I find it amusing that I tested “cultured dairy product” today. Most folks just call it Carbmaster “yogurt”, but I suppose that’s inaccurate.
Here’s the nutrient profile for one tub of Carbmaster White Chocolate Raspberry “yogurt”:
- 60 calories
- 1.5 grams of fat
- 4 grams of total carbohydrate
- 0 grams of dietary fiber
- 8 grams of protein
My entire family likes to use this product at breakfast or as “dessert”. Kroger sells maybe 20 or 30 flavors of this product, and almost all of them taste great. They also seem to have pretty similar nutrient profiles, so I won’t be testing multiple Carbmaster flavors in this series of experiments.
Like I’ve done previously, I checked my blood sugar before consuming the “yogurt” (at 9:50 AM.) Using my ReliOn Prime meter, I got a reading of 92 mg/dL. After eating the yogurt, my readings were as follows:
- 10:30 AM — 102 mg/dL
- 11:00 AM — 105 mg/dL
- 11:30 AM — 104 mg/dL
- 12:00 PM — 96 mg/dL
No, I don’t enjoy torturing myself. I wasn’t able to start the test ’til I got home from an errand that couldn’t be avoided. (My daughter had an unfortunately run-in with a crock pot. Luckily, her foot isn’t broken, but we had to get her to the doc and get x-rays.)
I found it interesting that today’s test looked pretty similar to yesterday’s test even though the Dannon yogurt has twice the carbs (but no fat.) The pattern was nearly identical, and I wonder if the point differences could be explained by a standard error.
Tomorrow, I plan to test one of my favorite Paleo treats — a Larabar. These bars are NOT low-carb (they’re made of nothing but dried fruit and various nuts and seeds), but I’m curious to see how a REAL food bar impacts my blood sugar compared to the Millville (or Atkins) bars that are merely “food-like”. It’ll be interesting to see how the whole thing turns out.
Stay tuned!