Sunday, July 12, 2009

Diet Bars Vs Weight Loss Bars

Diet bars are now rapidly becoming more popular as a form of nutrient supplement. Which ones should you go for? Are they all effective or simply a repackaging of chocolate bars and sweet pills that trick you into consuming them and feeling that you have become healthier? What does the info on diet bar tell you?

For beginner, there are few types of diet protein bars in the market. Of course there are many more varieties out there, but the two types you'll normally see in the supermarket are chocolate and cereal bars. We all know that chocolate is a major cause of obesity among many people because of its high sugar and saturated fat content, but the chocolate diet bar usually inform you that it is sugar free, and will help you lose weight while enjoying it like a normal chocolate bar. As for the cereal bars, it's just simple info about high protein and dietary fiber content, and the taste is not as addictive as its chocolate counterpart.

Diet bars or so called protein bars do not come cheap. Unlike a bar of Snickers, which costs around a dollar, these weight loss bars can cost up to three times as much. Even if you plan to use them as a substitute for your snacks, the best way is to just abstain from snacking. These protein bars is supposed to replace your major meals originally, but from how I see it, it is more suited for reducing your snacking habits. The flow is such that you first replace all your fatty, unhealthy snacks with the healthier diet bars. Then slowly, you cut down on the bars during your snacking time, and finally, you eliminate your need for snacks.

My advice to you is to stick with the cereal bar as much as possible. Chocolate, no matter how you package it, needs to taste sweet for the whole thing to be enjoyable. Chocolate without sugar is like tasting some weird liquid drawn from some flower that makes you want to vomit. Therefore, there is already some sugar content inside the chocolate diet bar. Furthermore, the taste of chocolate can be addictive and you'll find yourself hard-pressed to buy more of these bars and eat them like some snack. That will defeat the purpose of the chocolate diet bar, which aims to help you lose weight while supplying the necessary nutrients and energy for your body.

In conclusion, the info printed on these weight loss bars only gives you some outward assurance that you're making progress with your weight loss regime. You still need to do the old school methods of exercising regularly and eating less.

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