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I've just been looking at the biscuits for sale, and wondering what's in them in place of carbs? Do you know what the ingredients are LeeLee? Or are they mini sized biccies?
I've just been looking at the biscuits for sale, and wondering what's in them in place of carbs? Do you know what the ingredients are LeeLee? Or are they mini sized biccies?
Oh I see, thanks. Looks like they mostly just have sweeteners substituted for sugar (though malitol causes BGs to rise just the same).
Some of them don't sound too appetising - the high protein zero carb ones consist of soy protein, pea protein, various polyols and flavourings. You'd have to really have biscuit cravings to eat those 😉
Highland Oatcakes cookies (Walker's Shortbread Ltd., Aberlour-on-Spey, Scotland) appear to have a GI of 57, so while not low carb I guess if you made the cheesecake with full fat cheese and used a sweetener and lemon to balance it you might end up with something that didn't give too horrendous a spike?