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Reviewed By: Brunilda Nazario,
Credits: 2008 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Sandi Kaplan, RD, Registered Dietitian, Seattle, WA.
© 1999-2011 Medstar Television
Blender.
At custom smoothie in Seattle, the drinks are all healthy and so are the snacks.
The bars that we carry are very different, each one represents some different diet or lifestyle, whether it be a higher protein bar, a bar that has low fat in it, or a bar that has more carbs in it than protein in it.
So what's best for a healthy boost? Don't expect the label to do the talking.
Actually there are no labeling requirements so people can call their bars whatever they like. So you can be called an energy bar, a nutrition bar, a protein bar.
Adding to the problem.
Many of the other bars out there will have either too many carbohydrates or to be too high in protein or too low in fat and really don't work well as a snack option for people whether they are trying to lose weight or maintain weight.
Bars fortified with vitamins and minerals can have a metallic after taste.
I think nutrition bars taste synthetic. There's always a chemical after taste.
If you're worried about calories, you should know a well-balanced nutrition bar is about the same as a candy bar, roughly 200 calories.
Many of the bars have way too much refined sugar.
Sandi says the best way to pick a nutrition bar is to look past the advertising on the label and go straight to the ingredients list. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.
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