??'s on Throat Coat Tea

[kjohnson7667]

Hi all
I still have a lingering thick throat from my head cold. I usually drink Organic Throat Coat tea to sooth it. This morning I was looking at the ingredients. (Now I look before I just ingest something!) They are:
organic licorice root
organic slippery elm bark
organic licorice root dry aqueous extract
organic marshmallow root
organic wild cherry bark
organic bitter fennel fruit
organic cinnamon root
organic sweet orange peel

I'm on my 11th day of Induction. What do you think? It seems awful fruity to me but it doesn't have caffeine

Thx
Kathy J

[Georgiana]

Re: ??'s on Throat Coat Tea

Teas are allowed during Induction even when they contain fruits (it's just the peel of the fruit or the bark, for flavor). But all teas have some carbs, so you should count those towards your daily totals. Drink enough water too, because you can't count tea towards your min. 64 oz of pure water.

PS: Very cute avatar!

[kjohnson7667]

Re: ??'s on Throat Coat Tea

Thx G! But what do you think the carb count would be? There is nothing on the box other than 0 calories.

The avatar is my grand daughter. I'm not a proud grandma or anything.

[Georgiana]

Re: ??'s on Throat Coat Tea

Herbal teas usually have about 0.5 carbs per 8 oz.

[liv]

Re: ??'s on Throat Coat Tea

I use FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal as my way of counting carbs. And fitday thinks 8oz of herbal tea has about 0.5 carbs so if I cannot find anything out from the box or from the websites of the manufacturer that is what I count.

[msanjelpie]

Re: ??'s on Throat Coat Tea

Throat Coat Herbal Syrup by the same company says it has 12 grams of carbs... I think since the tea doesn't specify the carb amount that it qualifies as being under 1 gram of carbs... I think you are OK with it...