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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 natural and 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