Originally posted by: Entity
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: Entity
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: Entity
Originally posted by: SnapIT
I'll try it, but considering how many simple carbs... what do you wash that down with? a quart of oil?
That is more than you would get from a snickers bar...
Are you daft?
13g simple carbs is
not more than you get in a Snickers bar.
Rob
No i am not daft, but this is not a healthy bar, if you so desperatly want to think so, go ahead...
Me, i'll stick with real food, tuna or chicken and rice...
And if you would have bothered to check out what kind of energy you would get from the most popular candy bars, you would know that 13 grams of simple carbs is just about what you get from a snickers bar, now, a Snickers bar also contains a pretty hefty amount of O3 oil which makes it healthier, but don't take it from my daft head, go look for yourself...
A Snickers bar is actually closer to 30g of simple sugars. I don't have a particular amount of knowledge about O3 oil, but a blanket statement like "makes it healthier" is bull; a Snickers bar, for me (as a Type-I diabetic), boosts my sugars too quickly. It is lower on the GI than many foods, but still too high for me to use unless I am about to undergo a 2+ hour intensive cardio workout. For my normal 1hr+ workouts, a bar like this is much better.
I would
never substitute it for real food, but it's rather hard to stuff a tuna sandwich into the back of my cycling jersey before I head out for a ride, neh?
"Healthy" is a relative statement. This bar, for me, is healthy; depending on your purposes and uses for pre-workout bars, it could be healthy for you, as well.
Rob
Ahhh, but a Snickers bar also contains complex O3 fatty acids which lowers the glycemic value of the carbs making it lower than the bar you are suggesting...
I am not out to diss you man, i think that if you have followed my posts you know that, but i have a bone to pick with the food industry, i have been in this "health" (actually the bodybuilding business) for more than 15 years and most of the absolute truths that you rely on i also rely on, one of those things is the glycemic index...
As you most certainly know the index can be raied or lowered depending on the fat content of a product, that is why i can say that the actual index can be lower in a snickers bar than in your bar, as you probably know protein can also raise the insulin response (which would be important to you as you have insulin dependant diabetes (typeI))...
You have lived with your disease so i will not try to lecture you, but a 60/40 ratio is not what i would consider healthy, especially as the fat content is so low... this is just a recommendation, try adding a few O3 capsules...
Be well...
Now I wish I had some empirical data about this bar to back me up. All I have is the knowledge that 30min after eating it, my sugars have yet to rise dramatically (104mg/dL -> 138mg/dL), which, for a type-I diabetic out of his "honeymoon" period, is rather good.
I'd be interested in the O3 capsules; is this just another way of saying omega-three fatty acids, or are these different?
I'm not questioning your knowledge at all; however, with this bar in particular, my response to the carbs has been rather slow. That is, for me, indicative of a good workout bar; I also understand that many people eat bars that have much faster responses (like the aforementioned Clif bars, which are great for hiking, but not great for most of my cardio or strength training), and might benefit from switching.
Unless you are on an atkins diet, 13g of simple carbohydrates -- 22g of total -- is not a significant amount, but it is enough to perk your energy (and performance) before a workout.
I've read your posts before, and they've been good, though a tad dogmatic. To simplify my take, though, I can say this: what I know is what works for me. I've tried Snickers, so I'm not laughing at that suggestion, but I respond less quickly to this bar than I do a Snickers; that could have to do with any number of factors, I suppose, but I know the results.
And finally: why wouldn't you recommend a 40/30/30 blend? That's often the standard, especially for those who are more cardio-centric than interested in bodybuilding. I have no interest in being "cut," merely in being in good shape; as long as I kick ass on the ultimate field, that's all that matters to me.
Rob