{"id":6453,"date":"2009-03-11T11:39:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T16:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6453"},"modified":"2009-03-11T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T16:39:51","slug":"the-truth-about-protein-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-truth-about-protein-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Protein Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a hurry and need something quick, why not grab a protein bar? Honestly, I am totally against protein bars due to the fact that\u00a0they are processed and\u00a0loaded with sugar and fat. They are candy bars in disguise!! Grab one and check the nutrition label. For example, a chocolate\u00a0<a title=\"met-rx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fgw%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DMET-Rx%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&amp;tag=wwweasyfreesc-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">MET-Rx<\/a> bar consists of 320 calories, 8 grams of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 11 grams of sugar, 34 grams of protein,\u00a0and 29 grams of\u00a0carbs. A chocolate <a title=\"powerbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fgw%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dpowerbar%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&amp;tag=wwweasyfreesc-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">PowerBar<\/a> contains 360 calories, 11 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of\u00a0saturated fat, 30 grams of sugar, 30 grams of\u00a0protein, and 33 grams of carbs.\u00a0If you ask me, I&#8217;ll just settle for a grilled chicken breast or two.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6491\" title=\"grilled-chicken-dinner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/grilled-chicken-dinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips For A Quick And Healthy <a title=\"post workout snack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/10-perfect-post-workout-snacks\/\" target=\"_self\">Post-Workout Snack<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Grill several chicken breasts at one time and refrigerate them until needed.<\/li>\n<li>Grab a can or package of tuna; high in protein and easy to consume.<\/li>\n<li>Boil eggs and refrigerate the egg whites. Save time and cook along with the chicken breasts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a hurry and need something quick, why not grab a protein bar? Honestly, I am totally against protein bars due to the fact that\u00a0they are processed and\u00a0loaded with sugar and fat. They are candy bars in disguise!! Grab one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/the-truth-about-protein-bars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,18],"tags":[1036,29,162,1156],"class_list":["post-6453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","tag-energy-bars","tag-nutrition","tag-protein","tag-protein-bars"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6453"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6493,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions\/6493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}