So Snickers has a low carb "Marathon" bar.

[Kupek]

This is retarded on two levels.

One, the Marathon bar is basically their version of a power bar. Power bars are particularly useful for endurance activities, which is also implied by the "Marathon" label. During an endurance activity, your main source of energy is carbohydrates. So they're advertising a low-energy energy bar.

Two, it's not even low carb. It has about 14g of carbs, which is low for a power bar (they generally have something like 45g), but it's certainly not "low carb."

I thought low carb bread was the low point. I was wrong.

[SineSwiper]

I think a lot of low-carb things are stupid. Peanut butter, for one. Low-carb pasta for another. Man, the pasta is horrible, too. If you're going to go for low-carb shit, don't buy low-carb versions of high-carb products. You KNOW is going to taste like shit, if they have to replace most of the carb-containing food with some crappy no-carb alternative.

I've said it once, and I'll say it a thousand more times: any diet that gets you to lose 25-40 pounds in one month is unheathly.

[Flip]

They try to pass off products as low carb by saying "low net carbs" sometimes, too. Those books explain net carbs as total carbs minus fiber or something. So, some things have a lot of carbs, but qualify as low according to the net. So dumb.

[Tortolia]

Well, if you're on Atkins, you want low net carbs. Fiber isn't a problem, as I understand it.

[Ishamael]

LOL! Classic case of a product trying to hop on too many bandwagons and satisfying no one in the process.

[Julius Seeker]

That's stupid. A low carb energy bar is like non-toxic rat poison.