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The Internet’s Favorite Bar (Should They Be?): One Bars
A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline
I remember at one point in my dieting career, during my Weight Watchers era, there was a big focus on Fiber One bars. Years later, at my old full-time job, my coworkers would rave about the One Bar. And it seems they weren’t the only ones! A recent, quick Google search touts them as one of the highest rated protein bars (along with best tasting) out on the market today. But what prompted me to take a deeper dive was an email from a client I had recently finished working with.
Her email told this story: She stopped at a gas station for a fill-up and a pick-me-up. She decided on something she hadn’t had in a long time…a maple glazed donut flavored One Bar. It had been about three months since she last had them (the time she’d been working with me). With her newfound, adjusted taste buds they did not hold up at all for her! What once used to be like “candy” had lost all its pizazz and enjoyable flavor.
So, let’s investigate these One Bars and see what we’re working with!
A maple glazed donut flavored One Bar’s label says we’re getting 20g of protein which is a great start! But we also have 23 grams of carbs, which is more than we’d like but we need to see where the carbs are coming from. We see 3g of…
