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Good question, I am new and would like to know also. 

I would try to avoid Atkins products if you can. Stick to Whole Foods. You can whip some whipping cream with some sugar free jello or pudding until it just peaks. Let that set up in your fridge. I try to avoid sweetners by all costs but this is my favorite. Some people do have little dark cocoa chocolate - very little at least 70-80% cocoa. I have munched on coconut dried shavings before with a tad of dark chocolate heated over the top. That helps. Think Whole Foods. Berries and cream, etc. I think Atkins is in or was in a lawsuit here not to long ago. I guess once your fat adapted if your following keto one little bar once in a great while won't hurt but beware. It could stall you out and or create more cravings. Sugar alcohols do more harm than justice in some people. If your following low carb once in awhile it may not hurt but I didn't loose much when I relied on their products back in the day. 

That’s the reason I switched to total carb counting..... keeps me having vegetables, cheese, Keto 90 second bread etc for my carbs v a bar my head told me ‘oh I can have 6 of these’..... I am a recovering carb/ sugarholic

I wouldn’t have the Atkins bars.  They aren’t Keto friendly 

Joanna OH YES. I remember that also. That's why I think they create more cravings.  I only lost about 10 pounds on "atkins" but isn't that just a low carb lifestyle and not ketogenic?  I have a fear of the microwave and I see so many recipes for using one. I think they banned them in Russia years ago. 

badmojomn interesting microwave theory....... I have a friend the same. I use mine occasionally do tell.

Joanna I would have to "site" the references and it really would take to long. Google it, you may think twice about cooking food in it. For me, microwaving food rearranges the particles of nutrients in foods, and studies are out there about cancer markers or blood derangements increasing after putting a study group A/B. Etc. also google microwaves banned in Russia. It's an interesting read.  

Joanna BTW- I reluctantly did my own study on myself. I bought only higher quality microwaved foods and heated everything up in there. I felt like total crap during that duration.  

Joanna Recovering sugar holic! Never heard that phrase, but know my husband is a sugarholic for sure! Working on him, he is considering joining me on my journey!

badmojomn Who cooks in their microwave? I only reheat mostly. Just quicker and less pots to clean.

pnhale lots of low carb recipes you can Cook in the micro. 

pnhale reheating basically the same as microwaving it. Particles get jiggled all over. 

Atkins class action lawsuit:

"On Tuesday, Atkins Nutritionals Inc. was hit with a class action lawsuit challenging its practice of marketing its food products with “Net Carbs” claims." This was this July. 

Hence the reason I figured out why I wasn't loosing weight  

"On Tuesday, Atkins Nutritionals Inc. was hit with a class action lawsuit challenging its practice of marketing its food products with “Net Carbs” claims.

Plaintiff Johana Garcia alleges the “Net Carbs” claims, which are featured prominently on various Atkins products, mislead consumers about the products’ effect on blood sugar levels.

Garcia points to the front label of Atkins-brand products, which prominently display a Net Carbs claim. According to the Atkins class action lawsuit, the Net Carbs claims are intended to inform consumers that dietary fiber and sugar alcohols should not be included as carbohydrates because they have a “negligible” effect on blood sugar levels.

Atkins reportedly informs consumers that “All Carbs Are Not Created Equal,” explaining that carbohydrates like dietary fiber “pass through your body without having any impact on blood-sugar levels” and sugar alcohols “have a minimal impact on blood-sugar levels.”

However, Garcia says that two of Atkins’ most commonly used sugar alcohols, maltitol and maltitol syrup, significantly affect blood sugar levels and should not be deducted from the total carbohydrate count used in the Net Carbs calculation.

The Atkins Net Carbs class action lawsuit names several varieties of Atkins snack bars, meal bars and Endulge Treats as having misleading Net Carbs language.

“Defendant’s Net Carbs representations communicate to consumers that the glycemic effect of maltitol- and maltitol syrup-derived carbohydrates is negligible,” the Atkins class action lawsuit says.

“But the indisputable scientific truth is that it is not negligible and that the glycemic index of maltitol and maltitol syrup is closer to that of table sugar (sucrose) than it is to zero.”

Garcia asserts that Atkins misleads consumers about the glycemic effects of its products, capitalizing on consumers’ preference for foods that are low carb or have minimal glycemic effect.

According to the Atkins class action lawsuit, Atkins has “engaged in a calculated campaign to sow scientific confusion in the public mind in order to conceal its Net Carbs Deception and further perpetuate its fraud on consumers.”

“It has attempted to as it were ‘change the subject’ from the glycemic index of sugar alcohols—and especially maltitol and maltitol syrup—to the issue of the ‘glycemic impact’ of its products taken as a whole, which is altogether distinct from, and irrelevant to the truth or falsity of, its Net Carbs representations.”

Garcia says that she and other putative Class Members would not have purchased the Atkins products had she known that the Net Carbs claims were deceptive and misleading.

The Atkins class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of Garcia and a proposed Class of consumers in the United States who made purchases of certain Atkins meal bars, snack bars and Endulge Treats. Garcia also seeks to represent a New York Class.

The Atkins Net Carbs class action lawsuit asserts violations of New York’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, False Advertising Law, breach of express warranties, common law fraud and negligent misrepresentation.

Garcia is seeking restitution, compensatory damages, actual and/or statutory damages, injunctive relief, pre- and post-judgment interest, attorneys’ fees and other relief deemed appropriate by the court. She has also asked a judge to order Atkins to engage in a corrective advertising campaign.

Garcia is represented by C.K. Lee and Anne Seelig of Lee Litigation Group PLLC."

badmojomn I agree with the Adkins bars, they make you want more sweets. 

But I done the Adkins diet and have a cookbook from Adkins. There are 3 levels the first one is called induction and on it you can have only 20 Net carbs later you have more. I stayed in 20 and lost a lot of weight. Ketonic and Induction are the same but on Adkins you get more protein. 

I do ketonic now, but my lunch is still my favorite which is the vanilla Adkins shake. Never would I get those Adkins bars though... they don't taste well anyway.

badmojomn I would not doubt that. Because the indulgence bars and stuff always made me wonder.

i do still use the protein shakes and never had a problem with them, but it is a meal replacement for me. ( I do have to google the lawsuit now... because if they cheat I want to know)

Fascinating reading badmojomn carbs & microwave ~ i reheat my home cooking sometimes & make 90 second Keto bread a couple of times a week.... will have to delve..... 🙇♀️