To be able to maintain high energy levels, and of course a healthy weight, we all know we should eat right. What do you do when you have been told you have to eat five or six meals per day to accomplish this?
How in the world can a person accomplish this, especially when most of us already have an overload on our agenda as it is, day to day? There are a large number of us who will fail at achieving this, before we even start.
Fitting in extra time to cook six meals every day can be impossible. Ok, so what do you do? One option you might want to consider is a nutrition or protein bar.
The next thing you end up having to figure out, is which nutrition bar is right for your particular needs. Just like with anything else that is on the market, we have 2 or 20 different kinds to choose from.
Choosing between a diet bar, meal replacement bar, protein bar, or energy bar is not always easy, especially when each of them contain a different level of carbs, fat, sugar, and protein.
Most of the energy bars you will find, are full of carbs, because the main goal of these particular bars is to help boost energy levels and endurance levels for athletes of today.
Many of the replacement bars, or diet bars that are available today contain a higher amount of carbs than they do protein, and they generally contain the lowest amount of calories possible. Several dieters find these to be very convenient when they want to replace a meal with something that is low in calories and high in protein levels.
They can also be used as a low calorie pre-workout and post-workout snack
Some nutrition bars can be deceiving in the name, as many of them are loaded with sugar. However, if you pay particular attention to the labels and read the ingredients, certain bars can be a healthy snack on occasion.
Unfortunately if you are not careful, eating very many of these types of bars can only mean added weight for you. Many of the claims on labels of these bars did not meet standards that are set by ConsumerLab, so you just may be getting a lot more sugar than you intend to.
Below is a list of nutritional bars, by brand, listed from best to worst, in our opinion.
1. MET-Rx Food Bar
2. Clif Bar
3. Solid Protein
4. Source One
5. PowerBar Performance
6. Pure Protein
7. Myoplex Lite
8. BALANCE Outdoors
9. Protein Plus
10. Nutribar
How in the world can a person accomplish this, especially when most of us already have an overload on our agenda as it is, day to day? There are a large number of us who will fail at achieving this, before we even start.
Fitting in extra time to cook six meals every day can be impossible. Ok, so what do you do? One option you might want to consider is a nutrition or protein bar.
The next thing you end up having to figure out, is which nutrition bar is right for your particular needs. Just like with anything else that is on the market, we have 2 or 20 different kinds to choose from.
Choosing between a diet bar, meal replacement bar, protein bar, or energy bar is not always easy, especially when each of them contain a different level of carbs, fat, sugar, and protein.
Most of the energy bars you will find, are full of carbs, because the main goal of these particular bars is to help boost energy levels and endurance levels for athletes of today.
Many of the replacement bars, or diet bars that are available today contain a higher amount of carbs than they do protein, and they generally contain the lowest amount of calories possible. Several dieters find these to be very convenient when they want to replace a meal with something that is low in calories and high in protein levels.
They can also be used as a low calorie pre-workout and post-workout snack
Some nutrition bars can be deceiving in the name, as many of them are loaded with sugar. However, if you pay particular attention to the labels and read the ingredients, certain bars can be a healthy snack on occasion.
Unfortunately if you are not careful, eating very many of these types of bars can only mean added weight for you. Many of the claims on labels of these bars did not meet standards that are set by ConsumerLab, so you just may be getting a lot more sugar than you intend to.
Below is a list of nutritional bars, by brand, listed from best to worst, in our opinion.
1. MET-Rx Food Bar
2. Clif Bar
3. Solid Protein
4. Source One
5. PowerBar Performance
6. Pure Protein
7. Myoplex Lite
8. BALANCE Outdoors
9. Protein Plus
10. Nutribar
