Are these type of teas and vinegarette okay????????

[Italianwave]

Is unsweetened Lipton Ice Tea allowed? 

 Also, Lipton has a Caffeine Free Herbal Honey- Lemon tea that I bought.  Is this allowed? The ingrediants say it has orange peel, chamomile flowers, lemon grass, licorice root, roasted chicory root, natural lemon and honey flavors, soy lecithin and dried honey(contains wheat)
in it.

Also, is sweet balsamic vinegarette allowed?  Regular vinegar is getting kind of boring! 

Thanks!

[bpratt555]

Hi-When you "read labels"--if Maltrose-suctrose- honey-aspartame-etc   If its listed as one of the first 3 ingredients that is usually what your product is mostly made of .As for the vinegar----It says  "sweet"--thats an indication to me that its sweet because sugar-in some form- is added.Your better off using the reg tea-UNSWEETENED and add stevia with a shot of lemon juice or a real lemon slice.--Or--try zesting a bit of orange and or lemon and add that-its good .Im just not so sure about either.You can try either and in a day or two your scale will tell you if it was a wrong choice.Good Luck

[Italianwave]

Thanks.....i'll let u know.  How are you? Hope all is well...

[bpratt555]

Im good but running out of patience waiting for my hcg-As youve probably been reading our forum under CAN I START TODAY--But it will be here-Theres a major delay in about 6  of us's delivery-So we are alittle paniky.We are so eager to start.Hope all is going well for you---If you ever are to slip up-say--have sugar or just the wrong food it is supposed to show up a day or two later so its really beneficial to keep a journal of everything you put to your mouth and you can backtrack and find the problem!Have a great weekend---I sure miss Ramonad and Hans!I miss there wisdom! ---Im finally getting use to the stevia-Its not bad.
Brenda

[bpratt555]

Hi Roseanne-I ran across this today and thought you might find it helpful---
SUGARS

Added SUGARS in processed foods can be found under the following names:

   1. Agave Syrup
   2. Amasake
   3. Any name ending in "ose" or "ol" or "syrup"
   4. Barbados Sugar
   5. Barley Malt
   6. Blackstrap Molasses
   7. Black Sugar
   8. Brown Sugar - the refined sugar coated with molasses or colored with caramel
   9. Cane Juice
  10. Cane Juice Crystals
  11. Cane Sugar
  12. Caramel
  13. Caramel Coloring
  14. Castor Sugar
  15. Confectioner’s Sugar
  16. Corn Sweetener
  17. Corn Syrup - a manufactured syrup of corn starch, containing varying proportions of glucose, maltose, and dextrose
  18. Corn Syrup Solids
  19. Crystallized Cane Juice
  20. D-mannose
  21. Date Sugar
  22. Demerara
  23. Demerara Sugar
  24. Dehydrated Cane Juice
  25. Dehydrated Cane Juice Crystals
  26. Dextran
  27. Dextrin
  28. Dextrine
  29. Dextrose (glucose) - a simple sugar made of only one molecule
  30. Disaccharides
  31. Evaporated Cane Juice
  32. Evaporated Cane Juice Sugar
  33. Florida crystals (a trademarked name)
  34. Free Flowing Brown Sugars
  35. Fructose - a simple sugar refined from fruit
  36. Fruit Juice Concentrate
  37. Galactose
  38. Galatactose
  39. Glucose
  40. Glucose Syrup
  41. Golden Syrup
  42. Grape Sugar
  43. Grape Sweetener
  44. High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) - highly concentrated syrup of predominantly fructose
  45. Honey
  46. Hydrolysed Starch
  47. Hydrogenated Glucose Syrup
  48. Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates (HSH)
  49. Invert Sugar
  50. Isomalt
  51. Levulose
  52. Lactitol
  53. Lactose - a simple sugar from milk
  54. Malt
  55. Malt Extract
  56. Malt Syrup
  57. Maltodextrin - a manufactured sugar from maltose and dextrose
  58. Maltose - a simple sugar made from starch, usually  grains
  59. Mannitol
  60. Maple Syrup
  61. Molasses
  62. Monosaccharide
  63. Muscovado
  64. Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice
  65. Panocha
  66. Polysaccharide
  67. Powdered Sugar
  68. Raw Cane Crystals
  69. Raw Honey
  70. Raw Sugar - a less refined sugar with a small amount of molasses remaining
  71. Refiner's Syrup
  72. Ribose
  73. Rice Extract
  74. Rice Malt
  75. Rice Syrup
  76. Saccharide
  77. Saccharose
  78. Sorghum
  79. Sorghum Syrup
  80. Sorbitol
  81. Sucanat
  82. Succanat
  83. Sucrose
  84. Sugar (sucrose) - the refined crystallized sugar; a combination of glucose and fructose
  85. Sugar (granulated)
  86. Sweetener
  87. Syrup
  88. Table Sugar
  89. Treacle
  90. Turbinado
  91. Turbinado Sugar
  92. Unbleached Crystallized Evaporated Cane Juice
  93. Unbleached Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice Crystals
  94. Unbleached Sugar Cane
  95. Unrefined Cane Juice Crystals
  96. Washed Cane Juice Crystals
  97. White Grape Juice - a highly purified fructose solution; virtually no other nutrients are present
  98. Yellow Sugar
  99. Xylitol OR Xylose

[Italianwave]

Thank you for educating me on the types of sugars...i never knew there were so many hidden(loL).  Thanks........very interesting...

[thistime4sure]

Hi Roseanne-I ran across this today and thought you might find it helpful---
SUGARS

Added SUGARS in processed foods can be found under the following names:

   1. Agave Syrup
   2. Amasake
   3. Any name ending in "ose" or "ol" or "syrup"
   4. Barbados Sugar
   5. Barley Malt
   6. Blackstrap Molasses
   7. Black Sugar
   8. Brown Sugar - the refined sugar coated with molasses or colored with caramel
   9. Cane Juice
  10. Cane Juice Crystals
  11. Cane Sugar
  12. Caramel
  13. Caramel Coloring
  14. Castor Sugar
  15. Confectioner’s Sugar
  16. Corn Sweetener
  17. Corn Syrup - a manufactured syrup of corn starch, containing varying proportions of glucose, maltose, and dextrose
  18. Corn Syrup Solids
  19. Crystallized Cane Juice
  20. D-mannose
  21. Date Sugar
  22. Demerara
  23. Demerara Sugar
  24. Dehydrated Cane Juice
  25. Dehydrated Cane Juice Crystals
  26. Dextran
  27. Dextrin
  28. Dextrine
  29. Dextrose (glucose) - a simple sugar made of only one molecule
  30. Disaccharides
  31. Evaporated Cane Juice
  32. Evaporated Cane Juice Sugar
  33. Florida crystals (a trademarked name)
  34. Free Flowing Brown Sugars
  35. Fructose - a simple sugar refined from fruit
  36. Fruit Juice Concentrate
  37. Galactose
  38. Galatactose
  39. Glucose
  40. Glucose Syrup
  41. Golden Syrup
  42. Grape Sugar
  43. Grape Sweetener
  44. High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) - highly concentrated syrup of predominantly fructose
  45. Honey
  46. Hydrolysed Starch
  47. Hydrogenated Glucose Syrup
  48. Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates (HSH)
  49. Invert Sugar
  50. Isomalt
  51. Levulose
  52. Lactitol
  53. Lactose - a simple sugar from milk
  54. Malt
  55. Malt Extract
  56. Malt Syrup
  57. Maltodextrin - a manufactured sugar from maltose and dextrose
  58. Maltose - a simple sugar made from starch, usually  grains
  59. Mannitol
  60. Maple Syrup
  61. Molasses
  62. Monosaccharide
  63. Muscovado
  64. Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice
  65. Panocha
  66. Polysaccharide
  67. Powdered Sugar
  68. Raw Cane Crystals
  69. Raw Honey
  70. Raw Sugar - a less refined sugar with a small amount of molasses remaining
  71. Refiner's Syrup
  72. Ribose
  73. Rice Extract
  74. Rice Malt
  75. Rice Syrup
  76. Saccharide
  77. Saccharose
  78. Sorghum
  79. Sorghum Syrup
  80. Sorbitol
  81. Sucanat
  82. Succanat
  83. Sucrose
  84. Sugar (sucrose) - the refined crystallized sugar; a combination of glucose and fructose
  85. Sugar (granulated)
  86. Sweetener
  87. Syrup
  88. Table Sugar
  89. Treacle
  90. Turbinado
  91. Turbinado Sugar
  92. Unbleached Crystallized Evaporated Cane Juice
  93. Unbleached Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice Crystals
  94. Unbleached Sugar Cane
  95. Unrefined Cane Juice Crystals
  96. Washed Cane Juice Crystals
  97. White Grape Juice - a highly purified fructose solution; virtually no other nutrients are present
  98. Yellow Sugar
  99. Xylitol OR Xylose

[jbiggs5220]

Has anyone tried Walden Farms Dressings?  They are carbo free, sugar free, fat free, and cholestrol free.  They do have some sodium.  I get them at the health food store.  They are a little pricy, but come in several flavors and make for a refreshing change of pace for us challenged people that arent in to making stuff by combining ingredients or or are maybe kitchen challenged?

[tcole]

Hi Jbiggs,

Yes, I have tried the Walden Farms dressings.  I have had the Bleu Cheese and the Italian.  I like them both!  Ranch is next.  Later, Toni

[bpratt555]

Jbiggs-
I havent yet tried the walden farn dressings but did go ahead and bought a spritzer-It gives the info for 10 squirts where i am only doing 3-5.I think i made a huge mistake guys--Im losing so good and its like 30 degrees here{heat wave}So i decided to change the oil in my truck and if that wasnt bad enough i asked the husband while i was all greasy    did he want his changed so changed his too--And then it hit me-i looked at my hands and screamed--Oh my GOD-Its OIL!!!!!Hes like---yeah-brenda--Your changing OIL---I said NO!!!!!I cant have oil on me--It will effect my hcg!!!!!!!!!!  I finished but ran in the house as fast i could and washed and washed those hands----Gosh i hope it dont screw everything up!!!Ill let ya know tomorrow---It was fun bein alittle grease monkey though--- 
Brenda

[bpratt555]

Silly kathy!
I tried tellin you guys in the tummy and smaller needles was the way to go!!! 
I cant imagine doin it anywhere else!I dont wanna try----
Did I say--GREAT JOB JBIGGS!!     [/b]
You are doing super-I only hope i can knock30 lbs off this body!!
BRENDA

[kathy in California]

Brenda, I don't think you need to worry about the mechanical grease, it's a petroleum product, like mineral oil and shouldn't be absorbed by the body.

Jim, I saw the Walden Farms calorie free dressing at the health food store. I was tempted to buy it. I didn't mostly because I had just bought a variety of mustards to make my dressings with. Also, I noticed in the ingredient list, propylene glycol, which is a controversial ingredient. KT is very against it and it is an ingredient mostly in cosmetics (KT doesn't want you to use those cosmetics) and antifreeze. I'm trying to find out more about it. Apparently in cosmetics a small amount of it keeps the products from solidifying due to temperature changes. I can't seem to find out much information about it as a food additive, but what I have found is not too encouraging...I mean just the fact that it's a component of antifreeze is alarming. Well, on the other hand it certainly is convienient not to have to be mixing up a batch of dressing every other day, and you only need to use it for the time of your VLCD. Also, if you are doing another cleanse afterward, it's conceivable that you could just plan to cleanse it out. Does anyone else know anything about this ingredient? Kathy

[bpratt555]

Kathy-
SPELL IT LIKE THIS AND GOOGLE IT-
The wikipedia has a really nice piece on it-
Propylene glycol
Brenda

[bpratt555]

About.com has a good article to---under soap & deodorant i believe!!Thats the safety scoop on it-I know it can cause liver and kidney damage---I want to go way back in time before half this crap was invented!!The good old days--I wish i was from the 1800s!!
brenda

[bpratt555]

thanks Kathy about the "oil" thing-I was wondering that as well but wasnt 100% sure so i was going to skip dinner!!UGH!!!  Now its steak and cabbage!!WOOHOO!!
Brenda