Weight-Loss Kellog's Nutrigrain bars - Yay or Nay?

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First thing I should say is my daily calorie intake is fine. I know my maintainence level, I have my deficit for weight loss, I (roughly) know what I'm ingesting daily, it's within budget and I get plenty of fruits, veg, wholegrain foods, a decent amount of dairy and just a little bit of fat.

With regards snacking, I generally eat apples, but when I get a craving for something sweet, rather than reach for junk food, I have a Nutrigrain bar (or two, always within budget though). On the face of it, Nutrigrain bars wouldn't appear to be nutritionally 'bad' for you (ie. high in fat and sugary carbs, etc) but you know what they say, appearances can be deceiving...

Here is the nutritional information for an Apple Nutrigrain bar:

Serving Size 1 Bar (37.0 g)

Amount Per Serving
Calories 130Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.0g 5%
Total Carbohydrates 25.2g 8%
Dietary Fiber 1.1g 4%
Protein 1.5g

Energy 130 kcal
Protein 1.48 g
Total lipid (fat) 2.96 g
Carbohydrate, by difference 25.16 g
Fiber, total dietary 1.1 g

What's your assessment? Thanks.
 
Looks fine to me, I honestly wouldn't worry about it.
 
Fair enough. I wasn't too worried about it - it's a breakfast cereal bar after all - but they do taste quite sweet and I thought having one or two a day, every day, might be pushing it, even though my diet is generally quite good.
 
If you are looking for a quick bar for on the go check out Larabar. Very clean and tastey. My personal favorite it cashew cookie. The ingredients are dates and cashews. Little expensive but worth it.


Matt
 
shae said:
Nay from me. It's so processed, so sugary and just bad. It is junk food.
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I think junk food is a bit of an exaggeration. It's not the healthiest thing you can put in your body, but it's far from a candy bar.

Also, just because something's processed doesn't necessarily mean it's bad for you. I'd suggest the Kashi version of fruit bars though, they're made without HFCS and only have 110 calories per serving (I think 35g).
 
J2J said:
I think junk food is a bit of an exaggeration. It's not the healthiest thing you can put in your body, but it's far from a candy bar.

Also, just because something's processed doesn't necessarily mean it's bad for you. I'd suggest the Kashi version of fruit bars though, they're made without HFCS and only have 110 calories per serving (I think 35g).
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I guess it depends how you are defining junk. This sort of processed food is no good, that was all I was saying.
 
I've cut Nutrigrain bars from my lunch. Not because they are especially 'bad' and my diet is generally quite good but I decided I don't need them. I initially started eating Nutrigrain's in place of chocolate for when I get sweet tooth cravings. But if I'm going to eat them every day by habit then it kinda defeats the initial point. If and when I get tempted to get a Mars bar or something then I'll reach for the Nutrigrain but otherwise I'll go without! :)
 
A while after I started eating healthier I noticed that my opinions of "junk food" changed. I threw half of those breakfast bars into that category. I remember buying Special K bars that were vanilla flavored and ate like 4 in one day. If it's sweet and makes me want 3 more after eating just one, I give them up.
 
LoveFool said:
A while after I started eating healthier I noticed that my opinions of "junk food" changed. I threw half of those breakfast bars into that category. I remember buying Special K bars that were vanilla flavored and ate like 4 in one day. If it's sweet and makes me want 3 more after eating just one, I give them up.
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This is what I was getting at. I sometimes think I have a different opinion to what is junk compared to others. I guess it is because I am so careful about what I put into my body and am critical with those kind of processed foods.
 
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