I am extremely PO'ed... I went to a health food store in search of Dr. Atkins products. I found a protein bar that said on the front of the package that it had 2 grams of carbs. (it wasnt atkins brand) I thought, "wow! I wonder what this tastes like?" I bought it and ate it and it was terrific!! It was so good I began to get suspicious, so i inspected the nutitional values on the back a little closer, and come to find that it actually had 17 grams of carbs. I turned it back over and found that the front read "2 sugar carbs". Well, I guess I learned my lesson. I will read the values more carefully!! I couldve eaten a snickers.. My question is, what is the difference between sugar carbs and regular carbs?

A lot of it has to do with the "glycemic index", which is a measure of how quickly a particular nutrient enters the bloodstream and how much demand for insulin it places upon your endocrine system.

The top of the heap is regular sugar, sucrose, with a glycemic index of 100, against which everything else is measured. It gets to your blood the fastest, demands the greatest amount of insulin, and gets converted to fat the quickest, if your body does not need to burn it for energy right then.

Hence the reason that most of us are so fat!

You are well advised to read all those labels very carefully. Even the Atkins Bars have way too much carb, IMO. This WOE is much easier, and much more effective, for those who cook their own high protein/high fat foods for themselves and stay away from the hidden carbs that are laced in nearly all "convenience" food. IMHO, of course!

A really good idea is to get your own pocket size carb counter, and to read two or three of the low carb books, if you have not done that yet. I find that Dr. Atkin's "New Diet Revolution" and Drs. Eades "Protein Power", have been the most useful for me.

YMMV

Good luck, and keep on, keepn' on!

I would have been so disapointed to. Isn't it funny how they can mislead you in to thinking this is a product you want and can have. In canada they are now adding more nutritional labeling I am very happy about this as alot of items don't have the information I would like to have or have none at at all. Good luck in your search for a low carb bar. Happy lowcarbing smuffy

I guess I'm missing something here. I thought it is okay to eat these Atkin's bars, even on induction. If you look at the website they rate the products as to what stage they are appropriate for and these bars are rated for all four stages.

My understanding is that the carbs from sugar alcohols that are used in these bars get subtracted just like carbs from fiber to give the net grams. Hence only 2 net grams. I don't think that's deceiving. That's what I understood from the book.

I don't mean to be argumentive, I'm new to this and just want to make sure I understand.

Thanks,
Arnie

I belive you may be right. I will have to go back to my book and look at it more closely. YOU are not argumentative you are probley right. Thanks for the good infor I will hit my book now.
Happy lowcarbing smuffy

This is one of those YMMV (your mileage may vary) thing.

Malitol which is a commonly used sugar alcohol stalls my weightloss so I can't have and am waiting for maintenance.

They are for emergencies if you are without any other means of eating lc. They are really for emergencies because for some it can cause cravings as well.

But if you are eating them and losing then hurray for you!

I, too, was quite dependent on those bars and use them as the "last resort" when I get super hungry and have a choice between the bars and brownies.

But many people have told me that the better choice is always "real" food.

Yes, no doubt the better choice is real food. Even if these do only have only 2 net carbs I don't think I'd eat them very often. Especially when on induction. If I'm only getting 20 grams of carbs I want those 20 grams to have some nutritional value.

Arnie