Chocolate

Does anyone have any exerpeince with Ross Chocolates or Simply Lite?  I've tried the Simply lite and found that it had very little impact in my bs in that after 2 hours I saw a rise in bs of less that 7 points.  It also tastes very good.

From what I know Ross Chocolates were created by a diabetic and are supposed to be diabetic friendly.

Thoughts?

Thanks Lanie. The Simply Lite is available in my local Walmart. The net carb is 2 gr per serving which is just under 1/3 of the bar. The bars are pretty good in size but a little pricey at $1.47 per bar. I've tried the Lindt extra dark and dark but found I really don't like the taste. The Simply Lite has Milk Chocolate, dark and several with nuts.

The Ross Chocolates are not available in any stores in my area and I was just wondering if anyone had tried them and what their thoughts were. I really don't want to order a box of 12 to find out that I don't like them or can't eat them.

So--for now I'm happy with the Simply Lite. I find that when I'm stressed or depressed a little chocolate helps keeps things in emotional balance.

And, chocolate is good for the heart (my cardiologist said there are some heart benefits to chocolate as long as you eat it in moderation).

When I open a bar, I divide it in thirds and wrap up the remaining 2/3 and put it away so I'm not tempted to finish off the bar. Although, I the first time I bought them I did eat the entire bar. My bs went up less than 10 points over 2 hours.

Hi Joni, that's a great idea!  You can be our GP (guinea pig)!  Test the blood sugar. Eat some of the chocolate (tell us how much you eat), and test after 2 hours and report back to us.  I might go out and get some today, too, and I'll be a GP.  Sacrifices we do in the name of health and science! 

I'll buy it tomorrow.  After errands to four places and then the supermarket, I just couldn't face the hot parking lot at WalMart.  It's 100 in the sun here. 

Just outside Memphis.  98 in the shade, 103 in the sun at our house. I think our tomatoes are stewing on the vine!  Maybe if I put some steaks outside our whole dinner can be broiled in the sun!     (That's on the thermometers.  I have no idea about the heat index...)

That's interesting, but all that is imported here. I think some might be available, but I'm not even sure. The local no-sugar chocolates taste like wood so I don't eat much of any chocolate at all... <_<

We've also had a hot summer. Some warm winds from Russia (imagine that) raised the temperature to around 30-35C in shade daily for a few weeks. That's just short of 100F at worst. And I live in Helsinki.. at latitude 60N. It's cooler now after thunderstorms, but it was terrible at the office in July because the A/C wasn't working.

Hi Lanie, Sounds like your temps are about like ours. We're looking at 100 with an index of 105-110 today. Tomatos wilted, flowers wilted, etc.

Chaul22--seems like the world is in a heat wave.

Nanmojo, I love the Russell Stover chocolates--unfortunately they shoot my bs sky high.

Jeannie--I didn't know that. Unfortunately I can't eat regular chocolates because they do make my bs skyrocket. However, I have found that ones made with the sugar alcohol malitol do not. So, now I enjoy the Simply Lite brand. Not too much though--because malitol can act like a laxative.

I recently found Guylian sugar free, 70% dark chocolate very good and low carb woth none of that funny after taste abd only 3g carb per suare

Hi phishbowl.

I wish I could eat the real stuff but I can't. Chocolate with real sugar makes my bs skyrocket (even 1 square) and the one that doesn't Lindt dark I just don't like. So to have a few pieces made with a sugar alcohol that doesn't make my bs shoot the moon is a wonderful treat to me. I don't eat it every day and not the whole bar (except every once in awhile during peak stress). It doesn't make me rush to the bathroom (but it could for some folks).

The low-sugar, high-cocoa chocolates are an acquired taste. There was a time when I would (and would want to) eat a whole box of those chocolate-covered, marshmallow cookies with the jam in the centre -- I mean, they're mostly air right? (not!)

When I made my decision to eat better, I cut out chocolate entirely. That was OK for a while but I ended up craving/missing something. Then Jeannie/Lanie/somebody told me about the high-cocoa, no-milk chocolate bars (Lindt 90% cocoa and the like ... reminded me of the Baker's Chocolate me mom used to use & I used to sneak of piece of when I was knee-high to a footstool). It took a while to retrain my brain & tastebuds but the chocolate squares are tolerable now .... even looked-forward to.

Getting creative, I learned to make a dessert out of a piece of cheese, a handful of cashews, some yogurt and a couple of squares of the Lindt bars (in that order ... the piece of fatty cheese slows down the absorption of the carbs in my experience but as Phish says, 'that's me' so YMMV). The upshot is that my brain now thinks I'm eating a chocolate sundae! Who am I to correct it? ;-)

An added incentive to not overdo (at least for us Canadians) is that even Wal-Mart charges about $3.50 a bar for these healthy foods so pigging out on them isn't a reality. Last week, I found another apparent generic alternative at Wal-Mart but after checking the label, it turns out that the 50% price saving would mean a double in carb content so that was a no-no.

Anyway, experiment on you. I do it all the time. Eat ... test ... think ... decide

Chocolate roolze dudes & dudettes! (or whatever the kids say nowadays ;-)

MMMMmmm! Chocolate experiments... Chocolate-y-lish-ous....

Hello sweetlovers:@)
Here's what info I gathered on these candies:

These "sugar free" candies contain sugar alcohols. Sugar alcohols do contain carbs but since the sugar alcohols are not completely digested the carbs they contain do not affect BG levels as "real" sugar carbs do. Some people experience a laxative effect from the sugar alcohols at even small amounts while others do not suffer these effects with any amount. Some people experience a marked BG rise after ingesting sugar alcohols while others experience little or no rise at all.

The bottom line is that not all people can tolerate sugar alcohols and those that can't should simply avoid them. For those of us who can tolerate the sugar alcohols, they are a great way to satisfy our sweet tooth without consequence.