Question for Tea Drinkers -

[Anakinweb]

For the past several weeks, I have been drinking Tea which
is actually:

Diet Green Tea with Ginseng

Nutritionwise this is about 0 down the line including No
Carbs, No Sugar.

It is sweetened by Honey and is really very tasty. The cost is
about $2.50 per gallon which usually lasts me 2 to 3 days.

I have a few questions:

1. If there is no Sugars, No Carbs, why would the jug
specifically say, "Not for use by Diabetics without
advice of a physician?" Is there a danger in diabetics
eating honey?

2. Is buying Unsweetened tea in a jar just as tasty? Or will
it taste too unsweetened?

[Wsm311]

>Nutritionwise this is about 0 down the line including No
>Carbs, No Sugar.
>
>It is sweetened by Honey and is really very tasty. The cost
>is about $2.50 per gallon which usually lasts me 2 to 3 days.
>
>I have a few questions:
>
>1. If there is no Sugars, No Carbs, why would the jug
> specifically say, "Not for use by Diabetics without advice
> of a physician?" Is there a danger in diabetics eating
> honey?
>
If it has honey, it has carbs. Honey is sugar.

In the US, I believe labels can get away with saying no carbs
if it's under 5 grams/serving.

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[Julie Bove]

"Anakinweb" <anakinweb@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021118073807.01332.00002318@mb-mu.aol.com...
> For the past several weeks, I have been drinking Tea which
> is actually:
>
> Diet Green Tea with Ginseng
>
> Nutritionwise this is about 0 down the line including No
> Carbs, No Sugar.
>
> It is sweetened by Honey and is really very tasty.

How can it have no carbs if it is sweetened with honey? Honey
is a carb!

> The cost is about $2.50 per gallon which usually lasts me 2
> to 3 days.
>
> I have a few questions:
>
> 1. If there is no Sugars, No Carbs, why would the jug
> specifically say,
"Not
> for use by Diabetics without advice of a physician?" Is
> there a danger in diabetics eating honey?

Honey is a carb.
>
> 2. Is buying Unsweetened tea in a jar just as tasty? Or will
> it taste too unsweetened?

That depends on what you like. I've always used unsweetened
tea. I hate sweet drinks.

--
Type 2 http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/ Julie Bove, posting
from new account

[Andrea]

In article <20021118083146.29397.00000053@mb-fb.aol.com>,
wsm311@aol.comnolard (WSM311) wrote:
>In the US, I believe labels can get away with saying no carbs
>if it's under 5 grams/serving.

No carbs if it's under 0.5 grams per serving. You're off by a
factor of 10.

I don't see how something sweetened with honey could have no
calories and no carbs. And I wonder what else is in there if
it says it's not for use by diabetics. It would be interesting
to see the complete label.

As far as the original question about unsweetened tea, why
don't you try it and see what you think. I don't use sweetener
in my tea and I like it that way, but if you're used to
sweetened tea it's going to taste different. The other choice
is to make unsweetened tea and add your own artificial
sweetener until it's the way you like it.

[Dea Jarret]

It could also be the Ginseng. I don't know of any specific
problems with Diabetes and Ginseng, but it does increase
bloodflow to the body...maybe.

[Anakinweb]

> How can it have no carbs if it is sweetened with honey?
> Honey is a carb! <

Probably because the label says:

"Contains a small amount of orange honey"

Keep in mind, I said this was a gallon jug.

The nutrition guide is for serving size 8 fl oz.

So the carb level is probably so low that it is less than a
gram, which is considered to be zero.

There is no calories, no fat, no carbs, and no sugar and the
taste is great cold or hot and is a great source for energy.

You can search the net for:

Arizona Diet Green Tea with Ginseng

and all the webs will basically tell you the same info on it.

If you want to see it or try it for yourself, I get mine at
our Super Wal-Mart. Other stores may also have it.

Here's what it looks like (3rd jug):
http://www.arizonabev.com/csr/otherpackages.htm

The non-diet teas they have on the store shelves next to
them all have calories, carbs, sugars, etc but not the
diet version.

You can read what some of the drinkers say about it at:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/product-detail.pht-
ml?pid=393

[Andrea]

In article <20021120012040.16142.00001533@mb-dh.aol.com>,
jmmbear@aol.com (Jmmbear) wrote:
>In article
><3f8C9.4890$%32.454507@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
>andrea@spamtrap.dm.net (Andrea) writes:
>
>>
>>No carbs if it's under 0.5 grams per serving. You're off by
>>a factor of 10.
>>
>
>They can say no carbs if it is under .9 grams of carbs.

Not quite. If the food is under .5 grams they can call it
0. If it's more than that they have to say <1 gram. See 21
CFR 101.9:

(6) "Carbohydrate, total" or "Total carbohydrate": A statement
of the number of grams of total carbohydrate in a serving
expressed to the nearest gram, except that if a serving
contains less than 1 gram, the statement "contains less
than 1 gram" or "less than 1 gram" may be used as an
alternative, or if a serving contains less than 0.5 gram,
the content may be expressed as zero.

[Wes Grolea]

Andrea wrote:
> Not quite. If the food is under .5 grams they can call it
> 0. If it's more than that they have to say <1 gram. See 21
> CFR 101.9:

As I pointed out a week or two back, each packet of "Sweet 'n
Low" contains more than 0.9 grams of "nutritive dextrose"
(sneaky name for sugar), which is almost four calories, and
yet they get away with saying

Calories 0, .... Sugars Less than 1g, ....

Again, I'm not saying it's a major problem for diabetics
(except the ones that use five packets per cup), just that it
is deceptive, and probably deliberately deceptive.

[Andrea]

In article <20021120151923.12309.00001758@mb-fo.aol.com>,
jmmbear@aol.com (Jmmbear) wrote:
>It may be that they are supposed to say it, but they dont.
>Point in fact. Splenda. It is aprox .8 gr and they say 0.
>They are just one of many.

If you come across things like that, you should bring it to
the attention of the FDA. They do crack down on companies that
violate the labeling regulations, as well they should!

[Lam]

why not try some authentic chinese tea leaves or japanese
green tea leaves instead ?

easy to prepare and stores much better,

just take a pinch of tea leaves, put in a cup, add hot
water, let it soak for say 1 - 2 minutes and wa-lah, your
drink is ready

guaranteed no sugar !!

my fav chinese tea would be tie guan ing ( hope i got that
right ) pu'er ...

chrysantimum tea is nice too

Lam