Lat night I bought the cook book by Dana Carpender, 500 low carb receipes.

I did enjoy reading her introduction, about various low carb foods and how they fit into our WOE. She tends to lean more towards Atkinsy eating though but I believe that receipes can be adjusted.

She made a point in her book that I had never read before and wanted everyone's ideas.

She wrote that plain - non-fat joghurt has many carbs, but they are a carb that is metabolized into lactic acid, not sugar.

Has anyone else ever read this?

I haven't but I think Franny or maybe it was 2dog that have the book.

Good Lord yes I do have it...shows you how much I look at cook books I will have to look it over.

Yes, I have read that about the yogurt. I can't remember what was found to be the real carb count after they took all of that into account - I am thinking 4 carbs per serving? I always had yogurt on Atkins, but only the plain kind. Most of the light ones had either sugar or fruit jelly/jam (more sugar) for flavorings.

Yogurt is sneaky - at least in the US. Is it normally flavored in Germany? I think plain is the norm in Holland. My husband insists on calling yogurt here 'dessert' because it is sweet.

We buy plain yoghurt in Germany, there are many brands that are plain. IMHO, the German dairy products far surpass those in the states.
Last May when my DH and I visited my parents in Minnesota we shopped in one of the large grocery chains, it took me forever to pick a yoghurt...I am not familiar with the brands anymore!

In the commissary on post most of the dairy products come from Denmark. The labels are rarely in English..families really don't know what they are buying. The only fresh food that is flown in from the states is beef. If you have ever tasted the difference between beef from Argentinia and the US, it's worth a try.


I wonder why yoghurt is not allowed in Phase 1?

In the new version of the SBD book it does allow light or ff plain yogurt but I believe it limits the servings to like 1 a day. It also allows for a serving of skim/1%/ or soy milk. This is all hearsay though I haven't seen this myself. Flip through the new book the next time you see it in the store. - Jennie
started 1/8/04 240/230(lost 8 lbs before starting SBD)/135