitative, and that in and of itself is a breath of fresh air. A lot of people claim to succeed on low carb diets, but the anecdotal evidence I've seen indicates that the preponderance of people who lose weight on a low carb diet are not able to maintain that weight. The same is true, of course, of any diet. The newsgroup alt.support.diet.low-carb has a lot of information on the subject and, as I remember, they have a pretty good faq. Two books that come to mind are _Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution_ and _Protein Power_. The diets do work, I can tell you that. Whether or not a person can stick to those diets and make low carb eating a way of life is an individual thing, so take a hard look at yourself and these diets if it is something that you might want to pursue. As far as KFC's claim of "low carb", that's a crock. The fast food restaurants are not out there for your health. I have little doubt that whatever KFC is talking about there can be ordered, Supersize, with jumbo fries and drink. And by the way, its not the fact that there is fat in the food that you eat that makes you fat, and its not the cholesterol in the food that you eat that gives you high cholesterol. Think about it. Mike > Now that big companies are marketing 'low carb' products, I'm wondering exactly > what they mean by low carb? I don't think that there is a standard for low carb labelling. Do they just mean it has less carbs than the > traditional product, and if so, by how many > KFC is now marketing some of their chicken as low carb, but at 17carbs per pc > of chicken it doesn't seem all that low carb to me. (BTW, imo KFC is horrid, > so I don't eat there anyway) > If bread is 17 carbs per slice, will they now call bread that is 16 carbs low > carb? Is there a standard, as in 'low fat' products? Yes, there is a standard for low fat and light products. Low Fat labelling info http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=21&PART=101&SECTION=62 &YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT Light/Lite labelling info http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=21&PART=101&SECTION=56 &YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT > I'm currently working on a dessert, from my calculations it has 8 carbs 2 fiber > per serving, and I hesitate to call it low carb, but I have a feeling that my [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > "Rice Krispies. East meets west" > Cosmo Kramer Signaturejmk in NC |
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