Thursday, May 12, 2011

Choosing protein bar

Need to eat 2g of protein per kg? Or maybe you are trying to eat six small meals a day? It sounds easier than it is, therefore, protein bars can be what you are looking for. Protein bars are great and fast food bar. They are easy to take along to work or school or anywhere else where you need to get the protein, or just to quench your hunger in a healthy manner.

Is not it disgusting?

No! Protein bars last year, producers have reached a new level, now that all the bars are great tasting, and some taste better than chocolate bars. You gladly eat bar every day and at the same time, you will receive the necessary materials. Choose a popular bar if you are concerned about taste, the ones you buy and recommends that people tend to be the best.
The protein bar is best for you?

If you try to burn the fat that you choose a bar with a few carbs and calories, extra protein will help you maintain your muscle mass. If you are trying to gain weight then you choose a bar with a high protein and high in calories, but also in comparison with low sugar and fat. If you simply want to replace any meal into a fast food bar protein with moderate carbs and calorie count will be the same for you.

6 Basics factors in choosing a protein bar.



No matter what the reason why you make your own protein bars to choose, but it's important to choose correctly.

1st Calories

The first factor you should think about the calories, if you are making the weight and eat 400 calories a bar and then will not be easy to lose weight, for example if you have consumed about 1,200 calories a day is a third of the calories you išvaistote on the bar! You are the better you get 400 calories in 170 grams of fish, a half cup of rice and 2 cups of steamed vegetables.

But on the other hand, if your goal gain lean muscle mass every day and you are weary enough calories to elect a 400-calorie protein bar is like a gift sent from paradise.

It is important to look at the amount of calories you choose your bar, because they can be very different from 70 calories to 484 calories. You can clearly notice that mistake and not a choice of how you wanted it could seriously hinder weight loss progress, or give very little benefit for the production of muscle mass.

2nd Carbohydrates

Secondly, it is important to look at the composition of carbohydrates, a person who seeks to lose weight should not choose bars with more than 30 carbs, and even so it may be too much depends on your diet plan.
If you eat bar immediately after your workout is when you can afford a bit more carbs, because the main task now is to get carbohydrates and protein, if for that reason selected bars, as after a meal treniruotinį, you will need to choose a bar with a minimum of fat, whereas this time should be avoided if the are making a fat weight.

3rd Sugar alcohol presence

Sugar alcohols (Engl. Sugar alcohol) is a carbohydrate, also called polyols (Polyol Platform), which is confusing the name of the chemical structure of the sugar points, while the other part of the alcohol. Although alcohol is a word, you are against them nenusigersite will not become drunk.

When you choose bars that are low in carbohydrates is enough next thing you should do is to see whether there is a sugar alcohol, most people have no problems with them and tolerate them, but others may cause side effects such as swelling, swelling, diarrhea, muscle cramps . You will have to try the bars to see itself as a reaction to it, or experience side effects or do not. Comparison Chart for sugar and sugar alcohol:

Ingredient/ sweetness/GI/ Cal;g

Sucrose (sugar)/ 100/ 60/ 4%
Maltitol Syrup /75/% 52/ 3
Starch Hydrolysate/ 33%/ 39/ 2.8
Maltitol/ 75/ 36/ 2.7%
Xylitol/ 100%/ 13/ 2.5/
Isolmatas/ 55/ 9/ 2.01%
Sorbitol/ 60%/ 9/ 2,5/
Lactitol/ 35%/ 6 /2
Mannitol/ 60%/ 0 / 1,5/
Erythritol/70/ 0/ 0.2%/

4th Ingredient layout

Now look at the ingredients list, you find all forms of carbohydrate bar, better avoid the bars, which contain large amounts of fructose corn syrup (Platform for High-corn syrup Fructus (HFCS). A lot of bars have corn syrup in them, but if it is somewhere below then the list will be a better option than the bar, the ingredients list corn syrup is the second or third place (where corn syrup in the first place it is better to have put the bar back).

5th Fat composition

Next thing that needs to be noted that the fat composition, to be sure that you select a suitable bar. It is better to find a bar, which is short coupled, slightly fat, whereas the slow release of carbohydrates into the bloodstream.

Take a look at what is saturated fat, try to choose a bar that the fat is kept to a minimum. If you will be able to find a bar with you and possibly suitable for fat content, it will be a great novelty to your eating plan, and will certainly be smarter option than any bar from a shop crammed with fat ..

6th Carbohydrate / protein ratio

The last thing you want to check the ratio of carbohydrate and protein bar. It is very important, as more bars to choose where the protein content is high enough compared with carbohydrates.
If protein and carbohydrate ratio is poor (if there is a lot more carbohydrates than protein), then it is not a good choice because it is the same as eating grain bars, which can be found in every store. Protein and it is what makes it into a protein bar, so bar should not be stunted proteins.

These bars are an excellent choice, they can carry with you everywhere and relatively less expensive option than the others, in addition, you can switch and the right bar you will benefit much more than any other snack shop, or any fast food restaurant. So handy to have one or more of the bars with you sometimes if you can not eat normally and hold hunger.