When in reality, both groups are getting about the same blood sugar hit from carbs, even if the granola bars have a little fiber along with their sugar and starch.

Funny though, when I was googling for images of granola bar nutrition facts, all the website blurbs that came up with the images touted granola bars as being sooo good for you, although the blurbs didn't mention as compared to what. I doubt they were comparing them to arsenic, although my guess is that they were comparing them to sugary soda, donuts, cookies, and candy bars, pointing out that the very presence of whole grains gave the granola bars a definite glow of good-for-you healthfulness.