What makes low-carb processed foods low-carb?

What makes low-carb processed foods low-carb?

Andrea Giancoli (Registered Dietician ) gives expert video advice on: What is the Atkins Diet eating plan?; What is considered 20 grams of carbohydrates?; Can vegetarians follow the Atkins Diet? and more...

There's a lot of foods out there that are marketed as being low-carbohydrates, and you are actually seeing less of them now. A couple of years ago, we were seeing a lot of these energy bars that were low-carb. These were in fact cookies, candies and all kinds of things that were low-carb. However, those particular types of foods and snack foods are sweetened with sugar alcohols. These sugar alcohols are harder for your body to absorb, and they tend to cause gas, bloating, and possibly diarrhoea. So, those products had become less popular because of that reason.