Bravo! Brands have teamed-up with the Diabetes Research Foundation again in a partnership that will help raise funds for diabetes research. Here's what their doing: Bravo! Brands have expanded their already existing relationship with DRI by offering two more products that are deemed healthy for most people with diabetes, or for people who simply wish to reduce their carb and caloric intake.
Bravo! Brands already offers Slim Slammers, a flavored milk beverage, as a healthy alternative to other flavored milks, and it has now had the DRI logo on it for over two years. Now, Bravo! Brands has announced that the following products will also be part of the partnership and shall bear the DRI logo:
~ 3 Musketeers Slammers Chocolate Milk: It's 99 percent fat-free, so it's already off to a good start. And, it's taste is that of, you guessed it, a Three Musketeers Bar. Also not a bad thing. Plus, it has half the carbs of other chocolate milk brands and 63 percent less fat than whole milk.
~ Bravo! Blenders: This if for people who are Lactose Intolerant, as opposed to people who have the patience to deal with it ;) It is a meal replacement beverage that comes in four flavors, and it has fewer calories than many popular beverages of its kind. In addition, it's fortified with extra vitamins and minerals, not to mention that it has 25 percent more protein than regular milk.
As I mentioned in a post not too long ago, it is corporate funding of this kind that helps to an extent that a collection of individual donations could only hope to. In fact, another one that comes to mind is Barbersol's partnership with the JDRF (look for cans of Barbersol featuring Olympic Swimmer Gary Hall).
Bravo to all of you.
1. >> It's 99 percent fat-free, so it's already off to a good start.
oops! Someone is not keeping up with the research Allie linked to last week on the connection between carb intake and the liver releasing triglycerides into the bloodstream -- even if you eat *no* fat.
Dietary fat (within reason) ain't the enemy - merely a decoy thrown at us for decades by the uninformed - carbs are. In fact, as a diabetic, you probably already know that fat causes carbs to be converted to glucose at a slower rate, a very good thing, since it allows time for your injected insulin to start working to prevent spikes in that first hour (well before your post-meal testing at the 2 hour mark.)
The 3 Musketeers Slammers Chocolate Milk has 17 grams of carb; can someone explain how this is supposed to help kids with diabetes??? Admittedly better than Yoohoo at 29 grams, but 'cmon now, we can surely do better than this, can't we?
It's really about time we get past the idea that we have to let kids with diabetes eat just like their peers so they don't feel different and have self-esteem issues. What about their self-esteem in their 30's and 40's when their eyes, organs, and limbs stop working? How will we feel then as parents? Better to teach them now to eat a healthy diet, watching their carb intake, and aggressively controlling their BGLs, so that they too can have children, and grandchildren, while enjoying robust health.
Posted at 3:04PM on Jan 10th 2007 by TechRightGuy