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Old Fri, Mar-01-02, 08:01
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Plan: Atkins/Swartzbein combo
Stats: 360/330/210 Female 5 foot 4 inches
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Progress: 20%
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Yes, I too used to eat the bars and chocolate bars, different brands. Come to find out that they don't list, ah, I believe it's 'sugar alcohols' such as sorbitol, mannitol when they add up the carbs, as they clain that these will not raise blood sugar levels and should therefore not be 'counted'.

Well my eyes were opened when I began measuring my bg levels more closely and watched them jump up from eating ANYTHING with sorbitol (or mannitol) in it. It was one of those low carb chocolate bars, delicious though they were, I realized I just couldn't afford to eat them anymore.

And now, I pretty much don't crave them even.

I can make my OWN pretty good chocolate 'fudge' now and then using unsweetened chocolate, cream, cream cheese, and some Stevia-but I can only have a VERY small quantity, and not eat it ALL the time.

'Course, everyone is different. I think they SHOULD list all the carbs though and let people decide/discover for themsevles how their bodies react.

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