subject: The Hidden Downfall Of Low Carb Diets [print this page] The latest buzz is all about low carbohydrate diets. Supplement and food companies are aware of this and wasting no time in taking full advantage of low carb dieters. The latest data according to Statistics Canada reveal that nearly half the Canadian population and more than 60% of Americans older 20 plus are overweight; obviously the supplement and food companies have great earning potential.
These companies are saturating the market with numerous products, and coming up with terms such as Non-impact and net carbs.
Non-impact carb refers to a negligible carb that have little or no affect on blood glucose levels or the release of insulin. The net carb would be considered the impact carb, one that has an effect on blood glucose levels and insulin.
Take a walk in any variety, grocery, or nutriment store and see the much merchandise that claim to cater to the low carb dieter. Labels list that there "X" amount of carbs in a product and claim only "Y" amount of carbs should be accounted for.
Listed on the label of the product there is 50 grams of carbs but the net carb count is 5 grams. So where did the other carbs allude to?
That's selling magic turning a 50 gram carbohydrate product to a 5 gram net carb count to appear to be a dieter friendly snack. The term net carb count is very misleading; at first glance an individual might assume that there actually is only 5 grams of carbs in the product.
Those non-impact carbs as there put are sugar alcohols, popular sugar alcohols found in wares are glycerin, sorbitol, lactitol, and maltitol.
In spite of the name, sugar alcohols are neither carbohydrates nor alcohols; these non-impact carbs are hydrogenated starch molecules.
Each gram of sugar alcohols contains up to 3 calories that's one less a calorie from a carbohydrate. Don't make the mistake and think since there's only 5 grams of net carbs, the other non-impact carbs are not accounted for in some way.
The "X" amount of the net carb count doesn't translate into the only carbs in the product. Oatmeal is a carbohydrate, but is listed as a non-impact carb. When a dieter is on a low carb diet, wouldn't this defeat the aim of such a diet?
The magic word is low carb. Yet, companies push this as a carb you require not count in your daily carb allotment. Don't associated low carb with low calorie if referring to these wares. Especially the hidden calories from this sugar alcohols.
Remember in order to lose weight energy input must be less than energy expenditure. Is it a valued trade, more calories in, exchanged for a low carb product?
Whets worst is that some people metabolize sugar alcohols as glucose. In the book "Living Low Carb" written by Fran McCullough stated that blood glucose levels rose drastically in diabetics after consuming a well known low carb bar, containing these non-impact carbs. Research done through Wolever1, studied the effects of sugar alcohols in a diabetic group and non diabetic group.
The result, the non diabetic group depicted a rise in blood glucose levels after consuming the sugar alcohol maltitol, the results were identical as whenever the group consumed regular table sugar. Be cautious, as these low carb products contain hidden calories, carbs and raise blood glucose in some individuals.
by: Uchenna Ani-Okoye
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