Hi everybody! I have been looking at all the low carb candy bars at Walmart. Do I believe it when it says 25 g - 1 g fiber - 22 grams maltitol = only 2 grams of carbs. Or 17 grams - 1 dietary fiber - 14 non impact carbs = 2 carbs. It sounds too good to be true. Is it???? Also I get the whipping cream from Schnucks and it says 0 carbs but when I put it into the hidden carb calculator it says it has 30 grams per cup. Maybe that is why I have not been losing weight because I have been using 1/2 cup a day in my soy drink. Does anybody know about the candy bars. Chris

From everything I read works for some - stalls others.

I have them occassionally and only when I am going to cheat and then I choose a legal cheat. I personally LOVE the carbolite peanut butter cups frozen.

But you may be able to have them do fine.

My suggestions would be:

- I realize your not on Atkins but for Atkins people reading -Don't have on induction - get all the sweets out of your diet for those two weeks.
- If you decide to have them and your weight loss is stalled - make them the first thing you remove.

Regarding the whipped cream - usually if it says 0 it is >.9 and it's per teaspoon or tablespoon serving so it adds up fast.

Cajplong, there are already tons of posts and discussions right here in the Products forum on the subject of the so-called "low carb" candy bars, do just have a look over the subject lines and do some reading, you will find them VERY informative -- so many of us have already asked and answered the same questions.

Also, consider THIS: if you are eating low carb on the protein power plan, what do Protein Power (or the people at the website for this plan, www.eatprotein.com) have to say about these things? Maybe they have some comment about maltitol not affecting blood sugar for most people... so are you one of the 'most' or one of the 'others'? Only you can tell, only you can be responsible to find out.

Hey, it's CANDY! Stick to real food til you get a chance to get used to anew way of life, and get to do some reading... you'll feel better for it, trust me