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Another Salad Dressing ?
| Tue, 02-17-2004 - 2:08pm |
It states to have 3 grams or less of sugar. I am the same, and sick of vinagrette dressings. On the light dressings, I noticed on some that the fat is decreased, but the sugar is increased. Is a person better off with more fat and less sugar, or less fat with more sugar? Which is it?

Are you in phase 1?
good luck :-)
geri
Just thought I'd post a Daily Dish on Salad Dressings
Safe Salad Dressings
(Published 8/12/03) What makes store-bought salad dressings South Beach Diet
-friendly? Any commercial dressing with less than 3 grams of sugar per serving is permitted on the South Beach Diet
. Newman's Own, which contains 1 gram of sugar per serving, is a good choice. Caesar and blue cheese dressings are fine, too, as long as no more than 3 grams of sugar have been added.
Be careful of low-fat or non-fat dressings. Many times, low-fat products have more sugar added to enhance flavor that was lost as a result of fat reduction. You should also check the label for hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, which are the "bad" trans-fatty acids that have been found to raise cholesterol levels. Dressings with the "good" fats-particularly olive oil-are fine. Vinegar and oil help to slow digestion and eliminate hunger
Susan :)
That is exactly the answer I was looking for. That is why I was so confused. I noticed on the light dressing(I think ranch) had more sugar but less fat. The regular ranch had more fat but the 3 grams of sugar required. I don't use the whole serving, I just put enough just to give it barely a coat. So I know that I am okay with that.
Isn't it mind boggling to read the labels of all the different dressings--so many of them contain that nasty hydrogenated oil and msg? I have been reading labels for years as my 23 year old daughter is severely allergic to peanuts and beef. I forget how hard it is for her sometimes until she comes to visit and I have to check everything-actually she does, but I try to shop according to what she can eat. Now when we shop it is so much simpler wouldn't you say to just buy the basic things we were meant to eat? I'm in and out of the store in record time. Notice how everything we need to eat is on the outer perimeter of the store? My dh used to manage a grocery store and pointed it out to me years ago.
Well, good luck on your change of eating/life (I don't like to call this a diet because I intend to stay with this for life). "Keeping the faith"...Dawn
Keeping the faith...Dawn