I have a bone to pick with Slim Fast products.
In changing my diet ( yet again) I have been looking for sweet snacks that wont throw my -less sugar- more veggie idea into a tail spin.
So, I ventured into the weight loss section of the grocery store. Of course, slim fast is every where. One thing I didnt notice are these cool little candy bar type thinggies that have only 120 calories and 4 grams of fat. WOWser! I felt like I have been missing out.
Assuming ( key word here..) that these were weight oriented products, they wouldnt be horrid in thier ingredience.. I bought some.
Had 2 . Yummmmmers. Just yummmers.
Then I read the ingredience..
Malitol syrup ( uhh.. this causes water poops ) , Milk chocolate, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, nuts, nonfat milk, sugar, corn syrup, brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk, skim milk sugars, whey...
No wonder I felt like a train wreck.
Sugar? In diet foods?
Ok, sugar is addictive. Sorry, it is.
Second, white sugar is one of the number one causes for obesity and type II diabeties.
So, slim fast's idea..according to me.. is to -
1) get thier customers hooked by loading them up with sugar
2) give them just enough sugar to where they wont lose weight TOO fast so they can keep getting thier money
3) Punish people for eating it by adding a LAXITIVE to thier product.
whats even worse, on the package it self it says Excessive consumption can lead to laxitive like side effects.....
How can one learn to eat diffrently if the products they consume feed the very addiction they have?
> grrrrrr!!! <