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[scottl]

http://www.myvits.co....as...=1&page=1

These by biogenesis are pretty good.

I have no experience with the company in the link, just biogenesis protein bars. Dunno if you can get them cheaper. You can try froogle.

[ajnast4r]

thats a nice looking bar, but i couldnt actually find the whey one on their website(bio-genesis.com)... only rice protein

[scottl]

Not sure they have whey bars...whey protein powder-yes.

[liorrh]

from the ingridients they look to have a lot frucose in them(50% out of carb contents at least, I would guess). there is a missconception in the diabetic society that fructose is good for them (or us) because of its low GI. however, its chronic effects on the liver and consequently the body are far from ideal. so I would not binge on these bars, one once a day is fine, more than that if you are thin. I wish there was a glucose based carb (like oatmeal, yam, chick peas) based bar somewhere. chick peas are glucose based and have the lowest GI of all carbs I believe. supplement them with some amino acids to make it a complete protein and you got a superfood. (that tastes like crap :-))

[scottl]

Liorrh,

FruiTrim® (rice syrup, grape juice), Rice Protein, Peanut Butter, Rice X, Crispy Brown Rice, Chocolate Chips (unsweetened chocolate, coco butter, lecithin, pure vanilla), Chocolate Liquor, Pure Vanilla, Sea Salt, Calcium Citrate, Magnesium Citrate, Ascorbic Acid, D-Calcium Pantothenate, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Succinate, Manganese L-Aspartate, Niacinamide, Zinc Citrate, Biotin, Pyridoxine HCl, Inositol Hexanicotinate, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, L-Selenomethionine, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3, Vitamin A Acetate, Chromium Nicotinate, Vanadyl Sulfate

Are you saying fructose because of the rice syrup and grape juice?

Another good bar is here:

http://www.rockwelln....asp?itemid=664

This one also uses rice protein but does not use fructose


Liorrh,

Don't know if you like indian food, but dahl...think it is lentils is very low glycemic and great in all kinds of indian dishes....and wait chick peas taste like crap?? You don't like hummus?

[liorrh]

I looked at the ingresients of the berry one, seemed to have more low GI fruit (berry, apple etc) which has more fructose.

that "FruiTrim" looks interesting as grapes and rice are glucose based. wonder if its low GI somehow. if not kinda defeats the "gluco-control" aspect

no I don't like Humus. Yupp, Im from the middle east and I hate it. I like the peas themselves inside dishes though, fish, meat and veggie dishes, as well as eating them raw(they are like nuts). but commercial humus sucks. I'm willing to eat
only very good home made humus (which has olive oil and all kind of goodies in it) with fresh Pita

[ajnast4r]

the bar you linked to was a whey bar... it says 'almond whey' right on the package..

"A Functional Food Bar for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar Stability. From Micro-filtered crossflow Whey Protein. Contains no wheat, corn, or soy. A 40-30-30 optimal nutrition bar Completely fortified for balancing blood sugar and increasing energy"

[scottl]

Ya but if you scrolled down:

#

Chocolate/Almond PaleoBar-DF (Dairy Free/Uncoated) Anabolic Energy Bar
# Contains creatine (570 mg) and magnesium (100 mg), which may support and enhance anabolic function in patients
# Sweetened with our unique and extremely-low-laxation-effect polyol combination of Erythritol and Maltitol Syrup
# Contains coconut oil and almond butter, both excellent sources of beneficial fats

Coconut/Almond PaleoBar-DF (Dairy Free/Uncoated) Crave Control Bar
# Contains alpha lipoic acid (50 mg) and chromium (100 mcg), which may optimize insulin metabolism making it useful for the reduction of carbohydrate cravings
# Sweetened with our unique and extremely-low-laxation-effect polyol combination of Erythritol and Maltitol Syrup
# Contains coconut oil, macadamia nut oil and almond butter, all excellent sources of beneficial fats

[scottl]

Just got some samples and at least the

Chocolate/Almond PaleoBar-DF (Dairy Free/Uncoated) Anabolic Energy Bar

is really good.