Not really food, I know, but this is another one of those things that can sneak those dirty carbs in where your not looking.
So for a long time, I have had an Altoid addiction… which I think is better than cigarettes right ? But the problem is, they are mostly sugar, so therefore, they contain 2 gms of carbs each. Sure, but how many are you going to be eating in a day, right ? Well, in an 8 to 12 hr day of driving (for my work) I might eat 3/4’s of a box… so I dunno… 30 of them ? And that’s 60gm’s of pure sugar carbs, bam ! Just like that ! Not acceptable.
So I got to looking around, and oddly (stupidly) enough, the first thing that came up for “sugar free breath mints” were all natural, Puremints. So I go to their website and they go on and on, with everything you ever wanted to know, except one thing… no mention of sugar ? So I’m guessing they probably use “all natural pure cane sugar” instead of corn syrup… sounds healthy right ? I sent them a note, asking exactly what they sweeten their mints with. And I told them, I’d rather eat aspartame, than ANY kind of sugar. And that honestly, I’d prefer sucrolose (splenda) if given the choice,
Here’s where it gets interesting, Icebreakers mints, made by the Hershey’s company, advertises on every flavor of mints they sell, “Sugarfree” but they neglect to say what they use for sweetener… I’m assuming they don’t have to tell you, because breath mints are not considered food.
I sent them a note too, and I said it was just out of curiosity, because a little artificial sweetener, was better for my use, than any kind of actual sugar.
Anyway, I’d rather eat a little artificial sweetener, than sugar, just like I’d rather eat non grass fed beef, than bread, or farm raised salmon, vs French fries…
Dirty Keto all the way… but Keto none the less.
