Dumping in quest bars??
Sugar alcohols like malitol and xylitol are often in those type of things and they make me dump much harder than actual sugar does- I also went through a weird thing for a couple of months were my protein shakes ( muscle milk lite) were also making me dump, I'm very anal about reading labels so it had me stumped but its stopped now.
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Curious. I looked at the nutritional stats and there is only 1g of sugar and 1g of a sugar alcohol, so there isn't anything in it to make you dump. It is more likely that you are just feeling sick because the protein bar did not agree with your body. Even at 6 years out, I can only eat half of one (more than that makes meI start to feel nauseous).
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Lora - I dumped on dose. Badly. For some of us - the so called "fiber" our body sees as pure sugar. Some people can eat them and are fine - some like me and many more - get sugar reaction to them... They were even reviewed by some diabetics - who wanted to verify that the are really low carb - and some people in the group got also severe BS increase after eating a bar that suppose to have no sugar and fiber only. The theory is that some people ma have bacteria in their gut or stomach that can turn the so called "fiber" into sugar...
After I dumped - I tried and ate one first thing in the morning and monitored my BS - After eating one bar - (and nothing else) My BS raised from 94 to 200 in 30 min after I ate the bar... I was dumping and MY Bs started dropping - like crazy - and in 1 hr 25 min later - I had a severe RH -
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...."
lol... that what I questioned and suggested a few months ago - and was called a liar and trouble maker...
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...."
I will have to see what info I can find on the isomalto-oligosaccharide they use as fiber. Will let you know if I find anything interesting...
The bars don't make me ill (unless you count feeling very queasy if I eat more than half of one), but I am intrigued by the fiber breaking down into sugar concept.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
this is the interview . There are also some other people - "normal" on amazon who claimed that the bars raised their BS level.
In any case - if you want to know how the bar (or 1/2 it ) is affecting you - try testing your BS before the bar (best on empty pouch) and then every 10 min after. (if you do not have a meter- maybe you can borrow one?) The results on me shocked me.
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...."
