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**Flalafuse** · 07-09-2008, 06:43 AM

Barbi, I hate to correct you, but the Atkins shakes are A: better for atkins because of their higher fat content and B: have no sugar alcohols at all.

Ergo if the slimfast ones have any sugar alcohols whatsoever they must have more than the atkins.

I buy the Vanilla and Strawberry, both are good, the other ones have extra carbs that need fiber subtraction. Even if you want to subtract fiber and be safe, i figure it cant hurt to buy the ones that don't have as far to go.

Vanilla and Strawberry have 2carb 2fiber each, and the chocolates have like 5 carbs and 4 fibers. That made my choices easy for me.

I have as soon as I get up, I roll out of bed, grab it out of the small fridge and start shaking it up.

I have a second one after my workout with regular protein powder mixed in. The only thing that sucks about the atkins shakes is the old ones had a mix of protein isolate and caseinate. Caseinate is the slower digesting protein, and now they don't have that, and they dropped the potassium from 600 to 280. Without hte slower digesting protein, they wear off a bit sooner.

EAS makes another low carb shake that's pretty good, but its lower fats and calories and as such tastes a bit more chalky.

07-09-2008, 06:43 AM	#7
Flalafuse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 387 Senior Member	Barbi, I hate to correct you, but the Atkins shakes are A: better for atkins because of their higher fat content and B: have no sugar alcohols at all. Ergo if the slimfast ones have any sugar alcohols whatsoever they must have more than the atkins. I buy the Vanilla and Strawberry, both are good, the other ones have extra carbs that need fiber subtraction. Even if you want to subtract fiber and be safe, i figure it cant hurt to buy the ones that don't have as far to go. Vanilla and Strawberry have 2carb 2fiber each, and the chocolates have like 5 carbs and 4 fibers. That made my choices easy for me. I have as soon as I get up, I roll out of bed, grab it out of the small fridge and start shaking it up. I have a second one after my workout with regular protein powder mixed in. The only thing that sucks about the atkins shakes is the old ones had a mix of protein isolate and caseinate. Caseinate is the slower digesting protein, and now they don't have that, and they dropped the potassium from 600 to 280. Without hte slower digesting protein, they wear off a bit sooner. EAS makes another low carb shake that's pretty good, but its lower fats and calories and as such tastes a bit more chalky.
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