Cutting and power bars

[TerraNoble]

I have received conflicting info in regard to power bars , and I would like to find your input also as here are many knowledgeable
guys!

I am cutting right now and I also use power bars in my diet.

SOme voices would argue that power bars are no good when you cut...
Is that true?

 

[chillin408]

Power bars are no good for cutting because they have easy to eat carbs in them. I know they have a little bit of fiber in them, but I doubt it's enough to do anything spectacular as far as slowing down digest, of course, it probably will do that a little bit. If your serious about eating healthy and/or cutting then you should avoid bars at all cost, especially bars that are not low-carb like power bars. My General rule is that if it's a processed/eaten in it's non-naturally occurring state, then it's bad, of course, there are exceptions to this rule, and it's just my opinion anyway-I'm super sensitive to having an insulin overreaction after eating.

 

[110%]

no they are not good compared to whole food as they have carbs from sugar, glycerol. plus whole food is much better, however i eat one a day because they are so convenient. if you are eating them b/c you are at school or something and cant eat food, it is a good choice to get a meal in every 3 hours and not eat bad food, however if you can eat real food choose that.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

power bars are awful for cutting

 

[Shinobi]

I try to eat only real food so thats what I do: when i got home after university around 8:30PM I prepare all my meal for the next day so I dont have to worry to prepare it during the day...I put everything inside plastic box(tapware) pack my bag and Im ready to go!

 

[BigRed54]

If I'm goingto eat a protein bar. It would ONLY be Muscletech's Nitrotech bar. And i would only eat the S'mores flavor cause the rest of the Nitrotech bars taste sucks. and i only eat a nitrotech bar on the weekend when I'm driving around alot and don't want fast food. the Nitrotech bar has no carbs & no sugar in it and 35grams of nitrotech protein.

 

[plornive]

Wow, NITROTECH protein! j/k

 

[110%]

If I'm goingto eat a protein bar. It would ONLY be Muscletech's Nitrotech bar. And i would only eat the S'mores flavor cause the rest of the Nitrotech bars taste sucks. and i only eat a nitrotech bar on the weekend when I'm driving around alot and don't want fast food. the Nitrotech bar has no carbs & no sugar in it and 35grams of nitrotech protein.

that is incorrect, they have about 9 g. carbs and 3 from sugar i think.

 

[BigRed54]

that is incorrect, they have about 9 g. carbs and 3 from sugar i think.

Sorry, I wasn't technical. But compare that to the other bars that have 35g of protein. And the ones that have that much protein has alot of carbs and sugar. I'm not endorsing Muscletech. I think they're WAY over priced. But i will eat their Nitrotech bar on the weekend for the crck craving i get when I'm cutting.