XP - Quest bars - to good to be true? For me - they are...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Start weight 282, Surgery weight 265, Current weight 131, Goal weight 140
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
They are being sued in CA for mislabeling - you can google "quest lawsuit"
As I mentioned before _ I gained weight when I wa seating them and lost the weight after I stop eating them...
Sometimes when things are too good to be true - they are...
Now i make my own protein cookies - protein bars.
Good luck...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Oh my goodness I am so glad I found this information I like the way quest bars taste and I haven't tested to see if it causes a spike in blood sugar but I ate two bars yesterday and this morning I was 1.4 pounds heavier! I cant believe this and am so upset. I don't eat over 10-15 carbs per day and haven't had weight gain like this ever post gastric sleeve. Maybe it's a coincidence but maybe not!
Over the years I found out, through experiance, that most - if not all, protein bars are glorified candy bars. Measuring my blood sugar after every 10 -15 min up to 2-3 hours after a bar like that Really opened my eyes to what effect those products have on my body. Blood sugar increase way more than "net 4 carbs" should cause...
The manufacturers make them tasty, and manipulate the numbers. Plus since most raw ingredients is typically imported from other places - the quality of product from batch to batch may be ...interesting.
The "so called fiber", that it suppose not matter, the sugar alcohol (that the industry are telling us - are really nothing) all are carbs. Real carbs. Carbs that eventually may end up in our blood stream as sugar...
When someone if diabetic - and need to take insulin for that, they are told to count ALL carbs, because that would affect their blood sugar...maybe not in 5-10 min after eating , but eventually, as the body digest the food.
The only difference between us and diabetic people - is that our body makes enough insulin.
I don't eat protein bars. And if when I did - they always trigggered my cravings for more foods, more sweets...
Now I snack, when I need to, on high fat nuts, meat sticks, some jerky (most jerky have lots of sugar added- I don't buy those). When I really want something sweet - I may have a couple of hard candies (couple =2), or a piece of a very dark chocolate (85% or higher).
I make my own "cookies and bars" using almond butter, coconut flour and shreded coconut, nuts, eggs, etc...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."