Did I Make a Mistake?

[JDJD2004]

After a dinner of bacon and scrambled eggs, DH and I got a hankering for something sweet. Picked up some LC cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. Supposed to be 11 net carbs. I ate half a slice and it was delicious! But now I'm feeling a little bit headachy and unwell. Coincidence? Or is there some rotten ingredient I should have known about?

[Nancy LC]

Was the crust made with wheat?

[CarolynC]

There is a significant amount of sugar alcohols in the cheesecake. The Cheesecake Factory website says net carbs are 11 g but total carbs are 37 g. See:

http://www.cheesecakefactorynutrition.com/restaurant-item.php?rid=58&mid=2216

There are 0 g fiber, so the other 26 g must be sugar alcohols, which can upset the digestive system.

[JDJD2004]

Thanks. The crust was walnuts mixed with graham from what I can tell. Up a pound this AM. :(

[Elizellen]

Maybe you reacted to either the walnuts or more likely the wheat in the graham crackers?

[Nancy LC]

Probably a gluten reaction, is my guess.

[Maerow]

Gluten for sure, ALWAYS puts water weight pounds on me, no matter what. Good indicator that the restaurant sneaked some wheat carbs into you when even if you are good you find yourself up the next day. Hazard of eating out, but it will drop off pretty quick. Restaurants will sneak wheat into EVERYTHING, I swear.

[Glendora]

Restaurants also don't tend to worry too much about cross-contamination, so even a recipe that doesn't have any wheat in it could have picked up a crumb or two on the cutting board or the serving utensils.

In this case, though, since the crust was mixed with graham, you don't have to wonder, you know there was wheat in it. I am so sorry... :( I think you're stuck with the rest of us who really just don't tolerate grains very happily!

Meh, next time you can make your own gorgeous cheesecake and make an almond crust, I've done that and it's to die for.

[JDJD2004]

Yes. No more relying on restaurants. I will make my own and know EXACTLY what is in it. And not pay $7 a slice!! :lol:

I am reminded of the short term thinking/long term thinking thread as I think about my negative reaction to grains and gluten. You know you've hit the "long term" status when you recognize that you must forsake the grains for comfort, and the weight loss is just a happy side effect.

[KristyRusi]

NEVER trust "sugar free" desserts from anywhere other than your own kitchen. I found out (though i didn't eat them to begin with) that every place like golden coral, ryans or any such buffet including the nice fancy casino hotel buffets use the bags of stevia or splenda to make them, that alone increases most of them by around 24 carbs (as that is what is in a cup of those "powdered" sweeteners) and i'm sure they probably use more than a cup. But in Biloxi they actually had the nutritional facts sheet on the wall 1 slice of their "sugar free" cheese cake had 32 carbs. I about fell out. how on earth is that "sugar free", even for a diabetic they have to basically count carbs, and that is far too much. I don't know why they don't use liquid sweetener or raw sweetener, it's cheaper and has no carbs.. just crazy. Besides, to me most of those taste like garbage, they are WAY to sweet when you don't eat sweet things. But thats my opp.

[WereBear]

I'm so sensitive to Sweet I use less than half of the sweeteners the recipe calls for, and I'm sticking with things like stevia and erythritol even then.

Most of the time, Sugar Free is NOT low carb; it's a scam to keep people buying dessert.

[JDJD2004]

Agree with the "sugar free" thing. Most of them are full of wheat flour and other insulin spikers. But, the Cheesecake Factory markets their cheesecake specifically as "low carb." I think there should be a heightened accountabilty when using that moniker, but it seems quite a few places through that term around loosely.

[FREE2BEME]

They sell a jello here that is marketed for the minority of low carbers here. It's called "zero", like the diet coke and pepsi here. If it's low carb, it's marketed as "Zero". Anyway, I bought it and didn't even look on the label because of the name. Turns out it had 16 carbs. It's a lot lower than the regular, but not what I would call "zero"!

[Glendora]

Agree with the "sugar free" thing. Most of them are full of wheat flour and other insulin spikers. But, the Cheesecake Factory markets their cheesecake specifically as "low carb." I think there should be a heightened accountabilty when using that moniker, but it seems quite a few places through that term around loosely.

Ugh. I have noticed this so much in restaurants. Marketing something as "low carb" when it just means they didn't use real sugar, so they saved on the from-actual-added-white-sugar carbs. Stinks to have to be on the alert all the time but as you say about accountability, until that happens (if it does) we really have to figure it all out for ourselves...

Anyway, I doubt that one piece of cheesecake derailed you, and I don't blame you for making the mistake, I have done it myself. We are too trusting. :lol: Time to get tough. (inflating shoulders and making "grr" sound)