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oh my!!! this is awesome!!
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newgirl-chargeback
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No have not tried it -- you mean it does not have that nasty aftertaste? No chalky texture? How many carbs are simple sugars?
Will try it!
Will try it!
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fitmedic said:
YES!!!
I like this bar way too much- it tastes GREAT! and I'm not buying into GlycerLEAN...I think it's a trick
SNICKERS® on steroids
newgirl-chargeback
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Hmmm....now I want to try it...the kel seal of approval!
Friscochick
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REALLY!!!
WHERE DID YOU PICK IT UP!?
THE STORE OR GNC OR THE SITE?
I'M WILLING TO TRY.. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A GOOD TASTING ONE!
WHERE DID YOU PICK IT UP!?
THE STORE OR GNC OR THE SITE?
I'M WILLING TO TRY.. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A GOOD TASTING ONE!
Ceebs
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The Detour bars are every bit as delicious as everyone is saying. Even my little sister, staunchly anti-protein-bar, loves them. I have almost two boxes of them in my crisper drawer in the fridge that I'm saving for a rainy day. 
ESupp has the lowest prices I've seen on these puppies online, and they seem to restock them pretty regularly when they run out: http://www.store.yahoo.com/esupp/nexprotdetba.html
ESupp has the lowest prices I've seen on these puppies online, and they seem to restock them pretty regularly when they run out: http://www.store.yahoo.com/esupp/nexprotdetba.html
They are absolutely amazing - and honestly, do taste almost EXACTLY like a snickers. BUT.....even though it has a lot of protein, I stil think it should be considered a "cheat food", and not treated like a regular protein bar. Here is the nutritional values from the wrapper: (sorry I don't have complete Snickers numbers)
DETOUR BAR
Calories 290
Total Fat 9g
Sat Fat 3.5g
Cholesterol 40mg
Total Carbs 21g
Fiber 3g
Sugar 6g
Protein 32g
Bunch of vit & min.
SNICKERS BAR
Calories 280
Total Fat 14g
Total Carbs 36g
Fiber 1g
Protein 4g
I think the calorie and fat content is a bit much to incorporate into my everyday diet. But when I am SERIOUSLY craving chocolate, it is definately better than giving into a regular Snickers. For me, having 1/2 a bar at a time makes a little more sense. Otherwise, I think it is a full-out cheat food.
DETOUR BAR
Calories 290
Total Fat 9g
Sat Fat 3.5g
Cholesterol 40mg
Total Carbs 21g
Fiber 3g
Sugar 6g
Protein 32g
Bunch of vit & min.
SNICKERS BAR
Calories 280
Total Fat 14g
Total Carbs 36g
Fiber 1g
Protein 4g
I think the calorie and fat content is a bit much to incorporate into my everyday diet. But when I am SERIOUSLY craving chocolate, it is definately better than giving into a regular Snickers. For me, having 1/2 a bar at a time makes a little more sense. Otherwise, I think it is a full-out cheat food.
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Friscochick
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9 grams is a lot
Radical Ice
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I used to love Solid Protien's Cherry Vanilla, but they "improved" the recipe and now it tastes like Play-Doh/Elmer's Glue... WTF????
I'll try your recommendation Daisy Girl. I gotta have the chocolate for rainy days too, Ceebs!!
I'll try your recommendation Daisy Girl. I gotta have the chocolate for rainy days too, Ceebs!!
Friscochick, I got mine at bodybuilding.com...but not online...they have a store here in my town so it's obviously cheaper for me just to swing by the warehouse... ~$2.50 each.
And newgirl, no aftertaste, no chalky texture. I'm tellin' you girl this is the best protien bar EVER. Well at least till I try the ones suggested above.
And newgirl, no aftertaste, no chalky texture. I'm tellin' you girl this is the best protien bar EVER. Well at least till I try the ones suggested above.
newgirl-chargeback
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Fitmedic you just about have me sold......gonna check it out. Thanks!
JJFigure said:
I love the Doctor's too - the S'mores is really good! Although Doctor's bars still taste like a protein bar, they aren't as chalky. They are very moist and chewy! I don't have to have a gallon of water to wash them down!
THeMaCHinE
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Food for thought...
*snip* (from http://www.testosterone.net/articles/207prot2.html)
T: What specifically is the current problem with the bar market?
PI: First of all, Atkins and Balance came out with this position that low-carb bars are possible. They play fakery with the glycerin — they say it's not a carbohydrate when in reality it is, and everybody latched on to that. Glycerin is sweet and it contains calories, so why aren't they considering it a carbohydrate? According to the FDA, it is a carbohydrate. So what if it's metabolized slightly differently? Eat enough of it and you'll get fat.
Anyhow, everyone, including the big guys, are watching Balance and until Balance drops the "low-carb" claims from their labels, it doesn't seem like anybody else is going to be in compliance with the FDA regulations. It's mind-boggling to have what is about a 3 or 4 billion-dollar a year industry lying en masse about carbohydrates.
Listen, there's no such thing as a bar that doesn't contain at least 30 to 40% carbohydrates. I don't care what they say, if you can chew it, it's got 30 to 40 percent carbohydrates. It's not possible not to. If you think your bar of choice is low in carbs, you're deluding yourself.
T: If you hadn't told me this a long time ago, I'd be choking and turning blue right now. Anyhow, onward. Traditionally, what's been the problem in getting large amounts of protein in a bar?
PI: Well, up until very recently, when you put real honest-to-goodness milk protein in a bar as your only protein source, it turned out like shoe leather, literally. You couldn't eat it.
T: What's changed?
PI: Well, there is a new technology that just came out — it took two years to figure this out — to blend everything together and do it in such a way using other novel ingredients to get those high quality proteins in there and get that consistency, texture, moisture, mouth feel, and taste that we all look for.
T: And this technology doesn't rely on using Jell-O, or gelatin, as a protein source?
PI: No, no, zero gelatin and very small amounts of glycerin. What companies often did, and still do, is consider gelatin as part of the protein they claim on the label, and as you probably know, the biological value of gelatin is zero, and so, for example, one of the major protein bars had 40% of its protein coming from gelatin. If they claimed 30 grams of protein, all they really had in there that was worth anything was 18 grams. The other 12 grams aren't worth anything from a bodybuilding standpoint.
T: And these guys aren't in jail?
PI: Ha! And you would never know you were being shorted on protein. If you're eating adequate calories, it's not going to dawn on you that you're shortchanging yourself of protein. What's that feel like if you're eating enough calories and not enough protein? Your brain isn't going to tell you that. So if you're eating two bars a day and you're being short-changed 24 total grams of protein, you're not going to know it, but it might affect your physique or athletic goals over the long term. You'd literally be short one protein meal a day.
So with the protein bar business, no one — prior to you guys — has come up to us and said, "Make me the best bar you can make, and spare no expense." Usually, they say, "I need a bar that costs this much money," and they don't pay that much attention to all the intangibles that would make a good bar. There's no attention paid to the quality of the proteins, or telling the people the truth. In fact, it's like, "Make anything you want and quick as you can, and we'll take care of any shortcomings through spin and hype in the advertising." And that's no exaggeration.
*snip*
*snip* (from http://www.testosterone.net/articles/207prot2.html)
T: What specifically is the current problem with the bar market?
PI: First of all, Atkins and Balance came out with this position that low-carb bars are possible. They play fakery with the glycerin — they say it's not a carbohydrate when in reality it is, and everybody latched on to that. Glycerin is sweet and it contains calories, so why aren't they considering it a carbohydrate? According to the FDA, it is a carbohydrate. So what if it's metabolized slightly differently? Eat enough of it and you'll get fat.
Anyhow, everyone, including the big guys, are watching Balance and until Balance drops the "low-carb" claims from their labels, it doesn't seem like anybody else is going to be in compliance with the FDA regulations. It's mind-boggling to have what is about a 3 or 4 billion-dollar a year industry lying en masse about carbohydrates.
Listen, there's no such thing as a bar that doesn't contain at least 30 to 40% carbohydrates. I don't care what they say, if you can chew it, it's got 30 to 40 percent carbohydrates. It's not possible not to. If you think your bar of choice is low in carbs, you're deluding yourself.
T: If you hadn't told me this a long time ago, I'd be choking and turning blue right now. Anyhow, onward. Traditionally, what's been the problem in getting large amounts of protein in a bar?
PI: Well, up until very recently, when you put real honest-to-goodness milk protein in a bar as your only protein source, it turned out like shoe leather, literally. You couldn't eat it.
T: What's changed?
PI: Well, there is a new technology that just came out — it took two years to figure this out — to blend everything together and do it in such a way using other novel ingredients to get those high quality proteins in there and get that consistency, texture, moisture, mouth feel, and taste that we all look for.
T: And this technology doesn't rely on using Jell-O, or gelatin, as a protein source?
PI: No, no, zero gelatin and very small amounts of glycerin. What companies often did, and still do, is consider gelatin as part of the protein they claim on the label, and as you probably know, the biological value of gelatin is zero, and so, for example, one of the major protein bars had 40% of its protein coming from gelatin. If they claimed 30 grams of protein, all they really had in there that was worth anything was 18 grams. The other 12 grams aren't worth anything from a bodybuilding standpoint.
T: And these guys aren't in jail?
PI: Ha! And you would never know you were being shorted on protein. If you're eating adequate calories, it's not going to dawn on you that you're shortchanging yourself of protein. What's that feel like if you're eating enough calories and not enough protein? Your brain isn't going to tell you that. So if you're eating two bars a day and you're being short-changed 24 total grams of protein, you're not going to know it, but it might affect your physique or athletic goals over the long term. You'd literally be short one protein meal a day.
So with the protein bar business, no one — prior to you guys — has come up to us and said, "Make me the best bar you can make, and spare no expense." Usually, they say, "I need a bar that costs this much money," and they don't pay that much attention to all the intangibles that would make a good bar. There's no attention paid to the quality of the proteins, or telling the people the truth. In fact, it's like, "Make anything you want and quick as you can, and we'll take care of any shortcomings through spin and hype in the advertising." And that's no exaggeration.
*snip*
Friscochick
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Damn that is great information!
Friscochick
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Ceebs said:
LOL!
SteelWeaver
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lol@Ceebs 
If you haven't tried Musashi Choc Hazelnut bars, you haven't lived. 40g P, 18g CHO, 9g fat, and unbelievably delicious
If you haven't tried Musashi Choc Hazelnut bars, you haven't lived. 40g P, 18g CHO, 9g fat, and unbelievably delicious
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