4th Edition - Nov 2005
Who likes “sugar-free” diet food? YEECHH!! Well that’s what it used to be
like many years ago, way back when the only diet soft drink you could find
was
Tab
, sweetened with saccharin! Remembering the taste of that still
makes me twitch in pain. In my personal opinion saccharin A.K.A.
sweet n’ low
tastes best in tea, hot or cold and coffee.
Splenda
and
NutraSweet
of course are the most preferred now for diet foods.
However, the pink stuff is far from forgotten, I would like to point out that
Lipton
makes an instant tea pre-sweetened with
sweet n low
. It’s sold in most
grocery stores in my area, and its great, it also comes in handy for the office
cubicle. Why just drink water from the water cooler when you can turn that
water into a cold glass of refreshing tea! Also I’d like to point out that
Lipton
does have other flavors of instant tea made with aspartame A.K.A
nutraSweet
.
LIPTON INSTANT TEA WITH SWEET N’ LOW
Ingredients:
Citric acid (provides tartness), instant tea, maltodextrin, sodium, saccharin,
natural lemon flavor.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 1 tbsp (1.2g)
Servings per container: 92
Amount Per Serving
Calories 0
Total Fat 0g
Sodium 5g
Total Carbohydrate 1g
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
Another drink I love is sugar free
Tang.
I waited a long time for this one to hit
the shelves, I was surprised when I saw it in the store about a month ago. I’m
not sure how long it’s been out, but its a definite recommend.
Sugar Free Tang
Serving Size: 1/6 tub (2.5g) (makes 8 fl oz).
Servings Per Container: 24
Calories 5
Total Fat 0g
Sodium 0mg
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 10%
Calcium 2%
Riboflavin 10%
Vitamin B6 10%
Vitamin C 100%
Vitamin E 10%
Niacin 10%
Usually a diabetic breakfast may be something like bacon and eggs. Because
of the low impact it has on blood sugar, but research has shown that oat bran,
like the kind in oatmeal can be easy on the bloodsugar absorption rate. Eating
oatbran can ease high sugar spikes. One hot cereal that I really enjoy is Oat
Bran Hot Cereal from
Hodgson Mill
, it’s all naturaland it tastes very good with
your favorite artificial sweetener. It doesn’t need any salt butter or milk for it to
taste good.
Hodgon Mill’s Oat Bran Hot Cereal
Ingredients: 100 % Oat Bran
Serving Size 1/4 cup
Weight Per Serving 40g
Servings Per Container 11
Calories 120
Calories From Fat 25
Total Fat 3g
Saturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 3mg
Carbohydrates 23g
Dietary Fiber 6g
Insoluble Fibers 3g
Soluble Fibers 3g
Sugar 0g
Protein 6g
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Calcium 2%
Iron 10%
Thiamine 25%
Riboflavin 6%
Folic Acid 5%
Potassium 4%
Let’s not forget that November means Thanksgiving! What is Thanksgiving
without dessert? Well now you can have your cake.. eeer PIE and eat it too. If
you look out there you usually can find sugar-free apple pie, but if you are
bored of that, why not create your own pies?
Instant Jell-o sugar free pudding
can help with that. Below are the flavors.
JELL-O Brand Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Reduced Calorie Pudding & Pie
Filling
Banana Cream
Butterscotch
Chocolate
Chocolate Fudge
Pistachio
Vanilla
White Chocolate
Cheesecake
Lemon
If you like cooking it the old fashioned way then there is just two flavors of
cook and serve sugar free pudding.
Chocolate & Vanilla
If I’m not mistaken, pre-made graham cracker crust actually isn’t high in sugar,
and it compliments most of the puddings nicely.
HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE NOVEMBER!
Joe
By: Joe Simon
