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I personally wouldn't recommend them unless you are in a situation where there is nothing low carb available.
You might want to read this, it explains a lot: http://www.phlaunt.com/lowcarb/19059967.php
When I used to drink them, which has been a long time, I always chose chocolate. It was the only ones I liked. For the bars, I got whatever didn't have nuts. (I'm allergic!)
Thanks Kim for that link. I learned a lot from it!
Well, I'm asking because I am currently on Medifast and have been for the past 2 months, however, for financial reasons I have to stop. One of the biggest things with Medifast is that you really aren't supposed to stop cold turkey or you could gain all your weight back. So I have the wonderful task of slowly bringing my calories and carbs back up to normal, and being a college student always on the run RTDs and bars are a necessity for me, but all of the non-medifast ones are LOADED with carbs, and I can't jack up my carb intake or I will be in big trouble. So I thought these would be a nice thing to incorporate in to my low cal/carb diet that I have to concoct on my own after stopping Medifast on Friday the 1st.
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Originally Posted by KO
Atkins Chocolate Peanutbutter No Sugar Alcohols
The bars contain glycerine (which Atkins Nutritionals deducts...thats how they arrive at the low net carb counts on the front of the labels). According to Wikipedia, glycerine is classified as a sugar alcohol.
This link explains a lot and is quite interesting:http://www.phlaunt.com/lowcarb/19059967.php
freakiel you may already know this but Atkins is not a low-cal diet. Low carb but not low cal. I'm one of the (many) folks that can't touch the Atkins bars. Sugar alcohols act just like regular old carbs in my body, stall weight loss and give me massive carb cravings.
If you are looking for snacks on the go, have you considered boiled eggs, cheese and other portable, non-processed foods?
i am not doing atkins. just simply looking for some low cal and low carb meal replacements or snacks in order to keep myself going. sugar alcohols do not have that affect on me, i do not go out of my way to eat them, but i do not stray away from foods simply because of that.
I love them and eat them all the time! The Cinnamon Bun, Oatmeal Raisin and Apple Daybreak bars are wonderful. It doesn't stall me at all. I've lost 43 pounds in the last 3 months.
If you have a Trader Joe's near you I would suggest going there and checking out what they have. I used to buy Worldwide Pure Protein Shakes at TJ's that were pretty darn good (vanilla, 100 calories, 4 carbs, 21 gms protein). They have shakes that are even higher in protein if thats what you need (35 gms). And they are less expensive at TJ's then GNC, etc. Trader Joes also has bars... a whole slew of them.
Question about Atkins Bars/Shakes
