Because many bars do not have good texture. Because they have such varying flavors, some that you like for a post-run snack might not taste as good if you were hoping for a sweet treat.įirst of all, the texture. You have to find the one(s) you like best, but so far I’m sold on all of them, except I might be willing to share the cashew butter one. Not to mention that cherries are full of good things like iron, Vitamin C, and fiber. And it was just the right amount of sweet after my meat & veggies lunch. This one is also only 200 calories, great for a snack on my non-running day. Only 3g of protein, but I had two eggs for breakfast and 4 oz of grilled chicken at lunch. Let’s look at my favorite one (today): cherries + berries. GoMacro wants you to understand why their bars are healthy. But what’s really neat about exploring their ingredient list is that they don’t just ride on the word “organic.” Each ingredient in each MacroBar is highlighted on that bar’s page on the website with fun facts like the fact that cinnamon “… is a great source of manganese, fiber, iron, and calcium.” I think this is important because so often, we will eat something because someone else told us it’s healthy. Everything on the ingredient list starts with “organic.” The amount of protein in some of them may surprise you – the banana + almond butter MacroBar has an impressive 10g with only 270 total calories, for example. You can look online at each bar’s nutrition specs, but the primary benefit of these bars are that they’re all natural. I also like the company’s story (founded by a mother-daughter farming team after the mother was diagnosed with breast cancer AND WON) and their contributions to communities (like local farming initiatives, an animal sanctuary, and healthy eating programs for adults and kids). There are three factors I considered when evaluating these: nutrition, flavor, and “eatability.” The last is a made-up word that includes things like texture, stickiness, how it holds up in my bag, and if my kids will eat it. Are you picking up that I really, really like these? So much so that I’ve already worked out a sponsorship with the company to get them for my finishers at the 2017 ORRC Up the Lazy River 10k! I gave the banana+almond butter to a friend who doesn’t like bananas and he loved it. To be honest, I gave my husband the flavors containing coconut or walnuts, which I just don’t like, but I am questioning my actions because I bet I would still love them. They come in 11 different flavors, and of the three I’ve tried so far, I love all of them. They contain only things grown in the ground, and even their sweetener is unique: brown rice sugar. This week I tried out an amazingly good and good-for-your new product: GoMacro Macrobars.
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