These crispy crackers are high in fiber and low in carbs. In fact, if you can believe the nutrition information on the package, these have 0 net carbs!

Ingredients are unprocessed wheat bran, rye flour, and salt.

3 gms of carbs and 3 gms fiber, and 16 calories.

Dr. Richard Bernstein recommends bran crackers in his book, The Diabetes Diet. He says you can crumble them in a bowl and add some cream mixed with water, sweetened if you like, for a bran cereal. Of course, now we have Calorie Countdown milk and almond milk we can use instead of cream. Dr. Bernstein also recommends deducting only half the fiber, considering the rest as carbs for blood sugar control. And, he also says that the crackers should always be eaten with some sort of liquid, and he doesn't recommend them for people with gastroparesis (delayed stomach emptying.)

We keep these handy in an old RyKrisp canister, and they last a long time. (We don't eat them very often). My husband likes to break them in pieces, top them with shredded cheese and jalapeno slices and nuke the batch for nachos. (I used to do this with Triscuit when I had a severe corn allergy and really wanted nachos, and these bran crackers are a reasonable low carb substitute.)

Fat free, cholesterol free, low sodium, a great vehicle for all kinds of toppings.

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Nita

Yes, I use the GG Scandanavian Crispbreads myself.

As Dr. Bernstein suggests, I count them half fiber & half carbs.

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I love these...I used to miss crackers until I found them.

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Donna
238.5/165/150
I will see my goal weight again!

so what all do you guys do with these? i will try the nachos thing... i got some, and so far, i haven't been exactly entrhalled. but i was never a triscuit fan, either. sort like eating fused staw or something....har!

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I like them with cream cheese, and sometimes I add a tsp of sf preserves with the cream cheese. I've even eaten them buttered to eat along with a meal. I usually limit myself to 2 at a time. They aren't the tastiest things, but are a good vehicle for other stuff. Or when you need something crunchy to chew on, or if you "need" some fiber.

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Nita

I'll have to try these. I've been using Ryvita or Ak-mak crackers, usually swiped with a nut butter and a slice of cheese or even as a base for mayo, deli meat and cheese. Nita's right, these are vehicles for the most part, but gives the illusion of having a cracker/bread product.

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BC
LC Since 1998
Highest Weight 172
Current 104-108

I've used them for a few years. While not my favorite, they are an acceptable cracker substitute. The are best with toppings. They definitely have that bran mouth feel.

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Ozzie's Place

I like to take one and slather it with mayo, sprinkle with sesame seeds and pile on some ham & cheese.

Also, if you want a bunch of crackers to put out - this takes prep - break them in quarters, brush them with egg white and sprinkle all kinds of good stuff on them - like sesame seeds, coarse sea salt, herbs, garlic powder, etc. Then put them in a low oven for a while till the egg white dries out and glues the topping to the cracker.

'course I was always a triscuit fan in the olden days, so I like a cracker that fights back a little.

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where to you purchase yours

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the only place i've seen them is netrition, linked above in maggie's post. the other likely place to look for something like that would be local health food stores, however. i'm too lazy to run around town looking for this stuff myself, so i tend to buy online.

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thanks goddess.

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another use for these: as a replacement for bread crumbs in meatloaf. i tried that in my meatloaf last night, and it worked great!

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Cool.

So did you smash them up or soak them in liquid before adding them to the meat?

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i put them in a heavy duty baggie and crunched 'em into smaller bits and just mixed them in...

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Thanks, Dixie.

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