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Helpful Products

A number of new products will help the Low-carb Dieter in improve their health through reduced weight, lower blood pressure and balanced blood sugar. Each week some new sugar free product is introduced. Take time when you are at the grocery to look for products with Splenda, Stevia, and the new type of flour called white whole wheat flour.

Carbquick Bake MixCarbQuik Bake Mix
http://www.low-carb.com/cacobibamix.html
http://www26.netrition.com/tova_carbquik_page.html

Recipes Using Carbquik
http://www.tovaindustries.com/carbalose/recipe.php

Carbquik Baking Mix is a revolutionary baking mix for everyone counting carbs. It's made from wheat so it tastes like flour, try it and you'll see that it tastes as good or better than the leading brand, with 90% less carbs!

Carbquik will work in almost any recipe calling for traditional bake mix. It can be used in pancakes, biscuits, waffles, pizzas, and just about any other baked product. You can even fry with it (don't try that with other low-carb bake mixes).

Carbalose is made through a unique process and contains Enzyme-Modified Wheat, as well as Plant fiber, Wheat protein and some unique conditioners, enzymes and emulsifiers. Carbalose does not contain any soy protein, sugar-alcohols, dairy, animal-originated, trans-fatty, or saturated fat products.

Two Net Carbs per 1 oz. biscuit
Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 1 Biscuit(1oz) 17g dry mix Servings Per Container: 30 Amount Per Serving % Daily Value* Total Calories 50 Calories From Fat 30 Total Fat 3.5 g 5% Saturated Fat 0 g 0% Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 110 mg 5% Total Carbohydrates 9 g 3% Dietary Fiber 7 g 29% Soluble Fiber 0 g 0% insoluble Fiber 7 g Sugars 0 g 0% Sugar Alcohols (Polyols) 0 g 0% Protein 3 g 6%

Thickeners

I've really tried to keep the goofy, hard to find ingredients out of my recipes, but Thicken Thin is worth every penny. How do you build a creamy gravy, soup, and syrups and not use carbohydrate rich thickeners such as flour and butter roux or cornstarch?

Expert Foods has the definitive answer. These items have zero net carbs. I've only been able to find them at their online store. This is almost the only specialty item I use regularly in my low-carb kitchen that gives me the same thickening qualities I was missing. They are quite expensive, so don't choke and think you can live without them. They add just the sort of creamy texture you are missing in gravy, home made soups and fruity syrups. I try to remind myself that I'm saving loads of money not buying prepackaged foods and can afford to splurge a little with these items.

Thicken Thin / Not Starch
Thicken Thin / Not Sugar
Thicken Thin / Not Starch
Thicken Thin / Not Sugar
     

ThickenThin not/Starch thickener works like cornstarch to make grain-free and carb-conscious sauces soups, gravies and more. Best of all, ThickenThin not/Starch thickener adds only fiber carbohydrates to your recipes! Use ThickenThin not/Starch thickener anywhere you need thicker liquids such as salad dressings and marinades

 

ThickenThin not/Sugar thickener is not a sweetener, it is a thickener that gives the texture of sugar to many sugar-free foods, and can be used with the sweetener of your choice. Use ThickenThin not/Sugar thickener to get that sugary mouth feel in beverages, jams, cookies and cakes.

Fibersure Suppliment

Add soluable fiber to beverages, salad dressings, baked goods, and cooked foods. Fibersure is readily availalble in your local pharmacy as well as grocery store.

Fibersure Calculator

 

 

 

Reduce Blood Pressure with CoQ10
Read the research article
Treatment of essential hypertension with coenzyme Q10 .

Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Texas at Austin 78712, USA.

A total of 109 patients with symptomatic essential hypertension presenting to a private cardiology practice were observed after the addition of CoQ10 (average dose, 225 mg/day by mouth) to their existing antihypertensive drug regimen. In 80 per cent of patients, the diagnosis of essential hypertension was established for a year or more prior to starting CoQ10 (average 9.2 years). Only one patient was dropped from analysis due to noncompliance. The dosage of CoQ10 was not fixed and was adjusted according to clinical response and blood CoQ10 levels. Our aim was to attain blood levels greater than 2.0 micrograms/ml (average 3.02 micrograms/ml on CoQ10). Patients were followed closely with frequent clinic visits to record blood pressure and clinical status and make necessary adjustments in drug therapy. Echocardiograms were obtained at baseline in 88% of patients and both at baseline and during treatment in 39% of patients. A definite and gradual improvement in functional status was observed with the concomitant need to gradually decrease antihypertensive drug therapy within the first one to six months. Thereafter, clinical status and cardiovascular drug requirements stabilized with a significantly improved systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Overall New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class improved from a mean of 2.40 to 1.36 (P < 0.001) and 51% of patients came completely off of between one and three antihypertensive drugs at an average of 4.4 months after starting CoQ10. Only 3% of patients required the addition of one antihypertensive drug. In the 9.4% of patients with echocardiograms both before and during treatment, we observed a highly significant improvement in left ventricular wall thickness and diastolic function.(

Learn more information about CoQ10

Sugar Free products that help cut the carbs

 

 

 

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granular Packages

 

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granular
measures and pours just like sugar and can be used almost anywhere sugar is used, including cooking and baking. See our baking tips...

 

 

 

SPLENDA® Cafe Sticks

 

SPLENDA® Cafe Sticks
provide the same amount of sweetness as SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener Packets, but are designed to be perfect for entertaining. The upscale display boxes will add a stylish touch to any table during your next party.

 

 

 

SPLENDA® QUICK PACK™ Pouches

 

SPLENDA® QUICK PACK™
No Calorie Sweetener Pouches

are the newest addition to the SPLENDA® Sweetener Product family! They're perfect for making any KOOL-AID® Unsweetened Soft Drink Mix, homemade punches, lemonades or iced teas, without the calories from added sugar. Available in individual pouches or a 5-pouch box.

     
Altern Sweetener
 

Altern is alternative to Splenda. Altern is available in granular form as well as in individual packets. Splenda has the same sweeting power as Splenda for less cost.

Stevia, the Herb that's sweeter than sugar
http://www.stevia.net/

 

 

 

 

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Stevia Packets

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Stevia Clear
Liquid

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Stevia Tabs

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Liquid Stevia
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Sensational Stevia Desserts

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Stevia Extract
White Powder

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Stevia Concentrate
Dark Liquid

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Stevia: Naturally
Sweet Recipes

Low Carbohydrate Ketchup

Now you can pour on the Heinz Ketchup without piling on carbs or calories. That’s because Heinz 'has introduced Heinz One Carb Ketchup. The product has – you guessed it – one gram of total carbohydrates per serving vs. four grams per serving in traditional Heinz Ketchup. And Heinz One Carb Ketchup is no one-trick pony. The condiment also has 75 percent less sugar and only one-third the calories of the traditional variety. Probably the only thing it doesn't’t have less of is flavor – the taste of One Carb Ketchup is comparable to the classic Heinz version.

Mt. Olive No Sugar Added Pickles
Bread and Butter, Gherkins are two favorites, available at Meijers, Wal-Mart super stores, some grocery stores


'Now you can enjoy all the great taste of Mt. Olive brand Bread & Butter pickles, but without the carbohydrates.

Mt. Olive Pickle Company, Inc. announces it's new No Sugar Added Bread & Butter pickles, using the no calorie sweetener SPLENDA ™.

Click to enlargeThese sweet pickles and relish, sweetened with sucralose (Splenda®) instead of sugar, taste great to me and my tasters. The relish has a slightly different consistency to regular sugar-sweetened relish – it is more like dill relish in that way. The relish works in all the usual pickle relish applications – on hamburgers and hot dogs, as well as in deviled eggs and tuna salad. The other sweet pickles can also substitute in any way for regular sugar-sweetened pickles.

Sugar Free Pancake Syrup
Sugar Free Syrup

Sweetened with Splenda and sorbitol, one of the sugar alcohols with a lower glycemic effect. It does have some sugar alcohol, Cozy Cottage more than Vermont Sugar-Free.  Available at Wal-Mart Super store groceries.


High Fiber Cereal
Cereal with natural wheat bran and psyllium.

'Kashi GoLean High Protein & High Fiber Cereal   Kellogg's® All-Bran® Extra Fiber cereal    Kellogg's® All-Bran® Bran Buds® cereal

South Beach Diet High Fiber Whole Wheat Tortillas

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Milk and Dairy Product
Low fat or skim milk, yogurt, and sour cream

Calorie Countdown Milk from Hood

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Organic grains

Arrowhead Mills

Arrowhead Mills

Whole Wheat Flours
Buckwheat Flour
Barley Flours

Arrowhead Mills
Soy Flour

What sort of grains can I use?
These whole grain flours have a wonderful baking texture and make many whole grain breads, pancakes, and waffles taste better. When you are ready for Level Two Carbohydrates, try these whole grain products.

White Whole Wheat Flour
King Arthur Flour
White Whole Wheat Flour

Milled from white whole wheat, rather than red, unbleached King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour has all the fiber and nutrition of traditional whole wheat, with milder flavor and lighter color. Many recipes on this site that are level Two or higher now use this type of flour. It has a light texture and light whole wheat flour. Things taste more like their white flour counterparts, while giving the full fiber content you need.

   

Traditional Whole Wheat Flour

Traditional Whole Wheat Flour

When the recipe calls for the bold flavor and extra nutrition of whole wheat, you need a hearty, robust flour like King Arthur's unbleached Traditional Whole Wheat Flour, America's top-selling whole wheat flour. Milled from hard red spring wheat from the northern Great Plains, this flour includes 100% of the wheat berry, giving you the full goodness of the bran and germ in everything you bake with it, be it pancakes, breads, pizza, or brownies.

   

White Whole Wheat Flour

100% Organic White Whole Wheat Flour

This unbleached organic whole grain flour, milled from hard white wheat, is lighter in color and flavor than traditional red wheat, but still has all the fiber and nutrition.

   

White Whole Wheat Flour

 100% Organic Whole Wheat Flour

America’s top-selling organic whole wheat flour! This unbleached hard red spring wheat flour includes 100% of the bran and germ of the wheat berry, adding hearty flavor and whole grain nutrition to everything you bake, be it pancakes, yeast breads, muffins, or brownies.

 

   
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