When you eat something like fruits and veggies, you naturally get some water with your fiber. “That amount is a lot for your stomach to handle.Your system just isn’t used to that.”Īnother issue specific to these bars: Fiber works best when you have water in your system, Kitchin explains, because it absorbs water to soften things up. “ is a pretty dense added fiber to begin with, but it really is the huge quantity you’re getting all at once that can cause an issue,” Tewksbury explains. While this can sometimes happen with naturally fibery foods (like beans), it’s much more likely to happen with these bars because of the super-high concentration of fiber. Overdoing it on fiber can commonly cause gas, bloating, and cramping, according to the Mayo Clinic. Whenever you eat a ton of fiber in one sitting-or just more than you’re used to-you run the risk of messing with your tummy, Kitchin says. So a high-fiber content is your tipoff to look for one of those ingredient names.Īnd you may have already learned the hard way that as wonderful as fiber is, there is such a thing as too much. Added fiber isn’t broken out separately in the Nutrition Facts it’s just included in the total fiber count. Look out for chicory root, inulin, chicory root fiber, chicory root extract, or oligofructose on the ingredients label, per the FDA. Manufacturers like it because it helps pack a huge hit of fiber without making it taste like mulch. The most popular kind is extracted and isolated from a plant called chicory root. and these are the top contenders.Common bar ingredients like oats or nuts can naturally provide a few grams of fiber, but food manufacturers typically use what’s called added fiber to dramatically boost a product’s fiber content. If you know of other good options, please let me know! I've looked at almost every bar at kroger, whole foods, HEB, costco, etc. Many other brands boast 20+g of protein, but have 250+ cals and tons of sugar. Since these are easy to find, I would avoid most bars that do not meet this ratio (unless you are bulking and just need calories). All of these bars have about 1g protein per 10 cals. For cost reasons, I get pure protein from costco (18 variety pack for $18+tax) and a few from kroger when I want something different. I like certain flavors of each bar (almost all pure protein are good, cookie dough quest, and extreme peanut butter kroger are my favs). These are by far the best protein bar options you can buy. Kroger Simple Truth Protein Bar: 180-210 cals each with 19-21g protein.Low sugar, lots of sugar alcohols and fiber Quest Bar: 180-200 cals with 18-21g protein (varies by flavor) About $2.50 each.Pure Protein: 180-210 cals each with 19-21g protein (varies by flavor).See the Related Subreddits section for other popular fitness-related subreddits.General Posting Guidelines (click for more info): No Questions Related to Injury, Pain, or Any Medical Topic Progress Posts Must Be Detailed and Useful Posts Must Be Specific to Physical Fitness and Promote Useful Discussion No Threads That Are Answered by the Wiki, Searching Threads, or Google Welcome to r/Fitness! Click Here for a one-stop shop of our most important resources.
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