whats the deal with this impact carb shyt

[juiceheadnyc]

Looking around for diifferent low carb protein bars to substitute some of the ones i eat now and i noticed that alot of them say 3 grams impact carbs on the front, then u look at the back and it says 34 grams of carbs.....

Do u guys go for this or just read the nutrition label in the back????

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

in a nutshell, the low carb bars etc have stuff in them like glycerine. These are sugar alcohols and unlike carbohydrates are polyols. The fact is that they contribute to the calorie count of bars but cannot be classed as proteins due to their chemecular structure and what it needs to be a protein. THe closest it can be defined is as a carb but unlike a carb it has no or little effect on blood sugar and insulin levels. So the reason why your bars now say 3 gms impact carbs but have 38 grams of carbs is that most are actually glycerine claiming to be carbs since the FDA doesnt say you need to put glycerine in the labeling but need to state where the calories are coming from. So whilst it contributes to calories and is therefore treated as such on n utritional labeling, it's not going to spike insulin like carbs.

geez sorry if i've confused u lol

 

[eurorides]

Babyfaced Assassin

they wont let me give you any more karma till i give it to others great post...i was gonna say impact carbs are sugar

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

hehe thanks eurides, i still dont understand this karma shit but cheers anyway

 

[mrzap]

Here is a question. Lets say theoretically your body burns 3000 calories exactly in a day

You consume exactly 3000 calories and then eat 300 calories of non impact carbs like glycerin. Wouldn't the 300 calories from glycerin be stored as fat just the same?

 

[ohashi]

If insulin is not present in your bloodstream, fat stores cannot be added to. Glycerin does an extrememly poor job of triggering insulin release. Make your own conclusions.

 

[juiceheadnyc]

I dont know i wqsnt going for it, i thought carbs where carbs and they where just trying to bulshyt people into buying there bars..

All in all would u guys go for the impact carb bars or, or just get the ones that really say a low carb # in the back???

Cause to tell u the truth i dont want to risk it.....

 

[eurorides]

most bars are basically candy bars, eat whole foods.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

calories eaten > calories expended = weight gain

the reason why insulin triggers a faster fat sotrage response is because of the metabolic pathways and the way carbohydrates are treated, they will be used to fill muscle glycogen but any spillover , particularly in the liver, will lead to lipogenesis or carb to fat conversion. Fat cannot convert to carbs and thus is regulated and broken down well in an environment where insulin isn't high, insulin, whilst anabolic to muscle cells is also anabolic to fat tissues, the only time you really want to have an insulin spike is post workout to aid msucle recovery/growth and that's why you dont take fat in post workout really (also fat slows down the absorption of the protein and carbs)

 

[juiceheadnyc]

I have to say baby face.....Bravo excellent posts...

So go with the low carbs or impact carbs one????