I love protein bars. They taste like candy bars, only cleaner to me. But for some reason I feel they are bs as a meal replacement and I am somehow being deceived by the nutrition facts. My favorite bar is the Atkins Peanut Butter bar, which has only one gram of sugar. My question is, why dont the pros eat these when they are cutting or etc. How absorbable is the protein, and are these facts for real or just make believe? Someone please explain this to me
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 bar (60.0 g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories
240
Calories from Fat
108
% Daily Value*
Total Fat
12.0g
18%
Saturated Fat
6.0g
30%
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
180mg
8%
Total Carbohydrates
22.0g
7%
Dietary Fiber
10.0g
40%
Sugars
1.0g
Protein
19.0g
Because most bars labels lie. Google “consumer labs 2001 protein bar” and you’ll see a study showing 60% of bars tested falsely reported their carbs (that was the usual thing). Sure that was a while ago but most people assume it’s a pattern that’s still followed.
There was another article here a long time ago where the T-Nation guys (I think or maybe they just refered to it) took some of the more popular ones (detour etc) when they first came out and had them tested and they didn’t even have the protein claimed. I couldn’t find that article when searching. I remember when Biotest sold some low carb bars but they never sold well.
You can make your own. Low-Carb Metabolic Drive + some nut butter, roll into candy bar sized logs, roll logs in flax seeds, wrap in cling wrap and keep in the fridge. Obviously they won’t stay solid very long when you take them out, or you can keep them in the freezer.
If you are willing to use regular chocolate you can google “temper chocolate” and learn how to heat & cool chocolate so it hardens so it won’t be messy. But then it’s not low carb.