In our world of go-go-go, convenience foods are sometimes a necessity. While it is always best to stick with whole food choices, sometimes we need a quick, healthy snack. Here are my top recommended bars for those grab-n-go days.<\/span><\/p>\n Note: Every choice is a progressive one. If you are currently eating Snickers bar, choosing the Cliff bar is a huge step in the right direction. If you are currently snacking on Kind bars, choosing a Raw Rev bar is a great step in the right direction. If you find yourself in a bind, one of these bars is a better choice than the drive thru.<\/p>\n BEST CHOICE<\/em><\/span> UM, OK IF YOU MUST<\/em><\/span> PUT IT BACK ON THE SHELF NOW!<\/em><\/span> This list is not all inclusive of the mass amounts of protein\/energy bars on the market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, when you begin to review ingredients in these “nutrition bars,” as they are labeled in the grocery store, you will see that MANY of them have the exact same ingredients…a limited number of ingredients actually being good for you.<\/p>\n ALL ingredients that you should stay away from, including but not limited to: Translation: lots of added sugars, fillers and binders that your body does not want or need. In fact, if you are eating one of these chemical\u00a0shit-storms, you are better off grabbing a Reeses Peanut Butter cup instead; containing fewer ingredients, most of which you can identify (sugar, cacao, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, lecithin, peanuts, dextrose, and salt).<\/p>\n As always, feel free to reach out to me with questions or share your thoughts in comments \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Inspired by a dear friend this morning, I went to my local grocery store this afternoon to do some field research. I am certain about which protein bars I would recommend and which ones I would suggest steering clear from, but I wanted a more comprehensive list to share with her, and now with all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[450,99],"tags":[592,596,976,977,978,707,885,979],"class_list":["post-7736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-food-nutrition","tag-amazon","tag-balance","tag-baseball-mom","tag-bulletproof","tag-collagen","tag-protein-bars","tag-thrive-market","tag-volleyball-mom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9556,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736\/revisions\/9556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/b><\/span>RX Bars<\/a>
\nLara Bars
\nEPIC Bars<\/a>
\nRaw Rev Glo Protein Bars<\/a>
\nPerfect Bar<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/span>Cliff Organic Nut Butter Filled Bars
\nKind Bars
\nNature Valley Oats & Honey Bars
\nKashi Chocolate Almond Sea Salt Bars
\nGo Macro Bars
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/span>Zone Perfect Bars
\nLuna Bars
\nCliff Bars
\nNature Valley Protein Bars
\nPure Protein Bars
\nProtein One Bars
\nFiber One Bars
\nPower Crunch Bars
\nPremier Protein Bars
\nAtkins Bars
\nRobert Irvine Fit Crunch Bars<\/span><\/p>\n
\n– soy protein
\n– palm kernel oil
\n– soy lecithin
\n– maltitol
\n– glucose syrup
\n– hydrolyzed\u00a0gelatin
\n– sucralose
\n– tapioca syrup
\n– vegetable glycerine
\n– soluble corn fiber<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/therecipecritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/reesesPBcup3.jpg\")
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