where can you find low carb cereal pasta etc..

[johnnylol]

i have seen tv shows which have showed low carb bread cereal and pasta..and i have looked in many supermarkets.. and i can't find them..any idea's where i can find such foods...

[DeeDee]

Low Carb Noodles

http://www.konjacfoods.com/product/noodles.htm

[TvBabe]

Johnny be careful what you wish for :) I tried the Atkins Pasta which is made with soy flour and to be honest it was BUTT UGLY to eat :)

[mg_2204]

... that's the problem with foods that pretend to be low carb, low fat, low sugar, low salt. They are often low on taste too! The only high being their price.

Marie
:)

[Belinda]

Sara Lee and Peppridge Farms both have low carb bread. Don't know if you have those brands there though. Most groceries have them here...Krogers, Food Lion, Food City, Watmart, BI-LO, Winn Dixie....to name a few.

[johnnylol]

hi tv babe as diabetics we have to eat crappy food most times lol..hi belinda yes it was peppridge farm bread i saw on tv..i think 5 carbs a slice it said on label...looked around my supermarket's and they don't sell them..and that's a shame:(

[TvBabe]

Johnny do you have Orowheat brand in your area? They have a multigrain 6 carb bread that is great! A bit on the small side but the flavour is wonderful.

[johnnylol]

still looking for low carb foods i can enjoy lol...curious i did see a new frosted flakes version..said 1/3 less sugar than the original one..when i looked at the ingredients it had exactly the same numbers..as regular frosted flakes..you got to get up very early in the morning to put one over me...

[KLD]

Have you tried low-carb tortillas as a replacement for bread? The brand I buy is LaTortilla, and one 8" tortillas has 3 effective grams of carbs. I use them for many things, such as:

1. Spread them with cream cheese and cinnamon, roll them up, and heat them in the microwave to make a kind of cinnamon roll.

2. Use them as a wrap for whatever kind of sandwich you like.

3. Use them as a base for an individual pizza - spread with tomato sauce, cover with grated cheese and whatever topping you want and put under the broiler for a few minutes. These are messy to eat because the tortilla is so thin, but they're delicious.

4. Spread one with a bit of mustard and wrap it around a weiner for a hot dog.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find these in Canada yet, so I'm still ordering them over the internet. Someone told me Costo was carrying them and I found them there, but the brand they carry has quite a few more carbs than the ones I order so I'll stick with them. They freeze very well so I order a big supply at a time.

Karen

[dthogan]

Originally posted by johnnylol
i have seen tv shows which have showed low carb bread cereal and pasta..and i have looked in many supermarkets.. and i can't find them..any idea's where i can find such foods...

For cereal I use Kellogs All Bran with 13 net carbs and sprinkle flax seed over them for the Omega 3's. I also use Uncle Sam Brand Ceral which is higher with carbs at 38 but has 10g of fiber lessening the net carb total.

Occasionally I sprinkle some splenda on but usually add a small amount of fresh fruit.

[Joss]

The konjac noodles that DeeDee posted the link to, are fantastic. I use them in stir fry, in spaghetti style sauces, and also just zap them in the microwave for a couple of minutes, flavour with something like cheese, and eat. They do nothing to BG levels. Wonderful. They come packed in water inside plastic bags, just drain and rinse. You can't freeze them but they can be kept at room termperature before using (still sealed in the bag of course). I import mine from Japan through an import company but they are readily available in the United States. They are a great substitute for regular noodles and also bread because they are so filling.

[JJ7]

I bought some low carb whole wheat pasta and it was awful. The taste was disgusting I ended up throwing it away.

The brand "Mission" do a low carb whole wheat tortilla (fajita size) which I use all the time in place of bread. It's 4 g carb for 1.

For bread, I buy Orweat carb counting 100% whole wheat at 6g of carbs per slice.

[JJ7]

dthogan : Kellogs also do All Bran Extra Fiber at 7g carb per serving and no sugar at all.

[Philly-Mike]

Ack, you guys are kind of lucky in some regards. My diet is low-carb as well as low-fiber because I also have gastropathy. That means only white breads and so forth for me. What to do, what to do? I have to check for so darned many things now to be sure it's low carb, no sugar, low or no fiber, low cholesterol, low fat, ugh! I just wanna shove my face into a big ol' chocolate cake and go nuts! :)

[TvBabe]

Mike I CAN relate :) I also have iron overload disease so that means that high fiber foods are out for me as well since they usually are high iron as well.

Now IF you find a low carb, low fat, low fiber chocolate cake I do hope you will share? :)

[JJ7]

Oooh, yummy, save me a slice too please :D

[Philly-Mike]

Well sure, but it'll be made with bakers chocolate, icing with splenda and probably taste pretty awful but I imagine it could be done.

Anyone ever find anything that's better than splenda?

[SunniD]

www.fifty50.com/


This site is one that has low GI foods and some of the proceeds
go to help diabetics.

I thought some might like to look at it.

SunniD

[KLD]

Powdered Splenda has 25 grams of carbs per cup, but you can buy liquid Splenda online, and it's completely carb free.

Karen

[TvBabe]

Karen where do you get your liquid Splenda?

[KLD]

I haven't been able to find a local source of it, TVBabe, so I have to order it online. It seems very expensive, but it really isn't because you use such tiny amounts of it that it lasts forever. It's called "Zero Carb Syrup Base Concentrate" and I have two sources, one Canadian and one American.

American source: http://locarber.com/

Canadian source:
http://low-carbing.com/store/index.php?prodID=zcs-001 (This is the one I've ordered from and found them very reliable.)

Karen

[TvBabe]

Thanks Karen, since I'm still relatively new to all of this I'm still "sourcing" products I can use :)

[Philly-Mike]

25g per cup? How often do you use a full cup of the stuff? I just use a couple of spoonfulls for a cup of tea or something. I think we have the liquid stuff at our supermarket though, Shop Rite.

Mike

[KLD]

I often use the liquid Splenda equivalant of one cup, Mike, because I do a lot of low-carb baking. And, in my case, because I limit my carbs to 6 g at breakfast and 12 at other meals, even 1 or 2 grams is significant.

Karen

[Philly-Mike]

Ah, I see... Well if I do any cooking with it then I probably should consider the liquid form. Didn't consider its use in baking. Probably because I don't bake much.

[sparkle9]

I have Kellogg's Special K low carb cereal (9 net carbs) almost every morning for breakfast. My mid-morning bsl's are usually great and I don't get as hungry as I used to in the mornings.

I noticed the other day in the grocery store that Total has a low carb cereal. Has anyone tried it?