June 9, 2010

• What’s the Difference Between Carbs and Net Carbs?

  Whether you are looking to lose weight, lower cholesterol, or just simply eat a more healthy diet, you are probably thinking about eating fewer carbohydrates. Before you cut the carbs out for good, consider the different types of carbohydrates, and how they impact your health and weight.
  Simple Carbohydrates – are the carbs found in white [...]

June 10, 2009

• Splenda Not So Splendid?

  All the rage in the diet and low-carb worlds, Splenda is the brand name for sucralose, a sugar derivative, which is made through a process that converts natural sugar cane to a no-calorie, non-carb sweetener.  And it is doing a great job of kicking aspartame (NutraSweet) and Saccharin (Sweet N Low) to the curb in [...]

• Glenny’s Yummy Low-cal Soy Crisps

  Soy.  Just the name seems to turn off so many people, making folks think of flavorless tofu or crunchy hippies and their often tasteless meals (no offense to you crunchies out there!).  I was one once of those.  But I changed.
  My Glenny Soy Crisp story began when I came upon these in a neighborhood store, [...]

• Hershey’s No-Carb Treats

  Ok, chocolate lovers who have gone into hiding after joining the ever-growing low carb dieters group: brace yourselves. You can now eat and enjoy chocolate again. Hershey’s recently introduced two new sugar-free and low-carb versions of its best-selling chocolates, including an amazing, sugar-free Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and candy bars with only 1 gram of [...]