South Beach Diet High Protein Chocolate Bar for Energy and Health

My sister and I are always trying new health bars.She watches her weight, I do not but I like to eat healthy. In my latest quest for the tastiest health bar I found a brand that seems to be consistently tasty without being too sweet. I found the South Beach Diet High Protein Cereal Bars. I do not use them as a part of the South Beach Diet. I just use them to fill in as healthy snacks and energizers for desert of between meals. I like the fact they are low sugar and high protein.

A box of five cost me $3.99.They are individually wrapped. Kraft is the mother company. They can be found at most drug stores, grocery stores and places like Target or Wal Mart, usually in the cereal aisle.. In addition to the Chocolate flavor, you can find these in Cranberry Almond, Cinnamon Raisin, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Roasted Peanut (my all time favorite) and Maple Nut.

The South Beach Diet is a system compiled by Dr Agaston, a noted cardiologist. It has three major goals and has long list of foods made for them to help in the diet process.. He came up with this to help patients lose weight, live better and be healthy. He feels this is a lifetime commitment to making the right nutrient rich food choices. This diet is based on carbohydrates, fiber, lean protein and the right fats and oils. His system is meant to help fight hunger. If you join the on site program you have access to meal trackers, nutrition experts and registered dieticians who help you with this program. You can contact them as needed. You still are required or allowed to eat good healthy foods. All that said I just eat the bars as a healthy snack. I don't diet. It's a three step program that says :Lose weight,reach your goal, diet for life. Phase one of Dr. Agatston's now famous plan is called Kick Starting Your Weight Loss. Phase two is called Reintroducing the right carbs. Phase three is called Diet for Life, it's a diet for life lifetime maintenance strategy. .

The bars offer twice the protein and 25% less sugar than leading cereal bars. As I mentioned, I do not diet but I love these as easy, portable snacks and easy items to carry when I travel by plane or go to the beach. I also like them as a desert after dinner or late night snack. I prefer to snack on something healthy, when I'm not in the mood for fruit, when I need something more like a treat, these fill the bill.

The bar is firm with a drizzle of chocolate and lots of crunchy chewy texture. The little soy nutlets give it a rice krispy texture. It has a bit of ooey gooey when you bite in and pull away as though it has caramel in it though it doesn't. I usually prefer dark chocolate , really dark chocolate but this still fills my chocolate cravings. I was quite pleased with the all around flavor, it did not leave any nasty after taste like some health bars do. I would most likely buy this again.

Ingredients and nutritional info:

Calories - 140
Calories from fat - 45 gr
Total Fat - 5 g
Saturated Fat - 3.5 g
Trans Fat - 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat - 0.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat - 1 g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Sodium - 150 mg
Potassium - 170 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 15 g
Dietary Fiber - 3 g
Sugars - 7g
Sugar Alcohol - 3 g
Protein - 10 g

Ingredients: Soy Nuggets (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch), Sugar, Maltitol Syrup, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil (Palm Kernel Oil), Soy Protien Concentrate, Roasted Soy Nuts, Corn Syrup, Oligofructose (For Fiber), Evaporated Cane Juice Invert Syrup, Sunflower Oil, Maltitol, Brown Rice Syrup, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Nonfat Milk, Milk Protein Concentrate, Cocoa, Calcium Caseinate, Calcium Carbonate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Lactose, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Butter (Cream, Annatoo (color), Salt), Dextrose, Whey, Flavor (Natural), Palm Oil, Citric Acid, Mono and DiGlycerides, Artificial Flavor, Cocoa Butter, Caramel Color, Ferric Phosphate (Source of Iron), Niacinamide, Sucralose (Sweetener), Zinc Oxide (Source of Zinc), Magnesium Carbonate, Vitamin B6, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12.

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