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ThinSlim Foods’ Amazing Low Carb Bagels

Just like its other products, ThinSlim Foods has managed to cram low carb, low calorie, and low fat into their delicious bagels.

Most people would say that it cannot be done: make a diet food that satisfies dieters of every sect. But that is exactly what ThinSlim Foods has done in its first offerings of 2012. We wrote in another article about their amazing brownies, muffins, and squares that offer incredibly low carb, low cal, and low fat nutritionals, and now we’re happy to announce ThinSlim Foods Low Carb Bagels.

Diet food companies always make their “delicious low calorie bagel” a centerpiece of their breakfast menu. But rarely do those low calorie diet bagels deliver on taste. The ThinSlim Foods’ Low Carb Bagel is actually just 50 calories — 1/2 the calories of even the “skinniest” low calorie bagels, while still giving you an exceptional taste and texture.

The bagel goes great on low carb as well: at just 8 net grams of carbs per bagel, it is definitely a carb bargain, considering how satisfying they are for breakfast — a perfect alternative to the monotony of eggs and bacon. And if you’re looking to cut fat, the ThinSlim Foods’ Low Carb Bagel has zero grams of fat!

But what’s really reassuring is that the ThinSlim Foods’ low carb bagel isn’t some Frankenstein food that was concocted in a lab to do weird things to your metabolism. It is made in a regular bakery with no strange chemicals — just a medley of flours (organic wheat bran, natural wheat protein isolate, natural oat flour), purified water, sea salt, calcium proprionate (a light preservative), chicory roots, yeast (sorbitan monostearate), and dried onion. You’ll note that there are no “modified” ingredients on this list — and that it is a vegan list as well.

At present, ThinSlim is offering their Low Carb Bagels in a plain variety only. But knowing ThinSlim, they’ll eventually roll out some more flavors down the line. In the meantime, be sure to check these out. We think they will quickly become the leading low carb bagels on the market today.

Thanks for reading our article! Linda’s Diet Delites carries ThinSlim Foods’ Low Carb Bagels! Click here to order today!

Tastykake Sugar Free Cupcakes: A Philly Original For Dieters Worldwide

Philadelphia is known for a lot of things: the birthplace of American independence, a sense of irony for being “The City of Brotherly Love,” and perhaps most of all, a comfort food haven. The famous Philly cheesesteak, hoagies, world-class pizza, and the “black and white” milkshake are all quintessential flavors, as is a long-standing treat: Tastykakes. If you’ve ever been to Philly, you’ve probably had Tastykakes. And once you’ve had them, you realize how special they are. Tastykake offers a wide range of freshly-baked snack cakes — similar to Hostess products, but not nearly as mass produced.

Tastykakes enjoy such a cult following in Philadelphia that Philly expats actually have them shipped out to them wherever they happaned to have relocated. They are that seriously good!

The thing is, if you’re on a diet, Tastykakes are completely off the menu. The recipe for a good Tastykake is plenty of indulgent sugar and mondo carbs — that is, until now!

The Tastykake Sugar Free Cupcakes are a sugar free variant of a classic snack cake design: a decadent chocolate cupcake with a creme middle.

What is so genius about Tastykake Sugar Free Cupcakes is that they manage to give you a moist crumb and chocolately cake, as well as a sweet cream filling with no harsh aftertaste. And at only 5 grams of carbs a serviing, you get a lotta Tastykake for your carb bucks.

Ready to give Tastykake Sugar Free Cupcakes a try? We have them at Linda’s Diet Delites! Take a look!

Fiber Gourmet Half Calorie Crackers – Low Cal & low Carb!

Fiber Gourmet gives you the best of both worlds: a low calorie cracker that also doubles as a low carb snack!

People often figure that their are either low calorie or low carb dieters. But in fact, you can also look to cut calories on a low carb diet and speed up your weight loss even faster. Dr. Atkins himself always admitted that low calorie diets do work — the problem with them is that you’re always starving while you are on them, and being hungry means that the diet is more destined to fail.

That being said, if you can manage your low car diet by taking in less calories, it will only help you lose weight. And Fiber Gourmet Half Calorie Crackers can most definitely help you.

From FiberGourmet, “Our original wheat crackers features half the calories and ten times the fiber of standard crackers. They have a delicate wheat flavor with a hint of honey, and a light dusting of salt. Excellent for dipping, and really small sandwiches.”

Not bad, huh? The combination of light honey flavor with a hint of salt makes for an amazing treat. And considering that they come in three varieties — original, everything, and cinnamon/sugar — there really is something for everyone out there who is on a diet who is craving a crunchy snack.

You’re probably wondering about the nutritionals by this point. Here they are: 10g net carbs per serving, 70 calories per serving, 4g protein, and Diet Count: 1/Diet Count Plus: 2.

Are you ready to try Fiber Gourmet Half Calorie Crackers? We have all three varieties in stock at Linda’s Diet Delites! Take a look!

Moist Muffin Goodness: ThinSlim Foods Low Carb Low Fat Squares

diet snack cake — ThinSlim Foods Low Carb Low Fat Squares

The sweet, moist, dense taste and texture of a freshly-baked muffin now comes in a low calorie, low fat, and low carb square. Is ThinSlim foods’ new square diet heaven?

When it comes to desserts and snacking, tt’s not too often that you can triangulate low carb, low cal, and low fat together with great taste and texture. In an almost mystical new turn, however, ThinSlim has manage to create the ultimate diet dessert with their new squares.

The seemingly nondescript name is in many ways perfectly-suited for these new desserts, since they really cannot be co-opted by any one school of diet: the low carbers will love them because each one is just 2 grams of net carbs. The low cal people will be blown away by the fact that they are only 40 calories each. And low fat gurus will appreciate the mere 1 gram of fat per serving.

But all dieters will appreciate their taste.

Snack cake manufacturers like Hostess, Little Debbie, Bimbo, and even the Philly-based Tastykake have all dreamed of crafting a diet square like this. All of them have tried, but the taste and texture never live up to expectation. ThinSlim’s new square, however, seems to capture everything you’d want in a diet snack cake while still preserving the fundamentals of whatever diet you subscribe to.

Currently, the ThinSlim squares come in three flavors, almond, banana, and peanut butter. They are most definitely worth a try, and are 100% guaranteed by ThinSlim not to raise blood glucose levels, citing that all of the nutritionals have been lab tested and verified.

Take a look at Linda’s Diet Delites’ selection of ThinSlim squares here!

Low Carb Snack: Beef & Meat Sticks

There is something inescapingly funny about the term “meat stick.” Lewd notions aside, there is something primal about the idea of “meat on a stick,” as it conjures up early man gnawing a fire-charred leg ‘o beast. Interestingly enough, primal diets — which are essentially Atkins-esque — are becoming evermore popular, and as a result, these new “primal dieters” are in search of new, tasty ways to get their meat on.

While the classic Slim Jim has led the way in terms of meat snacks for decades, healthy dieters are looking for a meat-based low carb snack that is a bit more dialed in to their “primal” sensitivities. Enter these new meat sticks:

First up is the Sci-Fit Fat Free Beef Stix, which essentially offers a higher-quality alternative to the Slim Jim. The Sci-Fit Fat Free Beef Stix come in both Teriyaki and Black Pepper varieties, are truly fat free and low carb — each stick is just 1 gram of carbs. In addition, the ingredients list thankfully doesn’t include any MSG, a common ingredient in Slim Jims and other mass produced meat sticks.

Ostrim also makes a nice Natural Beef Snack as well. Theirs is a high-protein meat stick that are very low in fat and USDA inspected, guaranteeing a true and correct nutritional profile of quality and wholesomeness. Their ingredients are very readable, including just Beef, Water, Sea Salt, Corn Starch, Natural Spices, Turbinado Sugar, Dehydrated Garlic, Natural Flavorings (Celery Powder), and Lactic Acid Starter Culture. Ostrim offers several great flavors, such as its original flavor, spicy pepper, and teriyaki.

If you want to take a walk on the wild side and try a meat stick that is not beef, then how about ostrich? Ostrim Meat Sticks are incredible great-tasting ostrich meat sticks, and offer the same level of nutrition and low carb snacking goodness. The Ostrim MEat Sticks comes in a variety of great flavors as well, such as barbeque, natural, pepper, and teriyaki.

Ready to order some of these tasty beef and meat sticks for a low carb snack? Linda’s Diet Delites carry all of them! Take a look at the Sci-Fit Fat Free Beef Stix, Ostrim Natural Beef Snack, and Ostrim Meat Sticks today!

That’s a Lot of High Protein P’s: Power Pak Pudding & Pure Protein Gelatin Protein Snack

Power Pak Pudding & Pure Protein Gelatin Protein Snack — heavy of taste, protein, and the letter “P.”

If you peek around the pudding and Jello section of your supermarket, you’re bound to notice that a vast majority of pudding and Jello snacks on the market today are sugar free. That being said, none of them are really tailored for low carb or gluten free dieters — they are really designed for low calories dieters. If you are looking for pudding or gelatin that is custom-tailored for low carb or gluten free diets, then you’ve come to the right place.

We recently added two new dessert products at Linda’s Diet Delites: MHP Power Pak Pudding and Pure Protein Gelatin Protein Snack. Once you get past all of the Ps in those two product names, you begin to recognize how these two desserts make perfect snacks for even the strictest dieter.

MHP Power Pak Pudding is a really interesting product, in that it offers a truly high-protein, low carb, low cal option. It has a whopping 30 grams of protein, only 190 calories and zero sugar. And because it tastes so good, Power Pak Pudding really is one of the most satisfying low carb healthy snacks that we’ve come across in a long while.

It also has no sugar alcohols, which is nice.

If you’re looking for a zanier low carb snack, we have the low carb solution to Jello. Pure Protein Gelatin Protein Snack is as fun and tasty as Jello, but with much better nutritionals for the low carb dieter. Pure Protein is unique is that it offers a lot of protein in a snack that you don’t usually associate with protein: 23 grams to be exact, plus only 1% DV of carbs for low carb lifestyles. The best part is that, in spite of having NO added sugar and NO aspartame, it still tastes great!

Pure Protein Gelatin Protein Snacks come in three packs, and are offered in two flavors: tropical punch and cherry.

Pudding and Jello are two desserts that low carb dieters often assume have to be left off of the menu. But these two new products allow you to enjoy a satisfying snack without the guilt of breaking your low carb diet.

Interested in purchasing these products? Linda’s Diet Delites carry them both! Be sure to check out Power Pak Pudding & Pure Protein Gelatin Protein Snack on our website now!

Oreos? Meringues? Sugar Free Cookies That Will Surprise You

Think that because you’re on a low carb or sugar free diet that your most favorite cookies are off limits? Think again! Take a look at these two new sugar free cookie varieties that are really familiar and tasty.

When I was a kid I remember my first foray into tasting a diet cookie. Because my Mother suffered from hypoglycemia, she was basically on a sugar free diet back when the mainstream population knew about Atkins and low carb dieting. The cookies that she bought were devoid of taste and goodness — it was like eating a piece of particle board.

In spite of the fact that low carb and sugar free foods have made tremendous strides over the past thirty years, many low carb and sugar free cookies on the market today still fail to deliver on anything that even approximates the taste and texture of a real cookie. Often times, what you get in its place is dense, brittle, and lacking in sweetness.

Fortunately for the low carb dieter, some new sugar free cookies have come onto the market that have really revolutionized the sugar free cookie scene, and is bound to grab peoples’ attention.

First up are the new sugar free Oreos. Yes, you are reading that correctly: Nabisco has jumped into the sugar free cookie scene with a sugar free version of perhaps the most iconic cookie in America. These Oreos are surprisingly close to the original, and they give you that same combination of dark chocolate cookie with cream filling — a perfect balance of “wet” and “dry” textures with an amazing taste. This is comfort dessert snacking at it best, and at just 6 grams of net carbs for two cookies, it can be a really satisfying treat after a meal.

Plenty of low carb and sugar free food manufacturers have sought to replicate the Oreo, but none have done it as successfully as Nabisco itself. You really gotta try these!

Of course, if you want to go in a completely opposite direction to the Oreo, there is also a new sugar free cookie brand to check out — Miss Meringue Sugar Free Mini Meringues. Meringue cookies have always been a good low carb and sugar free option for dieters, since they are essentially made mostly out of egg whites and air. Because of their airy texture, the sugar used is more suspended, meaning that the aftertaste effect is lessened when using articifical sweeteners.

Miss Meringue Sugar Free Mini Meringues benefit from these facts, and these cookies offer a great sugar free cookie option. They come in both chocolate and vanilla, and a serving of 25 mini cookies are zero carbs!

If you’re ready to get your cookie on, these two new sugar free cookies are the perfect choice.

Thank you for reading our article! Ready to pick up some sugar free Oreos or Miss Meringue Sugar Free Mini Meringues? We’ve got ’em both at Linda’s Diet Delites. Take a look!

Three Bakers Gluten Free Bread

Looking for gluten free bread? Three Bakers Gluten Free bread comes in just about every shape, style, and configuration you can imagine, offering a great taste and texture for the gluten free dieter.

Early attempts at low carb and gluten free breads were pretty hit and miss, with many early adopters of these breads resorting to toasting these breads to a virtual crisp in order to make them palatable. With this in mind, the gluten free dieter has to feel encourage by Three Bakers’ bold proclamation about their gluten free bread: “The staple bread for every Gluten Free household. No need to toast to enjoy!”

Three Bakers gluten free bread is a full product line that is designed to completely replace all of your bread needs, without sacrificing taste or texture. Their 20 oz. gluten free bread loaves are 100% all natural, and are an excellent source of fiber, with 5 grams per serving. They also contain no soy or dairy, (but they are made using eggs).

Their three gluten free bread loaf varies come in white, whole grain rye, and perhaps one of the more interesting bread varieties that we’ve come across lately: “7 ancient grains.” To be sure, 5- and 7-grain bread has become popular over the years. But Three Bakers has taken the 7-grain approach to a new level, crafting it “from 7 ancient whole grains: Amaranth, Hemp, Quinoa, Teff, Sorghum, Flax & Millet.” Quinoa, in particular, is becoming increasingly popular in diet and nutrition circles for a variety of health benefits.

Even better is that Three Bakers offers more than just gluten free bread loaves — they are also doing hot dog and hamburger buns and even hoagie rolls.

If you are looking for a reliable gluten free bread line that can replace all of your bread needs without sacrificing on quality and taste, Three Bakers gluten free bread is definitely worth a try.

Looking for Three Bakers gluten free breads online? We carry Three Bakers gluten free loaves, hot dog buns, hamburger buns, and hoagie rolls. Take a look at our complete selection and order today!

Easy To Make CarLO CARBiano Low Carb Pizzas — Perfect For Lunch!

Lunch can be a tricky meal n a low carb diet. Fortunately, CarLO CARBiano Low Carb Pizzas are a tasty, satisfying, easy, low carb solution for a quick lunch anytime!

Last week, we outlined a solution for assembling an incredibly tasty low carb pizza in another blog article. If you love coming up with low carb solutions to typically high carb dishes, then you should find it reassuring to know that all of the ingredients needed to make a tasty low carb pizza are available on the market today.

But what if you cannot be bothered to prepare a low carb pizza from scratch?

That’s where CarLO CARBiano Low Carb Pizzas come in. While CarLO CARBiano makes a variety of tasty Low Carb Pizza crusts, they also make ready-to-eat low carb frozen pizzas as well. And like their crusts, they offer three wonderful varieties: four cheese, pepperoni, and Mexican style.

In spite of the fact that CarLO CARBiano Low Carb Pizzas are packed with flavor, they are also ideal for the low carb dieter as well. At 4g of net carbs per serving, you really can’t beat it as a quick, tasty lunch option. CarLO CARBiano accomplishes this by way of packing its low carb pizzas with plenty of fiber to offset the carb count.

It’s a perfect combination of taste and net carbs!

Thanks for reading our article! Did you know that Linda’s Diet Delites now carries CarLO CARBiano low carb pizzas? Take a look!

Fettuccine Miracle Noodles: Low Carb Pasta Bliss!

Miracle Noodles Fettucini -- low carb pasta — Miracle Noodles Fettucini

Anyone on a low carb diet knows that pasta is a no-no, and many of the low carb pastas so so unpalatable that they just aren’t worth it. But these Fettuccine Miracle Noodles have an amazing texture and are zero carbs!

Miracle Noodles doesn’t use the term “miracle” lightly; their low carb pasta products are miraculously delicious, especially given the fact that they have zero net carbs! In addition to being zero carb, they are also zero calorie and zero glycemic index — made only from naturally water soluble fiber called Glucomannan, with no fat, sugar, or starch.

In addition to being incredibly diet-friendly — have shown beneficial effects backed by medical studies for Type II Diabetes, Constipation, Obesity, and Cholesterol — they are quite tasty and easily absorb the flavors of any soup, dish, or sauce. And because they are are instant and come in a variety of styles, you can eat them for lunch or dinner.

While we are featuring the fettuccine Miracle Noodles in this article, we also carry other varieties of Miracle Noodles low carb pasta products as well, such as angel hair and black angel hair. Take a look!