alcohol sugars / 0 net carbs

[borderbound]

someone help me out here
i eat pretty clean year round but have the occasional cheat meal
or snack when i do it is most likesly a hersheyes bar and about 30 grams of protien mixed in water directly after a workout

but

can sombody clue me in about these new diet bars with 0 net carbs
but the claim 20 or so grams of alcohol sugar

i realize these are empty calories ,

but how do they work in the body

do they cause a release of slin like other carbs?

can the body not use them , similar to mct oil ?

im not looking for any miracle candy bars , i just like to

keep my sanity every now and them

 

[brady_hilltop]

hey bro,

if you're just occasionaly using them as a cheat i don't think it's a big deal but here is my .02:

from my understand & reading, the sugar alcohols are suppose to have a lesser effect on spiking your insulin level, thus preventing their absorption into adipose tissuse. from what i have read i wouldn't count on 0 being absorbed most of the stuff i read says it would be best to count about half.....so if it says 20grams...count 10grams of carbs for your nutritional intake.

Also, i'm far from a nutritional guro...i'm doing my best to read & learn, but from my understanding carbs that have minimal effect on blood-sugar levels are fiber. and depending on ones sensitivity to the sugar alcohols--they can cause a "laxitive effect" especially if consumed in larger amounts.

 

[brady_hilltop]

funny story

My gf & i went to see a movie bout a month or so ago....i was dieting @ the time and she is very active and health consious...she wanted something little to snack on....i couldn't eat (damn dieting) we stopped and picked her up some sugar-free reeses....which contained the SUGAR ALCHOLS. I told her what i read...that they may have a laxitive effect...she said...WHATEVER, she never heard that i said ...ok...eat the whole damn bag ...see what happens...she took this dare...and ate the whole bag...by the time we left the movie theather we stopped at 2gas stations....then when we got home...it was like the scene from Dumb & Dumber.....CLASSY...HUH?

bRaDy

 

[Diablo570]

My gf & i went to see a movie bout a month or so ago....i was dieting @ the time and she is very active and health consious...she wanted something little to snack on....i couldn't eat (damn dieting) we stopped and picked her up some sugar-free reeses....which contained the SUGAR ALCHOLS. I told her what i read...that they may have a laxitive effect...she said...WHATEVER, she never heard that i said ...ok...eat the whole damn bag ...see what happens...she took this dare...and ate the whole bag...by the time we left the movie theather we stopped at 2gas stations....then when we got home...it was like the scene from Dumb & Dumber.....CLASSY...HUH?

bRaDy

LMAO!!!!!!!!!Bwuahhhhhhaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
Bro, those sugar-alcohols are the WORST on my stomach! Gives you the shits that dont stop. Stomach gets so bloated it hurts.
I hate sugar-alcohols!! Oh yeah, you should post a pic of your girls face so none of us hook up with her after you two split. "A scene from Dumb and Dumber," LMAO!!! One sick chick bro.

 

[borderbound]

thanks Brady

i am going to avoide them ,
the only time i eat candy is about 1 time a week after a workout
with protien when i actually want a insulin spike

and i the ones from slimfast yesterday and it wasnt prety
i ate 2 that tasted just like a butter finger but they were only the size of my thumb

I had enough gas to fill the frikkin goodyear blimp

 

[brady_hilltop]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!Bwuahhhhhhaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
Bro, those sugar-alcohols are the WORST on my stomach! Gives you the shits that dont stop. Stomach gets so bloated it hurts.
I hate sugar-alcohols!! Oh yeah, you should post a pic of your girls face so none of us hook up with her after you two split. "A scene from Dumb and Dumber," LMAO!!! One sick chick bro.

i'll work on it bro...i'll slip some sugar alchols in here...and sneak past the bathroom w/ camera phone...get ya a good'one



~bRaDy

 

[Meat Train]

The worst thing is all of the bars that contain sugar alcohols-- making them blocks of "weird" sweetened crap.

Give me Natty pB, oats, Honey, whey and cocoa--- some hemp oil for good measure.