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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:56:41 +0000

[...] random vites and electrolytes for show, but that’s about it. It’s just another “dysfunctional food” that serves more as a source of calories than [...]

By: Elissa

Elissa — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:47:10 +0000

ROFLMAO! No, I wasn’t going to actually go through a real two-week program (I don’t have any surplus fat around my waist to lose, really). All I did was pick up some samples at the store – fortunately, the bars were being sold open stock, so I didn’t have to buy a full box. But I didn’t eat them (my daughter expressed curiosity, so they ended up being hers). I just bought them to get a look at them, and to get the list of ingredients, which Kellogg’s didn’t put on their site (the info is N/A – I wonder why? )

I did drink the Protein Water, though, to see if it really does “take the edge off hunger.” I was a bit peckish coming out of the grocery store, so I sucked it down in the car, and took note of the time. It wasn’t particularly tasty (to me, at any rate), although it did take the edge off my hunger…for a grand total of about 30 minutes – lol.

This is unsurprising, as it contains only 5 g whey protein isolate and 5 g of polydextrose (plus 6 g sugar)…it’s only 50 calories worth, and polydextrose isn’t a big deterrent to gastric emptying. The satiating effect of polydextrose was referred to as “mild” in this study: http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FBJN%2FBJN93_06%2FS0007114505001376a.pdf&code=a52be35023259bde00828a47df480146 – which used a dose of 12.5g – 25 g – considerably more than what Kellogg’s provides!

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:02:49 +0000

The average consumer wants to find a no brainer health-in-a-box package that will magically help them fit their pants again in a few weeks so they just go through the same cycle again.

It’s too bad most won’t be finding this site or even looking for it as the ads will educate them instead.

Elissa, I happen to know how you look which is FABULOUS!. So please don’t take too many of these experiments as a sacrifice to help the “masses” out there.

By: Elissa

Elissa — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:00:57 +0000

LOL – submitting different answers to the questions generated different diets in a strict technical sense, but they were all functionally the same, in that they featured cereal for breakfast, snack bars/bites/protein water for snacks, and meal bars for lunch. So different flavors were used, but each diet had the same, precise structure…thus the phrase, “structurally identical.” The program simply randomizes the products assigned to each group (i.e., breakfast, snack1/2, lunch) when you submit a questionnaire.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:14:20 +0000

Unbelievable! The same meal plan and caloric intake regardless of size, weight, height, muscle mass and activity level? And the same plan regardless of entered data?

You’d think Kellog’s would at least make an effort to maintain the pretense that this is a “real”, genuine diet plan.

Obviously, their real priorities lie with the bottom line and their shareholders. This isn’t real food — not by a long shot. You nailed it, Elissa, with “value added candy bar.”

I say again…

Un-freakin-believable.