Solid Protein bars??

[esteveze]

I tried "Pure Protein" the strawberry cheesecake...uff that that good.
I also bought the blueberry cheesecake and the s'mores. I have them there for one of those days that I have long meatings and need to eat something .

 

[rez]

w6..your right..so is it ok to still have them as a low-carb snack/meal? or is it always better to have 'real' food?

 

[KBgrl]

solid protein.......peanut butter one is kick ass.. i think the cherry one is too sweet.

pure protein....they're all pretty good.... smores...blueberry cheescake.....

myoplex low carb .........cookies and cream... YUMMMMM!

humm what else.... i also like worldwide protein "cookies" .... ONLY the peanut butter one though. its OK but i like the calorie/protein/carb/fat count of it a lot so i stick to that one most of the time.

aziaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............... !! **kisses** ...

 

[VooDoo Lady]

Holy crap guys - I just went out and got Pure Protein Chewy Chocolate Chip - uuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

YUMMY!

 

[new@gettinbig]

Real food is always better than having a protein bar..but if you have to its better than not getting anything in you at all...Im w/ Kbgrl...Myoplex cookies and cream are SO...GOOD!!!

 

[Cheetarah]

Probably the glycerol that gets excluded. It is processed like glucose, but doesn't raise blood sugar or insulin.

W6

Yep. So personally, if I eat any protein bars, I count the glycerol in them as carbohydrates (even though technically they aren't, but they still count as calories). Also, I recently ran across this:

Glycerol Metabolism

The predominant source of glycerol is adipose tissue. This molecule is the backbone for the triacylglycerols. Following release of the fatty acid portions of triacylglycerols the glycerol backbone is transported to the liver where it it phosphorylated by glycerol kinase yielding glycerol-3-phosphate. Glycerol-3-phosphate is oxidized to DHAP by glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. DHAP then enters the glycolytic if the liver cell needs energy. However, the more likely fate of glycerol is to enter the gluconeogenesis pathway in order for the liver to produce glucose for use by the rest of the body.

So, question, W6, how does it enter the gluconeogenesis pathway without raising blood sugar? I was thinking that most sugars (and glycerol being a sugar alchohol) can be reduced and reformed as serum glucose. Is that not true?

 

[gmanlax7]

Met-RX protein plus have a lot of protein and taste great, only problem is they come out the other end as easy as they go down. Great for a postworkout posthangover snack though.

 

[smoknjilly]

solid protein bars are my fav! the smores and the cookie dough chip...

i'm telling ya....freeze them!! they taste soooo much better and not as chalky

 

[supergirl]

my fav is the designer protein bars.. absberry and triplemint!!!

BUT now i stick to shakes only... less sugar

 

[KBgrl]

my fav is the designer protein bars.. absberry and triplemint!!!

well where the hell have i been!?!? ive never seen those flavors before. sounds yummmmmy!