By now it’s a safe assumption to make that everyone especially body builders and athletes know the importance of eating right. Body builders are required to be on a high protein diet as well as adequate amounts of carbohydrates and fats. Nutrition supplements go a long way in helping them achieve their dietary goals. With the market producing hundreds of supplements, one can only wonder whether they do what the marketers claim. Nutritional supplement bars are increasingly becoming popular because their affordable, easily available in even grocery stores and are much tastier than some herbal concoction. The recent and best selling bars are the high protein, low carb bars. Are they really what they claim to be? Scientifically speaking it is close to impossible to create a nutrition bar with high quality protein and negligible amounts of carbohydrates. This is partly because glycerin, ...

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Q: With so many protein bar makers in the market, how can I tell which protein bar is the best? A: It’s not hard to get overwhelmed by the glossy ads, the huge, ripped bodies and the over the top claims that are used to push a protein bar. What you need to do, however, is to screen out all of that stuff and focus squarely on the mandatory ingredients list that is somewhere on the protein bar wrapper. Here’s what a product that’s worth purchasing will contain: Protein: Duh! Ok, then, lets dig a little deeper. Does your protein bar contain a 50/50 blend of whey and casein? Recent studies have shown that, contrary to popular opinion, a combination of whey and casein provides the best anabolic environment. The casein component of a protein bar should use micellar casein as it’s source. ...

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