Question:
Does anyone dump off Pure Protein Bars?

I had 2 Pure Protein Blueberry Cheesecake bars today and I'm having one of the worst dumping episodes ever! Each bar has only 7 grams of sugar. Any idea what could be causing this? I don't want to have to give them up, they taste so good and have 20 grams of protein in them! Thanks! :-)    — Angie M. (posted on June 14, 2003)

June 14, 2003
How far apart did you eat the Pure Protein Bars. I ate them for months with no problem. Could something else you ate have caused the dumping? I only ate one a day, though. My surgeon asks us to only use one protein supplement a day and to get the rest from food.
   — Patty_Butler

June 14, 2003
could it be the sugar alcohols?
   — Ted D.

June 14, 2003
I ate one on Wednesday of this week and dumped for my first time. Yes, it tasted awesome. I apparently can't handle it. I was so sick! I will never try that again.
   — Lisa C.

June 14, 2003
My nutritionist says the nutritional info on protein bars isn't accurate, that there are more sugars than listed and therefore, more calories than the bar says. It may be why you're dumping.
   — mrsmyranow

June 15, 2003
If they were pretty close together, even a couple hours, I'm thinking you dumped on them. The total was 14 grams of sugar, and that is alot. Many people dum on 5 alone. Usually it lessens a bit after we're further post-op, and some can handle sugar from the start. But I would space them further apart or just eat one. Goodluck to you :-)
   — Lezlie Y.

June 15, 2003
I eat them all the time, they give me gas but no dumping
   — Alexandria D.

June 15, 2003
By dumping, do yo mean diarrhea or classic dumping? Heart palpitations, nausea, sweats, dry mouth......?
   — vitalady

June 16, 2003
I haven't tried the Pure Protien brand but have had dumping (hot and sweaty, then freezing cold, heart racing, short of breath, lightheaded, shaky, have to sleep it off for an hour kind of dumping) with a couple of different bars. My worst being just yesterday, at church of all places, with an Odessy bar (that I only ate half of) which, only had 4 grams of sugars, and 25 add'l "non-impact" carbs, *if there is such a thing* in the whole bar, plus 30 grams of protien. I ended up in that sleepy/semi-consious, almost drugged like state for an hour on one of the Sunday school room floors! So, yes, it can happen. The only thing that the bars I've dumped on seem to have in common is Malitol (sp?). So, I don't know what the deal is....but I will certainly never try another bar on my way out the door again! The worst part of all is that, like you, the last bar I dumped on was the one I had found that I liked best of all so far. So, I guess it's back to the drawing board. Good luck!
   — eaamc