Regular pancakes and waffles are out for me since my angioplasty because the nutrition nazi I saw told me nothing with white flour. Salt content also is high in such offerings. But I can have the occasional whole wheat offering, especially if I buy low-fat, low-salt pre-made ones like Van’s whole wheat lite variety.
Butter is out too, but I can go with sugar-free syrup for some flavor. If you go the sugar-free route too, do read the labels. Salt content can vary tremendously in such offerings. I have found Cary’s sugar-free the best choice at home. It has 115 mgs of sodium per quarter cup, which is two ounces. A Jewel store brand lite version, in comparison, has 180 mgs of salt.
Hungary Jack sugar-free syrup has 160 mgs of sodium in a quarter cup. And a variety I’ve been served in restaurants called Maple Maid has 150 mgs of sodium per quarter cup.
Pure maple syrup, by the way, has only 5 mgs of sodium per quarter cup but it has 50 grams of sugar, so anyone who needs to be on a low-sugar diet should avoid that like the plague, sorry.
John
I found one in B.C. Canada that is just 30 calories and 75 mg sodium and 7 carbs and 6 sugars in 3 tbsp. Not sure how that compares to 1/4 cup. If yours is totally sugar free what is it sweetened with?
4 tablespoons equal a quarter cup in U.S. volume measure. I think the sweetener used in Splenda
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From: The No Salt, No Fat, No Sugar Journal [mailto:comment-reply@wordpress.com] Sent: February-17-15 6:06 AM To: snerle@shaw.ca Subject: [New post] Sugar-free syrups are not all the same, check the salt
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