Sun, Nov-02-03, 16:08
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Senior Member
Posts: 8,545
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Plan: HCG/LCHF
Stats: 224/201/190
BF:
Progress: 68%
Location: Lower Mainland, BC, Canad
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CeeTee, some people eat the LC protein bars with no problems, counting only the "non-impact carbs". Other people find they are sensitive to the maltitol or other sugar alcohols and have to limit or exclude foods made with them. Do be careful, because while they may not affect your weight loss in a negative manner, they do sometimes cause gastric distress (to put it politely).
My personal experience has been that I suffer no gastric effects (unless I eat WAY too many) and my weight loss was unaffected for a long time. Lately, I have been stalled so have given up the sugar alcohols to see if that makes a difference. The jury is still out on that question, however!
Hope this helps. My suggestion would be to try the bars in moderation as an "emergency" food and pay close attention to how you feel and how your weight loss goes. There are also LC chocolate bars (not protein bars) out there that many of us rely on for an occasional sweet treat. All are made with sugar alcohols, to my knowledge. Sugar alcohols are also known as "polyols" and include maltitol, lactitol, and sorbitol (there may be others, but usually they end in "tol". Hope this helps!
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