Should I try it?

I found some protein bars on here that I had in the past and I really liked them. However they had like 8-10g of sugar. I know this is pushing the limit but I wondered if you people can tolerate 8-10g of sugar. The calories in the bars were under 200 and they had 15 grams of sugar. Rachel

I can't tolerate that much real sugar, but I can tolerate that in sugar alcohols. Anything above 13 grams in sugar alcohols make me nauseous. The guideline I was given for protien bars was no more than 180-200 calories, at least 15 grams of protien, and no more than 15 grams of sugar and sugar alcohols combined. Michelle recommended that I stay away from anything with more than 10 grams of sugar or sugar alcohols seperately. SOOOO, if it is real sugar, I would stay away. If it is all sugar alcohol, I would be careful. You never know how you are going to react until you try them. There are some people on the March board that can't tolerate more than 2 grams of EITHER. They can't even eat fruit. If you can, just buy ONE and see what happens. Its all trial and error after surgery. Kathy

I meant 15 grams of PROTIEN!!!! Not SUGAR!!! They are all in the 8-10 g of real sugar range. They are low (1-2g of sugar alch.). What is the most real sugar you have tolerated??? Rachel

Real sugar - Probably 7 grams. That is in my 4 oz. of the Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal plus skim milk which also has all the fiber and protien in it. Even the couple of tootsie rolls I snuck a while back had less sugar than that! Everyone is different. I say try them. Its always good when you find a good protien source that you like. Kathy

What kind of bars are they? I tried some (I can't remember which, I should look for them) that had a good deal of sugar (I realized after I'd eaten one!) but it didn't bother me. I agree, trial and error is all you can do. I'd try half of one, see how it goes, and go from there. Lisa

Trial and error! Don't know until you try. I can handle 8g of sugar with no problems. Hugs, Elizabeth

my limit is 5 and below, 6-7 pu**** for me. I am now 14mos post and I still cannot eat over 5-6gms per serving, its too much insulin dumping. Try the power crunch and only eat 1/2 at a time and you can maybe eat only 1/2 of yours and then the next day you can eat the other half.....but your body will tell you anyway what you can do Glad to know you are doing so well!! Debn