October 7, 2003    PAGE ONE

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"No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace,                                                    as I have seen in one Autumnal face."                                                                           — John Donne Our Favorite Items from the News! Dieting, Dr. Atkins, and Patti Hearst Peter Costa looks at weight loss through a slightly different perspective. H.J. Heinz to Introduce Low-Carb Ketchup The new "One Carb" ketchup is the latest in a string of variations within Heinz's $1.2 billion ketchup business in recent years. Blimpie Debuts Low-Carb Menu! In addition to low-carb sandwiches and salads, Blimpie will also offer Atkins Crunchers Chips (3 grams of net carbs), a brownie (5 grams of carbs) and Pepsi's SoBe Lean, a low-sugar, low-carb cranberry grapefruit drink. Our product review team features two (2) "Products Of The Month" — one in each issue of our magazine. These products will be the group consensus of those we find to be the most innovative, healthy, tasty, and/or helpful to the low-carber's daily dietary regime. Expert Foods Cake-ability Looking to make a scrumptious Fall or Halloween Cake? The people at Expert Foods are (pardon the pun) experts at innovative ideas for cooking and baking. And with the introduction of their new "Cake-ability", they've hit on another winner. This amazing mix allows you to mix 1/2 cup of their product with your favorite nut flour, eggs, sweetener, and liquid (water, soda, DaVinci, etc), and voila — you have a cake with a texture that very closely resembles commercial cake-mix textures for an exceptionally low carb cake! And if the liquid you use is DaVinci Sugarfree Syrup, you may not need to add the carbs from granulated sweeteners. The package back label contains recipes for a standard (any flavor) cake, a basic chocolate cake, a chocolate torte, banana bread, or muffins. Plus hints and tips for make other flavors and varieties. And guess what? They're all easy and they all work! We've made the cakes with three different nut flours — almond (we used a very fine ground blanched almond flour), which gives the most traditional texture and taste; pecan flour, which gives a rich praline flavor to cakes and is super with spices like cinnamon, cloves, etc.; and with macadamia nut flour, which gave us the most moist results, and a sweet nutty taste. You can always mix your nut flours, too. The possibilities are nearly endless, and they can be made in loaf pans, round pans, cupcakes, etc. Top with flavored whipped cream, cream cheese frostings, etc. Or just cut in squares and eat as a snack cake. A 6-oz pouch makes three 1.5 pound cakes (48 servings!)  I can't imagine not using it in my nut-flour cakes anymore! You can order online from The Low Carb Connoisseur. Carborite's New... Chocolate Covered Peanuts! If you used to like Peanut M&M's, you're in for a treat with Carborite's new Chocolate Covered Peanuts! Click here to order. Looking for Atkins products? We currently have 6 flavors of Advantage Bars in stock, and all 3 of the NEW Atkins Endulge Wafer Crisp bars available! Click here to order Advantage Bars,  or here to order Atkins Endulge Wafer Crisp bars. Joe Bread: With less than 3 grams per slice, you can use Joe Bread to put variety back into your diet! Treat yourself to a sandwich, or a nice juicy cheeseburger using Joe Bread. It's on special right now for $6.79 per loaf! And it is shelf-stable until you open it, so we can ship it to you inexpensively! Order it now! Wouldn't it be nice to have a low carb store in your town? Wouldn't it be nice to have a low carb store in your town? Why not open your own Castus Low Carb Superstore? Find out about franchise opportunities at www.castus.net.

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