"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "ViLco" >
> wrote:
>
>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>
>> >> So while I was thinking that they sausage gravy over sausage might
>> >> make a nice lower carb meal, now I'm thinking not.
>>
>> > Not even. The gravy is half flour. It is not at all low carb.
>>
>> One could reduce the carbs by using starch instead of flour, it works
>> wonderfully with custard. I never tried it on gravy but why shouldn't it
>> work?
>
> Flour is a starch, that's why it's used. And most starches are up to
> 100% carbs.


Very high glycemic index carbs. They turn into glucose in the stomach
almost immediately upon ingestion.