One of the advantages of having diabetes is the chance to try all sorts of different, new, and exciting foods. Maybe you haven’t experienced that yet, but people all over the country keep sending me diabetes-friendly products to try.Most of them are healthy and tasty. Anyway, none of them have po...
NexGen Muffins and Eating Right For Diabetes
5/ 1/07 5:19pm
The muffins sound great EXCEPT they are using "sucralose" which I can tell you many many people have had bad experience with it.
Unfortunately, they can't use a much safer product STEVIA, because of our FDA restrictions. It has been used safely in Asia and other countries for over 25 years.
5/ 1/07 5:49pm
5/ 2/07 9:32am
5/ 3/07 8:19am
I too, am trying to figure out how to make these muffins.
I have done some checking and believe that the fibre they use might be Microcrystalline cellulose , which might be only available to commercial bakeries. In the meantime, I will continue to use Oat Fibre , as the main ingredient in my recipe.For a sweetener I would definitely choose Agave or Chicory Syrup not Sucralose.
5/ 3/07 8:31am
Hello,
David asked me to make an appearance to help answer any questions or participate in any discussion that may pertain to "Making Better Muffins".
Please keep in mind that if you visit our website, you can see what an actual muffin looks like, www.nexgenfoods.com.
A few of you have asked for the recipe. The recipe is patent pending and therefore I cannot provide you with this information.
We may be able to work with stores in your area and have been trying to work out shipping with countries outside the US, if you contact us, we will try to get them to you ASAP.
I would also like to thank David for all his time and effort creating this website and for helping so many people.
I believe our goals are very similiar to his in that we are trying to help people who have diabetes improve quality of life. This is the reason we contacted him about our "Super" Nexgen muffins.
I call them "Super" because they help contribute to good health and quality of life not only because they do not increase blood sugar but they help alleviate constipation, help to control appetite and are wheat free. I know this because we have used the muffins in our practice for the last 6 months. The bonus is the high calcium content (1000 mg).
Because these muffins are created from fiber (24 grams) and have minimal or no effect on blood sugar/insulin any health parameter that has been linked to high insulin levels would benefit, ie heart disease and cholesterol, certain cancers...we would certainly like to have research done in all these areas so that we would be able to support this theory.
NeXgen muffins do not contain:
trans fats or partially hydrogenated oils, modified food starches , wheat gluten, GMOs, soy flour, sugar alcohols, chemical preservatives, artificial colors, food additives, high fructose corn syrup
The recipe was created by my husband and his partner, who is also a patient at the Center for Balanced Health. He wanted to consume foods, like muffins, cake, pasta...but realized that these foods were no good for his health or for his weight.
So for over 4 years they have worked on creating the NeXgen product line. We are still working on the pita, pizza and others. With all the years of experience we have put together, I do not think we could have ever been prepared for the intricacies of bringing a food to market. It is more difficult than you can ever imagine.
However, we continue to try to improve the recipes everyday. So we appreciate everyones feedback. I will ask you what I asked David, if you try the muffins please give us feedback on blood sugar, appetite and anything else you may associate with eating the product.
Some people have said the product made them a little nauseous. If you are not used to eating this amount of fiber or you are constipated, you may experience this. If this happens, we suggest eating half a muffin until your body gets used to eating adequate amounts of fiber.
Currently, our muffin is 4 oz. which is twice the size of the conventional serving size. We are considering reducing the size to a 2 oz. serving. and this will also decrease the price.
You should know that the amount of sucralose in one muffin is .02% by weight. I'm not sure, someone may be able to tell me, that we legally have to disclose that there is sucralose if it is such a small amount but we choose to because the consumer is important to us.
We want to add to the reputable brands on the market today. As healthcare professionals we have an ethical responsibility that will not be pushed aside and most importantly we are consumers too!
Another concern that some of you may have is the use canola oil. Canola oil is not used in the recipe itself but is used to prevent the muffins from sticking to the mold. The muffins are cooked at what I believe to be low temperature, 375 degrees F.
From what I know about products on the market today, there is nothing like it.
I'd be happy to discuss this with you further.
In good health,
Valerie Berkowitz, MS, RD, CDE
Director of Nutrition
Center for Balanced Health
5/ 4/07 9:52am
4/25/09 4:31pm
I haven't tried NexGen muffins. It looks like they stopped selling them though. I find that Miracle Muffins http://www.miraclemuffins.com makes a great muffin mix that is easy to make. You get the mix, add water, mix and bake! They come in two version of sweetener: sucralose or xylitol. They also come in 7 flavors - banana, blueberry, black cherry, chocolate black cherry, chai spice black tea, cinnamon green tea and gingerbread. They cost about 83 cents/muffin. They contain no sugar, no flour, no salt, no hydrogenated oils (only 3 grams of fat from sunflower and flax seeds), no food colors and no preservatives. And, they freeze really well. So, if you bake a dozen muffins, you can freeze some of them and then heat them up in the microwave when you are in the mood for a healthy muffin.
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