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help / home made candy / breath mints
The members of this group have been very helpful to me in the past,
which is why I came back. Some of you have posted regarding home made candy recipes. I'm seeking a possible recipe for home made breath mints. I have food allergies and cannot use store brand candy anymore. I thought perhaps a strong, home made peppermint would work, but I'd appreciate any ideas the group may have. I'd appreciate any ideas. Thanks. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
Thomas,
If you are using breath mints to try to mask "diet breath" you would do a lot better to eliminate the bad breath problem. For me the solution was surprisingly simple: cut my protein down to only the level my body needed to repair muscle and supply the small amount of additional carbohydrate needed to run my brain. When I did this, bad breath vanished. If the problem is onions and garlic, try using a product called "Breath assure" which are little capsules of parsley oil. If the the problem is gum disease, get effective treatment from a dentist, since it turns out gum disease can lead to significantly elevated blood sugars and defeat weight loss--to say nothing about making it more likely you'll have a heart attack. -- Jenny Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address! New photo: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/jennypics.htm Weight: 168.5/137 Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 - HBa1c 5.2 10/03 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb Diet is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with Diabetes "Thomas Jacobs" wrote in message om... The members of this group have been very helpful to me in the past, which is why I came back. Some of you have posted regarding home made candy recipes. I'm seeking a possible recipe for home made breath mints. I have food allergies and cannot use store brand candy anymore. I thought perhaps a strong, home made peppermint would work, but I'd appreciate any ideas the group may have. I'd appreciate any ideas. Thanks. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
Everything that can be done physiologically has already been done.
I am going to need some kind of breath freshener for social siutations (and Breath Assure isn't a choice for me -- I'm allergic to some of the ingredients in the product). Again, if anyone in the group has ideas for me, I'd be grateful. Thanks. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
Thomas Jacobs wrote:
Everything that can be done physiologically has already been done. I am going to need some kind of breath freshener for social siutations (and Breath Assure isn't a choice for me -- I'm allergic to some of the ingredients in the product). Again, if anyone in the group has ideas for me, I'd be grateful. Thanks. just use whatever sugar-free mints you like. count the calories, count the carbs, get on with your day. it's not that big a deal. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
There's been a misunderstanding, and I'm still hoping that someone in
the group can help me with this. There are NO commercially available breath mints that I can use, because of my allergies. I need to make my own. Here's the problem... I NEED a recipe. Does anyone in the group have a recipe for homemade mints or other candy that might work as a substitute for Certs or Tic Tacs? So far, this is proving to be a tough find. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
Thomas Jacobs wrote:
There's been a misunderstanding, and I'm still hoping that someone in the group can help me with this. There are NO commercially available breath mints that I can use, because of my allergies. I need to make my own. Here's the problem... I NEED a recipe. Does anyone in the group have a recipe for homemade mints or other candy that might work as a substitute for Certs or Tic Tacs? So far, this is proving to be a tough find. i apologize, Thomas. i confused your breath mint quest with someone else's. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
No problem.
If you hear of any recipe ideas, please let me know. Thanks again. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
Thomas Jacobs wrote:
No problem. If you hear of any recipe ideas, please let me know. Thanks again. what is it that you're allergic to? perhaps it would be easier to help you find a recipe if we knew what ingredients you were trying to avoid. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
It might actually be easier to tell what I can use (my allergies are
compliacted. I have no problems with granulated sugar (but I cannot use confectioner's sugar). Milk, flour, natural oils like cinnamon or peppermint are fine, and I have no intolerances to dairy products. If I could just find an old-style recipe for hard candy I could make this work. Unofrtunately, I can seem to find such a recipe (75 years ago, this would have been an easy item to come by). Thanks for your reply. |
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help / home made candy / breath mints
Thomas Jacobs wrote:
It might actually be easier to tell what I can use (my allergies are compliacted. I have no problems with granulated sugar (but I cannot use confectioner's sugar). Milk, flour, natural oils like cinnamon or peppermint are fine, and I have no intolerances to dairy products. If I could just find an old-style recipe for hard candy I could make this work. Unofrtunately, I can seem to find such a recipe (75 years ago, this would have been an easy item to come by). Thanks for your reply. there are some hard candy recipes he http://www.recipesource.com/desserts.../indexall.html but they use corn syrup, and i have to wonder if a corn allergy is the reason you can't use confectioners' sugar. i don't know what you could sub for corn syrup if that's the case, but it's a place to start. you might also try submitting a request to rec.food.recipes. |
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