Pickle Juice

[Discolemonade]

I can't find anything on fitday about pickle juice. I LOVE pickle juice and have been known to drink a cup of it to stave off cravings. The pickle jar doesn't list any bad ingredients. I know that mostly goes for the pickles themselves though. Anyone know what the numbers for pickle juice are? Is this a BAD habit of mine? Any advice appreciated!

[Hopeful1]

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I think pickle juice has a ton of salt/sodium in it, right?

[PaulaMM]

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You aren't related to my husband are you?

I think the only carbs that would be in the juice would be from the vinegar, but I'm not positive. I'm not sure what the water:vinegar ratio is, either. Perhaps if you could find a recipe and figure out how much vinegar is used for each batch, you can get some kind of carb count. I'm afraid a cup might be quite a few carbs, but you never know.

My MIL was a school cafeteria manager for eons and she told me of how they used to freeze dill pickle juice in cups and sell it to the kids. The kids ate it with a spoon. She said they LOVED it.

Since you love pickle juice so much, maybe you could try that. You could be satisfied with less and get a funky dessert, to boot. If nothing else, it will be a cool way to gross out your friends!

[Discolemonade]

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Oh I never paid any mind to sodium! It says 390 mg. I'm prolly drinking salt...

But it's so good! And vinegar is supposed to be good for you too right? LOL

Paula! I forgot all about freezing it!!! I had that as a child too! YUM! Now my cheeks are doing that tweaky thing

[Laurenfra]

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Are you my children? I have to drain the jar as soon as I open it to keep them out of it

[Miss Phode]

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A stoner once told me that if you drink pickle juice before a drug test, your results will be clean. LOL

[Discolemonade]

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thats bs...i know

[Discolemonade]

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I never thought vinegar would have carbs! But it does! How SAD!!!!

[Grant]

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Oh I never paid any mind to sodium! It says 390 mg. I'm prolly drinking salt...

That is pretty high. 3 TBS salted sunflower seeds has 150MG sodium.

On the other hand, one serving (9 pieces) of "Baken-ets" brands Hot N' Spicy Porkrinds has 470MG

[PaulaMM]

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A stoner once told me that if you drink pickle juice before a drug test, your results will be clean. LOL

Hmmm, eating tips from Tommy Chong?

[Miss Phode]

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Hmmm, eating tips from Tommy Chong?

Something like that.

[LindaSue]

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Pickle juice is listed in MasterCook:

Per 1/2 cup kosher dill pickle juice: 8 Calories; 0g Fat; 0g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 4g Net Carbs

[PaulaMM]

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Whoa! There's more carbs to it than I thought there would be. If she's drinking a full cup of it, that makes 8 carbs!

I'm sorry, Disco. That really sucks.

I wonder if diluting it a bit will affect the flavor too terribly much?

[Discolemonade]

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Ack! Well, it doesn't matter, I'm not having it anymore!! I'm happy to say that it hasn't impeded my weight loss! I caught a break! Lesson Learned! Thanks Ya'll