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How To Choose A Healthy Protein Bar?

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Protein was the foremost valued ingredient 250 years ago: It had been the rarest thing. Now the rarest thing we’ve is time: time to cook and time to eat.”

— Adam Gopnik

Protein bars

Walk right down to the grocery and you are bound to find a protein bar that looks much healthier than it actually is. In spite of all marketing lingo bragging about their nutritional value (organic bar, consists of natural ingredients), some varieties can contain more sugar than candy.

5 Rules which will assist you to settle on a Protein Bar

STEP 1. IT IS NOT CARBOHYDRATE, IT IS SUGAR

While choosing a protein bar most people prefer taste over health. This is often because the more sugar the bar contains, the more delicious it is. Another problem is that majority of people don’t check the number of sugar on the package of the bar because they’re only curious about the protein and calorie content.

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STEP 2. BALANCED RATIO OF CARBOHYDRATE AND PROTEIN

The protein and carbohydrates should be in proper proportion. The proportion should be around 4:1 that’s 40 grams of carbohydrate versus 10g of protein. Supported by this ratio, we all know that the protein bar within the image is more candy than a protein supplement.

protein bars

STEP 3. CALORIES SHOULD BE 400 HUNDRED

Protein bar has quite 400 calories, it isn’t a healthy diet replacement. As an example, if a bar contains 200 calories but only 6 grams of protein, it contains less protein than one boiled egg that has 7 grams of protein and only about 80 calories. If you don’t care about a couple of balanced protein bars you’ll do more harm to your body than good.

calories in protein bars

STEP 4. IT SHOULD CONTAIN HEALTHY FATS AND FEWER THAN 3 GRAMS OF SATURATED FATS.

In addition to counting calories, it’s good to think about fats too. Remember that no bar would taste great without added salt, sugar, and fat. Thus, if there are few carbohydrates within the bar, this might be reflected within the added fat or in the number of artificial sweeteners.

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STEP 5. IT CONTAINS A MINIMUM OF 3 GRAMS OF FIBRE

Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates alongside fiber (from fruit or flakes) undergo an extended digestion process than simple sugars. As a result, the body doesn’t feel hunger for an extended time. The fiber supports the digestive system, lowers cholesterol levels, and helps with weight reduction.

Fiber

The nutritional composition of a high-quality protein bar supported all the above-mentioned points should be as follows:

  • Less than 10 g of carbohydrates per serving
  • More than 10 g of protein per serving
  • Less than 400 calories per serving
  • Less than 3 g of saturated fats per serving
  • More than 3 g of fiber per serving

Conclusion:     

Fitnastic suggests that you always read the label carefully and educate yourself on nutritional information. “Companies can make the package look fancy, and they can fool the buyer,” Fitnastic says. “What you see isn’t always what you get.

This article is contributed by the Fitnastic team!

About Fitnastic: Fitnastic was founded in January 2020 with the aim to help individuals go through their fitness obstacles and transform them into stronger, fitter, and confident individuals. Rishi Nagar being the founder and Ojas Bhatt being the Co-Founder, believe in the ideology that exercise and nutrition are the utmost priority for healthy well-being.

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