Quest Bars - Sugar Alcohols
I guess you dump on them as I found out I do...
Funny things happened to me: On Sunday I dumped on a quest bar. It is not suppose to happen. But it did. Today after I ate one I checked m,y blood sugar and 15 min after I finished the bar my Blood sugar got up to 200... that only can indicate that either there is more sugar in them that the company said it is - or that my body (and yours and some other people) react and we actually absorb the fiber - and use that as carbs. No more Quest bars for me.
And I will have to return the one I bought from them. Except the one I plan to send for testing...
BTW: I have severe RH post op RNY and more than 5 gr of sugar or 10 gr of net carbs gives me a real trouble...
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...."
The fiber in them - what gives me more trouble.. It took some time to get used to it.
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...."
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
As an aside, Quest Nutrition is an excellent company with which to do business...the other variety that I initially ordered was the chocolate brownie...I had opened one that appeared to have had a bite taken before it was individually packaged...when I brought it to their attention, not only was my concern taken seriously, but as a gesture of good faith they replaced the entire box with another at no cost to me!
Also, if you are going to order them, please do so through Nik's site...help out a fellow member!
Weight at Surgery: 283.6 lbs.
Everyone is entitled to my opinion...
The Original line is sweeten with Sucralose - Splenda. If you do not have issues with Splenda - then get the original line.
The ALL natural use SA - Erythritol
"While Erythritol is classified as a sugar alcohol it is ENTIRELY different than all of the others. It does not upset stomachs, it contains only 0.2 calories per gram and has little to no impact on blood sugar. We know it's important to give you control over your nutrition which is why our All Natural bars are sweetened with Stevia and Erythritol, and our Original Line is sweetened with Sucralose."
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...."
there are the original quest bars:
and there are the all natural line.
As far as I know - the original line do not have any SA. And uses Sucralose - splenda - as a sweetener.
check:
http://www.questproteinbar.com/?gclid=CJ68ns_-irACFYSR7QodPV xApQ
The All natural - are sweetened with Erythritol ... The Original line is sweeten with Sucralose - Splenda. If you do not have issues with Splenda - then get the original line. NO SA. None.
"While Erythritol is classified as a sugar alcohol it is ENTIRELY different than all of the others. It does not upset stomachs, it contains only 0.2 calories per gram and has little to no impact on blood sugar. We know it's important to give you control over your nutrition which is why our All Natural bars are sweetened with Stevia and Erythritol, and our Original Line is sweetened with Sucralose."
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...."
Not so funny things happened to me: On Sunday I dumped on a quest bar. It is not suppose to happen. But it did. Today after I ate one I checked my blood sugar and 15 min after I finished the bar my Blood sugar got up to 200... that only can indicate that either there is more sugar in them that the company said it is - or that my body (and yours and some other people) react and we actually absorb the fiber - and use that as carbs. No more Quest bars for me.
And I will have to return the one I bought from them. Except the one I plan to send for testing...
BTW: I have severe RH post op RNY and more than 5 gr of sugar or 10 gr of net carbs gives me a real trouble...
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...."
