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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004SERIOUS Low-Carb Bars?
I'm putting information together for a book on LC dieting, and I am trying to come up with prepackaged foods to recommend. It looks like almost all of the bars available have over 20 grams of carbs now, not to mention glycerine. I came up with a list of bars with less carbs and no glycerine, but if anyone would like to offer suggestions, I would love to hear them. I'm also looking for other prepackaged snacks, as well as canned and bottled drinks. Thanks for any help you can provide. Can you recommend to avoid any prepackaged bars? I guarantee that if you do so, I will buy your book, as long as it is priced reasonably. i > I'm putting information together for a book on LC dieting, and I am > trying to come up with prepackaged foods to recommend. It looks like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks for any help you can provide. NOT eating those things is the best solution. They're stall triggers. > I'm putting information together for a book on LC dieting, and I am > trying to come up with prepackaged foods to recommend. It looks like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks for any help you can provide. >I'm putting information together for a book on LC dieting, and I am >trying to come up with prepackaged foods to recommend. Why would you write a book that was destined to cause your readers to fail? ~Kat "I think I would like to call myself 'the girl who wanted to be God'. Yet if I were not in this body, where would I be--perhaps I am destined to be classified and qualified. But, oh, I cry out aginst it." --Sylvia Plath Most of the prepackaged foods are loaded with artificial junk like sugar alcohols (i.e., malitol) and as you mentioned glycerine, et al. All bars that are sold commercially are done so with profits in mind, not the well being of the lc consumer. Most of these bars cause a blood sugar spike and therefore are taboo for lc-ers. Hmmmm., pre-packaged snacks: Eggs (they come in there own package) Pork Rinds Let's see your list. -- AmyB LC since 12/01/03 238/228/165 > I'm putting information together for a book on LC dieting, and I am > trying to come up with prepackaged foods to recommend. It looks like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > Most of the prepackaged foods are loaded with artificial junk like sugar > alcohols (i.e., malitol) and as you mentioned glycerine, et al. All bars > that are sold commercially are done so with profits in mind, not the well > being of the lc consumer. Most of these bars cause a blood sugar spike and I think that you'll find that most food producers have some profit motive. > therefore are taboo for lc-ers. I'm sorry. Can you repost the link to the study that found most of the bars cause a blood sugar spike? Or information demonstrating that this necessarily makes them unfit for all followers of a low carb WOE? > Hmmmm., pre-packaged snacks: > > Eggs (they come in there own package) And get nasty if you leave them in your bag for a week. > Pork Rinds You think the pork rind producers are solely motivated by the thought of the well being of the consumer? Martha > Let's see your list. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide.  SignatureBegin where you are - but don't end there. This is an unusual book. It's not a guide on how to low-carb. It's more of a guide to help people find low-carb info and products. People can decide for themselves whether a given product is right for them. But I thought it would be useful to find a few bars that aren't packed with sugar or glycerine, or both. Right now, I have two on the list: 1. ISS Pro42 Bar, and 2. Muscle-Tech Nitro-Tech Bar. I remember buying Pure Protein bars that were low in carbs and--I believe--contained no glycerine, but the formula has changed. The shakes seem less problematic. Incidentally, the book is not limited to pure low-carbing. If anyone has info on prepackaged products that might be useful for South Beach, paleo, and Zone dieters, that would be useful as well. > Most of the prepackaged foods are loaded with artificial junk like sugar > alcohols (i.e., malitol) and as you mentioned glycerine, et al. All bars [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Let's see your list. > -- > AmyB > LC since 12/01/03 > 238/228/165 > Incidentally, the book is not limited to pure low-carbing. If anyone > has info on prepackaged products that might be useful for South Beach, > paleo, and Zone dieters, that would be useful as well. how can prepackaged snack bars be useful to paleo dieters??? i But I thought it would be useful to find a few bars that aren't > packed with sugar or glycerine, or both. Z-bars. Inulin and a bit of erythritol, and splenda. Erythritol is a sugar alcohol, but read the thread marked ATTN: erythritol studies-- it really doesn't effect blood sugars at all. > Incidentally, the book is not limited to pure low-carbing. If anyone > has info on prepackaged products that might be useful for South Beach, > paleo, and Zone dieters, that would be useful as well. Um. Low carb is defined as 100 g or less a day. Even 150 is pretty low by western standards. I think you'd really have to work hard to make the plans above high carb. Signaturerevek "Oh, hey! We're rehearsing a...a scene for the upcoming company play, called, ah,....'Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, Or So Help Me!' It's a musical!" I'll be damned. It turns out those two bars DO have glycerine. I have used the Balance bars and The Atkins Breakfast Bars. Drink wise we have found Diet Rite canned and liter bottles to be good as they use Splenda. The Diet Rite is available at Costco in Oregon at least. Dorothy G > Most of the prepackaged foods are loaded with artificial junk like sugar > alcohols (i.e., malitol) and as you mentioned glycerine, et al. All bars [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide. I've only had the dark chocolate with macadamia, but they are GREAT--no sorbitol or maltitol (I am sensitive to both), sweetened with Splenda. www.zcarbbar.com I got mine at 7-11 (of all places)--$1.19 a bar. My girlfriend (who doesn't need LC) loves regular dark chocolate and thought they were great too. -- AmyB LC since 12/01/03 238/227/165 > I'm putting information together for a book on LC dieting, and I am > trying to come up with prepackaged foods to recommend. It looks like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks for any help you can provide. |
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