A diet QQ

[rowanf]

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I'd post this to Fatsecret but the site has been down for hours. *sigh* And I want to capture the numbers somewhere.

Funny how challenges come when you least expect them. A co-worker brought me some Chinese preserved plums with licorice as a thank you for some work I did for him. These plums are *really* hard to find in the US. I REALLY love them. These are usually a once-a-year treat when a different co-worker's family sends them from China for Chinese New Year.

But (a) they are plums and (b) they have sugar added. I have no idea how many carbs because Chinese labeling laws are different. The package says:

Chan Pui Mui (Preserved Plum)
Plum (85%)
orange peel (6%)
sugar (5%)
licorice (3%)
salt (1%)

14oz of them are sitting on my desk calling to me. 14oz all to myself instead of one or two the other co-worker would share because he knows I love them. QQ

/me resorts to googling "Chan Pui Mui nutrition"

Hmm. Asianfoodgrocer.com thinks 26g of carbs for 7 pieces. Or about 4g each. The Asian grocer picture is even the exact same bag. Hmm. If I plan ahead I could do one. But would it start up carb cravings? That is the question.

Comments

[psybelle.livejournal.com]

Can you eat one with food that has protein and fat, and dampen insulin swings that way?

(operating off the assumption that carb cravings are a combination of reaction to blood-sugar swings and habit, which may not be the mechanism at all...)

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

That is a good question. I haven't actually experience "carb cravings" but I haven't had anything with sugar since April. I am never sure how much of this stuff about cravings is magical thinking and how much is real. But that sounds like a good idea, having it as "dessert" after a good legal meal.