 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion GroupsGeneral TopicsLow CarbWeightWatchers WeightAdviser.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2004[Review] Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bars
Today I tried a Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bar (Chocolate Peanut Bliss). Oh, yum! I really like these, and they seem pretty nutritous: Weight: 50g Calories: 170 Protein (soy): 9g Carbs: 30g Dietary fiber: 5g Fat: 4g Also has more than 10% of RDA for calcium, folic acid, iron, zinc, Vitamins C, B6, B12, and magnesium. Price: 97? at Wal-Mart As a diabetic, that's a lot of carbs at once time, so I only ate half a bar and will save the rest for this evening. Still, it's a great replacement for candy bars, IMHO, especially since I have a hard time getting enough protein and fiber sometimes...  SignatureJ.J. in WA State - 251/240/150 (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail) > Today I tried a Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bar (Chocolate Peanut Bliss). > Oh, yum! I really like these, and they seem pretty nutritous: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > As a diabetic, that's a lot of carbs at once time, so I only ate A lot indeed! > half a bar and will save the rest for this evening. Still, it's a > great replacement for candy bars, I am curious, why do you think that this "crunchy bar" is not a candy bar, but a replacement for candy bars. It looks like a candy bar, to me. > IMHO, especially since I have a hard time getting enough protein and > fiber sometimes... You just obtained 4.5 grams of soy derived protein and 2.5 grams of fiber, that's not a lot, really. Why is that bar called "Go Lean", instead of "go fat", is also not clear. i >> Today I tried a Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bar (Chocolate Peanut Bliss). >> Oh, yum! I really like these, and they seem pretty nutritous: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >I am curious, why do you think that this "crunchy bar" is not a candy >bar, but a replacement for candy bars. It looks like a candy bar, to me. I've seen those in the "health food section" of our grocery store, and they look like a candy bar. They still are full of sugar. I didn't buy one, so I don't have access to the full ingredient list. Did the OP happen to post what's in it? CM >>> Today I tried a Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bar (Chocolate Peanut Bliss). >>> Oh, yum! I really like these, and they seem pretty nutritous: [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Did the OP happen to post what's in it? > CM Check out the nutrition facts on those GoFat candy bars: http://www.kashi.com/kagocrba.html The ingredients list lists basically a lot of sugar in various forms ("cane juice", this and that syrup, etc), and starch, plus soy protein, the kind that they add to chicken feed because it is the cheapest protein. Kashi GOLEAN Crunchy! Chocolate Peanut Bliss This all-natural snack is the blissful combination of decadent chocolate and roasted peanut butter! INGREDIENTS: Soy Protein Isolate, Brown Rice Syrup, Rice Flour, Evaporated Cane Juice, Kashi Seven Whole Grains and Sesame Cereal (Corn, Wheat Bran, Evaporated Cane Juice, Corn Bran, Oat Fiber, Kashi Flour [Stone Ground Whole: Oats, Hard Red Winter Wheat, Rye, Long Grain Brown Rice, Triticale, Barley, Buckwheat, Sesame Seeds], Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Annatto Color), Whole Grain Corn, Peanut Butter, Peanut Flour, Brown Rice Flour, Evaporated Cane Juice Syrup, Vegetable Glycerin, Oat Fiber, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Chicory Root Fiber, Toasted Rolled Oats, Rice Starch, Nonfat Dried Milk, Cocoa, Natural Flavors, Maltodextrin, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Malt, Magnesium Oxide, Soy Lecithin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Fumarate (Iron), Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid, and Vitamin B12. i Lots of sugar in there! About the only kashi product I used are the waffles... ("is" the waffless???) I found the cereal foul! I tried to feed it to the birds but they passed on it. Even the squirrels wouldn't eat it! But the waffles are really tasty. Another awful mouthful is all that "Atkins-friendly" bread that's around, including the Atkins...it's not too bad for a sandwich, but toasted, it actually feels soggy on the tongue. I prefer Earthgrains of Pepperidge Farms thin-sliced! >>>> Today I tried a Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bar (Chocolate Peanut Bliss). >>>> Oh, yum! I really like these, and they seem pretty nutritous: [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid, and Vitamin B12. > i my chickens would not eat cakes. i > Lots of sugar in there! About the only kashi product I used are the > waffles... ("is" the waffless???) I found the cereal foul! I tried to feed [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] >> Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid, and Vitamin B12. >> i >The ingredients list lists basically a lot of sugar in various forms >("cane juice", this and that syrup, etc), and starch, plus soy [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid, and Vitamin B12. >i Wow, that's a lot of ingredients! (And a lot of sugar and additives). CM Hark! I heard Ignoramus26794 <ignoramus26794@NOSPAM.26794.invalid> say: > > Today I tried a Kashi "Go Lean" Crunchy Bar (Chocolate Peanut Bliss). > > Oh, yum! I really like these, and they seem pretty nutritous: In retrospect, I probably should have said "relatively nutritious". > > Weight: 50g > > Calories: 170 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > I am curious, why do you think that this "crunchy bar" is not a candy > bar, but a replacement for candy bars. It looks like a candy bar, to me. Ig, have you read the label of a candy bar lately? I used to pound down Snickers, so I went to their web site: http://www.snickers.com/nutrition.asp Here's a side-by-side comparison of the Kashi bar and a regular size Snickers bar: Kashi Snickers ----- -------- Weight: 50g Weight: 58.7g Calories: 170 Calories: 280 Protein (soy): 9g Protein: 4g Carbs: 30g Carbs: 35g Dietary fiber: 5g Dietary fiber: 1g Fat: 4g Fat: 14g For someone like myself, who doesn't like to feel deprived (it's a lot easier to stick to my diet if I don't), I still think the Kashi bar is a reasonable replacement. YMMV, of course. > > IMHO, especially since I have a hard time getting enough protein and > > fiber sometimes... > > You just obtained 4.5 grams of soy derived protein and 2.5 grams of > fiber, that's not a lot, really. Not in actual quantity, no -- but compared to the nutrition in a Snickers, it's not bad. Sure, there are better ways for me to spend my calories, but as I said, I don't want to give up sweets completely. > Why is that bar called "Go Lean", instead of "go fat", is also not > clear. Now, that's something you'd have to take up with Kashi's marketing department... SignatureJ.J. in WA State - 251/240/150 (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail) > Hark! I heard Ignoramus26794 <ignoramus26794@NOSPAM.26794.invalid> say: > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > Dietary fiber: 5g Dietary fiber: 1g > Fat: 4g Fat: 14g good research. > For someone like myself, who doesn't like to feel deprived (it's a > lot easier to stick to my diet if I don't), I still think the Kashi > bar is a reasonable replacement. YMMV, of course. According to Dr Bernstein's book on diabetes (_Dr Bernstein Diabetes Solution_), it is not a suitable food for a diabetic. >> > IMHO, especially since I have a hard time getting enough protein and >> > fiber sometimes... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Not in actual quantity, no -- but compared to the nutrition in a > Snickers, it's not bad. I see little difference, actually, 4 more grams of protein and a little less fat than in snickers. Same carb count and just as bad carbs. > Sure, there are better ways for me to spend > my calories, but as I said, I don't want to give up sweets completely. What does your doctor say about it? Have you checked alt.support.diabetes newsgroup, also? A gram of carbohydrate raises blood sugar by about 5 points (depending on your weight). So, if you eat 15 grams of carbs, your BG rises by 75 points. high levels are quite damaging for nerves, blood vessels, etc. Causing fun diseases like neuropathy etc. I am not an expert, but it seems to be a common denominator amongst experts. I sympathize with you in that your health makes eating some foods you love hazardous. But, I think, you need to make some rational decisions here based on just how much damage these candy bars are doing to you. >> Why is that bar called "Go Lean", instead of "go fat", is also not >> clear. > > Now, that's something you'd have to take up with Kashi's marketing > department... Someone really should be sorry for such a name. i Hark! I heard Ignoramus26794 <ignoramus26794@NOSPAM.26794.invalid> say: > > Hark! I heard Ignoramus26794 <ignoramus26794@NOSPAM.26794.invalid> say: <big snip> > good research. I really didn't give enough information, though; this time I also included Sat. Fat, Sugar, Cholesterol, and Sodium: Kashi Snickers ----- -------- Serving : 50g Serving : 58.7g Calories : 170 Calories : 280 Fat : 4g Fat : 14g Sat. Fat : 1.5g Sat. Fat : 5g Cholesterol : 0 Cholesterol : 5mg Sodium : 220mg Sodium : 140mg Carbs : 30g Carbs : 35g Dietary fiber : 5g Dietary fiber : 1g Sugar : 13g Sugar : 30g Protein (soy) : 9g Protein : 4g Source: http://www.kashi.com/kagocrba.html Source: http://www.snickers.com/nutrition.asp <snip> > I see little difference, actually, 4 more grams of protein and a > little less fat than in snickers. Same carb count and just as bad carbs. I don't see it that way -- the Kashi product has less than half of the sugar -- but I didn't post that last time, so that's my bad. > > Sure, there are better ways for me to spend > > my calories, but as I said, I don't want to give up sweets completely. > > What does your doctor say about it? I'll ask him when I see him next month. > A gram of carbohydrate raises blood sugar by about 5 points (depending > on your weight). So, if you eat 15 grams of carbs, your BG rises by 75 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > love hazardous. But, I think, you need to make some rational decisions > here based on just how much damage these candy bars are doing to you. The way my dietician and nurse explained it to me was that you take the total number of carb grams, subtract the fiber grams, divide the ending number by 15, giving you carb "units". The Kashi bar has less than 2 carb units, which is acceptable, depending on how many units you are allowed per day. I try to keep it at 2 units or less per meal/snack, of which I eat 5-6 per day. I must be doing something right, as my BG numbers are excellent since I changed the way I eat. > >> Why is that bar called "Go Lean", instead of "go fat", is also not > >> clear. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Someone really should be sorry for such a name. Apparently, it refers to a whole range of products: http://www.kashi.com/golslimsys1.html But I haven't tried anything else they make, not sure if I will or not... SignatureJ.J. in WA State - 251/240/150 (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail) > Hark! I heard Ignoramus26794 <ignoramus26794@NOSPAM.26794.invalid> say: >> > Hark! I heard Ignoramus26794 <ignoramus26794@NOSPAM.26794.invalid> say: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Source: http://www.kashi.com/kagocrba.html > Source: http://www.snickers.com/nutrition.asp one does not seem much better than the other, anyway. the cholesterol difference is minimal, less sugar in one, that's good, but not great, given that the rest iq quite processed. At gunpoint, I would probably choose the kashi bar. ><snip> > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I don't see it that way -- the Kashi product has less than half of > the sugar -- but I didn't post that last time, so that's my bad. It is a little better, I guess, although it does not make it "good" in my personal eyes. >> > Sure, there are better ways for me to spend >> > my calories, but as I said, I don't want to give up sweets completely. >> >> What does your doctor say about it? > > I'll ask him when I see him next month. I would. Just ask what would be his suggestion to a patient who can stay away from sweets, if he thinks that you'd be better off staying off them. Without this qualification, he may tell you that a few are okay, because he thinks that you could completely fall off the wagon if you are "deprived"of sweets. So ask him what would be his suggestion if he thought that you could stay off them entirely. >> A gram of carbohydrate raises blood sugar by about 5 points (depending >> on your weight). So, if you eat 15 grams of carbs, your BG rises by 75 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > which I eat 5-6 per day. I must be doing something right, as my BG > numbers are excellent since I changed the way I eat. So, you eat about 75-90 carb grams per day, right? That's not bad. I eat about 150, although I am not a diabetic. I hope that you keep your health under control, good luck! i >Why is that bar called "Go Lean", instead of "go fat", is also not >clear. Could be worse, it could be called "Lean Over" (cymbals crash... wow I should quit my day job) LOL CM That would make me buy it! :) "Crafting Mom" > Could be worse, it could be called "Lean Over" > (cymbals crash... wow I should quit my day job) > > LOL > > CM |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2012 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.