Hurry, GET ON BOARD the LOWCARB, and OTHER HEALTH LIVING TRAIN, is leaving the station..

CookingWithCarlo.com ^ | Oct 12 2003 | Carlo3b Dad, Chef, Author

[Spirited]

Have you tried xylitol? It is still quite pricey but I think it or a combo with stevia is better than all the rest.

Don't know how it goes cooking with it because the sugar industry has kept the lid on the stuff for us so I don't know many people experimenting with it.

It's good for your teeth and for your health in general.

[carlo3b]

What about Splenda? Can that be substituted?

Indeed it can.. there are a milieu of choices available on the market today, and all have one thing or another that ranks them above or different from their competitors.. Check this out, it should help..if not ping me!
http://www.weight-loss-i.com/artificial-sweeteners.htm

[carlo3b]

Bhahahahhhahhhahhah that is one snooty kitty

[ETERNAL WARMING]

People like you really irritate me! LOL

[ETERNAL WARMING]

I just clicked on your site....you're not only lovely and kind, you're drop dead gorgeous besides! :0)

Please add me to your list, Carlo.

[Redleg Duke]

This morning I had tangible evidence of the effectiveness of this diet. For the first time in over three years, I was able to stand on my right foot, raise my left leg and put on my sock!

I don't miss the part of my belly that has gone away! :-)

[Ditter]

I haven't heard of xylitol. Is it a chemical or a natural plant product? I have some chemical allergies (MSG) & will be reluctlant to try it if it is chemical. I am drinking my coffee without sugar right now & it taste awful. I WANT MY SUGAR BACK ! Sorry for the outburst.

[Flyer]

I am drinking my coffee without sugar right now & it taste awful.

Yeah, that's the problem with coffee - without the sugar it taste like - YUCK! - coffee.

[Lee'sGhost]

"There ARE safe options to Nutrasweet/Splenda/Equal/Aspartame .. "

Two questions:

What are the safe options and what's the deal with Splenda? I thought Splenda was option of choice for substitute sweetners.

[Lee'sGhost]

I'm looking at going low carb and have already done away with most bread and pasta. I would like to know what plan you are following and why you chose it and not Atkins.

Thanks.

[carlo3b]

Have you tried xylitol?

Not yet but I have a sample that was sent to me by some who thought that I might like it.. I'll get back to you .. thanks

[carlo3b]

This is a pretty good resource page..
http://web.ask.com/web?q=sweetener&o=8002

[AppyPappy]

weigh the same that I did 50 years ago

I am praying you fall into a wood chipper.

[dalereed]

"I am praying you fall into a wood chipper."

I consistantly take a lot of chances that could injur or kill me in the sake of saving time but i'm not that stupid or careless. I only take the chances if the odds are greater than 50% that i'll survive.

So far in 50 years of working i've only had to have damage control repairs made 4 times.

[Taffini]

Carlo,

I eat Carb Solutions bars. They have sucralose in them. Is this a dangerous sweetner?

Its carb content is 15gr with 2 net carbs. Can you believe this net carb count as accurate?

Thanks, Taffini

[carlo3b]

How dangerous is sucralose? Well, if you ask that question about any product, their competition has developed a series of folks with an alphabet following their names that will raise the hair on the back of your neck about it.. I am now a pretty good researcher and have decided that anything that the FDA has passed, is not an immediate threat to your health, unless you are one of the acceptable percentages of folks that have a unique reaction to some ingredient.

That is the story that spreads the rumors that plague some wonderful breakthroughs in our lives.. You have to know that with every product on this earth, there are people that will drop on the spot if that passes their lips. The extensive trial period before acceptance as an eatable or medicinal product on the FDA list, exposes what % of folks that will have a negative reaction.. Thus the Trial Lawyers' BMW, and Children College Fund.

FDA approval is no guarantee that you are not one of those minuscule numbers that will be DOA if you partake.. Life is full of such trials and tribulations. I will say with a great deal of confidence that you will in fact DIE someday, just use prudence between today and that faithful day!

Prudence is also in the eye of the beholder, and everyone has an opinion, so read as much as possible and then flip a coin..
Oh, in answer to your reasonable question.. How dangerous is sucralose?  I haven't got a clue!  {{{HUG}}} :o)

[bmwcyle]

bttt

[carlo3b]

Here is another way... Yehaaaaaaaaaa..cough, cough.... :)

  'Tummy pacemaker' may suppress appetite
 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) --A kind of pacemaker for the tummy, an implanted electrical device that fools the body into feeling full, appears to be an effective alternative to radical digestive surgery for helping obese people shed large amounts of weight.

If it proves out in larger studies, the experimental device could offer a new way to help very large people slim down when they cannot lose weight on diets or with appetite-suppressing drugs. Researchers Sunday presented preliminary data on the usefulness of the approach, which has already been tested on 450 people to show its safety.

Surgical techniques that shrink the stomach and reroute the digestive tract are the only highly reliable way to make obese people lose weight. However, this is major surgery that carries significant risk, including a 1 percent chance of death, and researchers are searching for ways to do the job more safely.

The new device is called an implantable gastric stimulator and is similar to a cardiac pacemaker. But instead of stimulating the heart, this one is attached to the wall of the stomach and is intended to reduce feelings of hunger.

The researchers implanted the devices in 30 obese women and men whose average weight was 242 pounds (109 kilograms). Their average body mass index, or BMI, was 42. The healthy cutoff for the height-to-weight ratio is 25; 30 is considered obese.

After a year with the implant, two-thirds of the volunteers had lost weight. The average was an 18 percent drop in their excess weight.

"The results are promising, although we still have a long way to go," said Dr. Scott Shikora. "I believe in my heart this is a very exciting breakthrough in our field."

Shikora, head of bariatric surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, presented the study in Fort Lauderdale at the annual scientific meeting of the American Association for the Study of Obesity. It was financed by the device's developer, Transneuronix Inc. of Mt. Arlington, New Jersey.

'I just eat different now'
The system uses an electrical pulse generator, a little larger than a silver dollar coin, that is placed under the skin in the abdomen and connected to the stomach with two wires. Implanting it takes less than an hour and is done as an outpatient laproscopic procedure.

"These early findings are exciting," said Dr. Samuel Klein of Washington University, the obesity association's president. "This is a potential new approach for the management of obesity that is separate from drugs or surgery."

The device is already on the market in Europe but is still several years away from Food and Drug Administration approval in the United States. Steven Adler, Transneuronix's executive vice president, said the company hopes in a few months to begin a study on 120 patients that will take two years to complete.

After installing the pacemaker, doctors crank up the power until patients feel unpleasant symptoms, such as nausea or cramps, then turn it down a bit until all sensation disappears.

  Excerpted.. finish this piece at: http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/13/tummy.pacemaker.ap/index.html

[Alamo-Girl]

Fascinating. Thanks for the heads up!

[dansangel]

((((((((Carlo)))))))))

Ugh! That article makes me *hurt* to read it. I guess if it helps some folks, then it's a good thing. Me, I'll continue to plod along as a "Lifetime" member of Weight Watchers. It keeps me *legal* - LOL!

***smoochies*** dear Carlo! :-)