Impact carbs is an Atkins Diet thing. The theory (whether or not you believe it) is that certain carbs cause an immediate rise in your blood sugar, which for people who have insulin resistance, they can't deal with as well, but when the insulin finally kicks in, you get a blood sugar crash, which causes you to be less effective, more irritable --- and may cause you to grab for the nearest candy bar to get your blood sugar back up, but then you over-compensate and then you get another blood sugar peak followed by a crash.
So the claim is that if sugar alcohols are less bad than raw sugar, because they don't cause the blood sugar spike as much. This is certainly true for myself, in terms of avoiding the sugar crash, and I'll eat a few Atkins bars (which I think taste better than the Pria Carb Select) when I need a snack, just for that reason. That being said, there are a lot of people who will tell you from experience that eating huge amounts of sugar alcohol will slow or stop weight loss, and that Real Food (tm) that are low-carb naturally *is* better for you (and easier on your wallet!) than these artificial candy-bars that are low in "impact carbs".
As far as whether women taste better than men, I've never had the urge or the opportunity to taste the latter, so I can't really do a fair comparison. :-P
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So the claim is that if sugar alcohols are less bad than raw sugar, because they don't cause the blood sugar spike as much. This is certainly true for myself, in terms of avoiding the sugar crash, and I'll eat a few Atkins bars (which I think taste better than the Pria Carb Select) when I need a snack, just for that reason. That being said, there are a lot of people who will tell you from experience that eating huge amounts of sugar alcohol will slow or stop weight loss, and that Real Food (tm) that are low-carb naturally *is* better for you (and easier on your wallet!) than these artificial candy-bars that are low in "impact carbs".
As far as whether women taste better than men, I've never had the urge or the opportunity to taste the latter, so I can't really do a fair comparison. :-P