It sounds like agood snack, right?
Look at you, making healthy choices!
In fact, nutritionists only recommend 5 CLIF bar flavors out of 50.
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Are CLIF bars healthy?
Let’s go back to that dark chocolate almond CLIF bar you took off the shelf.
Organic or not, that’s sugarplain and simple.
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(Those nine grams of protein aren’t looking so great anymore are they?)
Are there any benefits to eating CLIF bars?
Want the cold hard truth?
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No, not even for athletes (we hear you shouting about yourpost-workout needs).
What ingredients do it’s crucial that you watch for in CLIF bars?
But there are some concerns over how beneficial they are.
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According toHarvard Health, their safety as a dietary supplement hasn’t been extensively studied.
How to shop for CLIF bars
Still committed to CLIF?
The bars may not be thebest healthy snackoption, but they could be ahealthier dessertthan a slice of cake.
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They’re relatively low in sugar and feature cleaner ingredients.
added or artificial).
2.CLIF Bar Fruit Smoothie Filled Tart Cherry Berry
Should you drink asmoothieor eat a snack bar?
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With the fruit smoothie-filled CLIF bar, you don’t have to choose.
5.CLIF Bar Nut Butter Filled Peanut Butter
Apeanut butterbar stuffed withwait for itmore peanut butter?
In addition to seven grams of protein, Thurlow points out that it has no soy.
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It is alsolower in carbsand sugar.
Somehow, though, nutritionists called out the following three options specifically.
“Each of these contains soy and too many carbs.
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They also have a high sugar content that is close to the daily recommendations,” says Thurlow.
“Steer clear of all, [and stick with] lower sugar, non-soy options.”
You might be better off with a tall coffee, honestly.
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(FYI, that’s a lot of soy products.)
The protein and fiber here just aren’t worth all the other stuff.
We’re sure it tastes good, but that’s about it.
