Do You Like Protein Bars?

I was recently reading a study that says 40% of office workers eat their lunch at their desks.  And, what are these folks choosing to eat?  Protein/Breakfast/Granola bars.  There has been a significant increase in the sales of these perceived-to-be-healthy-bars, presumably by many of these office workers and, maybe, their children, being used as meal substitutes.  They're healthy, aren't they?  No, not really.

We Americans love to eat sugar...literally, pounds and pounds of the stuff, per person, per year.  The latest recommendation is for us to eat no more than 10 teaspoons of added sugar, per day.  These bars offer a 6-8 teaspoons of additional sugar...per bar!  Just when we thought we were eating a healthy granola or breakfast bar, too.

I know people lead very time-intense lives, but it might be a good idea to take a few minutes to put together a trail mix of nuts, seeds and tiny amounts of dried fruit or even to make one's own granola.  If you use honey in your oats/nuts/seeds/dried fruit mixture (bake at 350 F. for 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes), you'll find that you won't be able to eat as much of the mix as you would had it been made with table sugar.  Yes, honey is sugar, but its glycemic index is lower than white sugar, it contains healthy nutrients, if made locally, it can decrease or eliminate your allergies and it is self-limiting. 

I would recommend eliminating such bars from your children's diet, completely, if not your own.

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