They have these quick dissolving paks:You just throw them in a shaker and shake. No mess. The protective layer is around the pack!
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The problem I have with the protein bars I've looked at, is they're so expensive. Many of them cost $2 or more per bar. So if you eat 2 bars per day, you're looking at an extra $30 per week added to your grocery bill. I'm not exactly a miser, and I earn a pretty decent salary, but $30 per week is a pretty big piece of the pie just to have some added protein on the go in your diet. And all of the bars I've looked at either have soy in them, or are "processed in a facility which produces soy" and soy is really bad for you, unless it's among the 2% of the soy here in the USA which comes from Japan. The other 98% that's produced in the USA is like a poison according to an article that I've read.
I know that a lot of the food we have at our local food stores is really bad for you, but if I'm going to be paying over $2 for each protein bar, then I expect it to be good for me, and clean. Just sayin' but this thread caught my attention because eating at work is a real challenge for me too as far as getting some good nutrition in me. It's definitely a weak point in my diet.
I take it to the extreme and prep all my meals with a small cooler if I know I’ll be out all day which does happen with work more often than not
My days are always at least 12 hours if your really serious about meals I’d suggest getting a meal prep bag and a car oven sounds corny my buddy actually has one and it works it hooks up to your car like a usb or in port for a charge and it heats up your food
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Yeah bro soy is garbage. We buy mostly soy free as my daughter has a severe soy allergy (she thinks it's a punishment but has no idea how much she will benefit from a soy free diet). They are super expensiveThe problem I have with the protein bars I've looked at, is they're so expensive. Many of them cost $2 or more per bar. So if you eat 2 bars per day, you're looking at an extra $30 per week added to your grocery bill. I'm not exactly a miser, and I earn a pretty decent salary, but $30 per week is a pretty big piece of the pie just to have some added protein on the go in your diet. And all of the bars I've looked at either have soy in them, or are "processed in a facility which produces soy" and soy is really bad for you, unless it's among the 2% of the soy here in the USA which comes from Japan. The other 98% that's produced in the USA is like a poison according to an article that I've read.
I know that a lot of the food we have at our local food stores is really bad for you, but if I'm going to be paying over $2 for each protein bar, then I expect it to be good for me, and clean. Just sayin' but this thread caught my attention because eating at work is a real challenge for me too as far as getting some good nutrition in me. It's definitely a weak point in my diet.
Hey bro, I didn't really want to come across here like I was calling you out, cuz you seem like a cool dude, and I know you were trying to be helpful, but those Rx bars that you mentioned, while having a simple ingredient list like you stated, also say on the bottom of the label that they're "processed in a facility that cotains...." and soy is on that list. I guess you didn't know that. I just looked it up on thier website.Yeah bro soy is garbage. We buy mostly soy free as my daughter has a severe soy allergy (she thinks it's a punishment but has no idea how much she will benefit from a soy free diet). They are super expensive
Thank u. I don't consider that a call out my dude. I appreciate the info.Hey bro, I didn't really want to come across here like I was calling you out, cuz you seem like a cool dude, and I know you were trying to be helpful, but those Rx bars that you mentioned, while having a simple ingredient list like you stated, also say on the bottom of the label that they're "processed in a facility that cotains...." and soy is on that list. I guess you didn't know that. I just looked it up on thier website.
So don't really have soy as being directly added to their ingredients, but perhaps they may have residual effects of soy in them. IDK. I'm no expert on soy. I just know that it's really bad for you even if you don't have an allergy to it. Check it out man...
https://www.rxbar.com/shop/coconut-chocolate-protein-bars-box-of-12.html click on the "ingredients" tab. Here are the exact words: "Manufactured in a facility that also processes peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, milk, soy and wheat"
Yep, I've noticed that about some lecithin too. Even the lecithin capsules. The stuff is supposed to be good for you, but now you have to watch it, because even the lecithin capsules you buy from vitamin places are made with SOY lecithin. My understanding is the motive for the food and vitamin companies to use soy is because it's dirt cheap. Soy in the USA is actually a byproduct of some manufacturing or proccessing methods, ( I don't really understand that though) and up until the past few years, companies used to have to actually pay to have the soy disposed of since it's catagorized as a regulated waste. But due to recent laws passed several years ago, now those same manufactures can sell the regulated soy waste to food companies and make money off it!!! And in turn food companies who buy soy at a dirt cheap price can mix it into their processed foods. So the stuff is in almost every type of food now in the stores that sold in a box or a bag.Thank u. I don't consider that a call out my dude. I appreciate the info.
They (food processing ppl )also like to use clever wording such as xanthium gum(spelling) and in some cases but not all natural flavors, there are some gross sources for some of these, also if they don't specify letchin is more than likely a soy letchin (again spelling).
Poor kid can't eat most ice creams however HaloTop has a soy/dairy free icecream line. A godsend !
Yep. And I know what you mean by it being more costly. Last week i went food shopping at the supermarket, and I wanted to buy some wheat bread that doesn't have soy in it. Well almost all of them do!! It really sucks!! That crap is in everything!!!! So I looked and had to read the ingredients list of all of the eight different brands of wheat bread the supermarket had on their shelf, and only one brand out of 8 didn't have soy in it. And wouldn't you know it was also the most expensive, ( $6 per loaf!!!). So I bought the last two loaves of it that they had on the shelf. And I hate to even walk into a healthfood store for any food, because everything there is BIG bucks. And some of it is still crap.It is a blessing for our whole family. It does make groceries a little more costly...but it's an investment in our health.
Yeah the less ingredients the more money...what a scam. I'm sure it goes all the way up the chain too. Instilling that we will one day develop a sickness so big pharma can swoop in and run our pockets. Hel ln most the crap the FDA calls safe is banned in most other countries. Have you ever seen what a real grape looks like compared to our GMO crap. Looks like a raisin.Yep. And I know what you mean by it being more costly. Last week i went food shopping, and I wanted to buy some wheat bread that doesn't have soy in it. Well almost all of them do!! It really sucks!! That crap is in everything!!!! So I looked and had to read the ingredients list of all of the eight different brands of what bread the supermarket had on their shelf, and only one brand out of 8 didn't have soy in it. And wouldn't you know it was also the most expensive, ( $6 per loaf!!!). So I bought the last two loaves of it that had on the shelf. And I hate to even walk into a healthfood store for any food, because everything there is BIG bucks. And some of it is still crap.
I hear ya. I wish I was one of those genetic elite who didn't have to worry about what I ate, and still grow like a weed, (although I guess that's slightly another topic sort of).Yeah the less ingredients the more money...what a scam. I'm sure it goes all the way up the chain too. Instilling that we will one day develop a sickness so big pharma can swoop in and run our pockets. Hel ln most the crap the FDA calls safe is banned in most other countries. Have you ever seen what a real grape looks like compared to our GMO crap. Looks like a raisin.
Any way I cut it we are pretty much in the hands of the 1percent... ok I'm gunna stop.