I have a carb question

[karebear1]

Today I saw some low carb bars that had 15 g carb in them- at least that's what was on the back of the box, but on the front of the box it said *3g effective carbs. Does anyone know what that's about? Can you really only count it for 3 carbs on ATkins???
Thanks

 

[glo]

Yes, it means that only 3 of those carbs are digested as carbs. The other 13 are either Malitol (alcohol carbs) or fiber. Now for some people and some low carb diet the alcohol ones count and are not subracted. If you are one who gets knocked out of ketosis easily because of the sugar substitutes, then these are not for you. Another side affect of these is that for some people they have a laxitive effect.


Hope this helps

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Some info from Atkin's website about net carbs:

http://atkinscenter.com/Archive/2002/10/9-819097.html

 

[karebear1]

Thank you both- I was thinking it was too good to be true. AS Martha would say..... "it's a good thing!"

 

[Beanie]

I am so glad you asked this Karebear, because I was wondering myself!!

 

[elisebutt]

for some people they have a laxitive effect

So if those extra carbs do impact on you, then whoosh they're straight out again!!

 

[Kelsie]

 

[Rebd40]

Hi karebear1
I had to add a comment that supports what glo and elsiebutt say about Maltitol. I am sensitive to malt anyway but I bought a couple of low carb chocolate bars (which tasted pretty good actually) without checking the label. Their main ingredient was Maltitol. I ate one bar one day and the other the next day. I should have read the label because by the end of the second day I was camped out in the bathroom for about 24 hours. It was pure misery! Needless to say, I read the labels now.
(I did lose an extra pound that week but it's not a good strategy to lose weight! ha)

 

[CrzyforPiglet]

A friend of mine had the same problem with some Somersweet chocolate bars. She only had 2 pieces of the bar two days in a row and was in bathroom both nights!! This week she tried the Hershey sugar-free chocolates with have lactitol in them and so far hasn't had the same problem. Not sure what the difference is but she thought they were good enough to taste like the real thing but didn't feel like downing the whole bag.

 

[Rebd40]

oooo, I'll have to try those! Must get my chocolate fix!!!

 

[karebear1]

I didn't kow Hershey's made a sugar free bar- I'll have to keep my eyes out for that!
Yesterday when were grocery shopping I found sugar free candy made with maltitol in the BULK ITEMS section of our grocery store! ALL KINDS of chewy, delectable chocolatly morsels- just screaming my name! I couldn't resist. They were like 7.00 per lb, so I bought 2 of every kind.
AND finally Thanks for the warning! I have learned that I can only eat about 1/2 of one of these things in order not to have a "reaction" But 1/2 seems to be all I need. They're almost , and I can't believe this is coming out of MY mouth, too sweet!