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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Product Spotlight: StrongStride Recovery Bars (ingredients and nutrition)

StrongStride official website



Nutrition facts label
These taste a little funky at first but you get used to them.  The slightly off taste is worth the large amount of beneficial antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals you are getting.  Ranked for taste: Blueberry>Apple>Pumpkin.

I wasn't able to find the ingredients or nutrition facts anywhere online so I will post them below. Unfortunately I threw away the pumpkin bar wrapper without taking pictures of it so I do not have the specific ingredients/nutrition for it but it is 99% the same as the other two bars.

Apple Yogurt Bar:

Ingredients: Yogurt Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Vanilla, Nonfat Milk Powder), Fruitrim® (Natural Fruit Juices, Grain Dextrins), Soy Protein Isolate, Superfood Powder (Proprietary Blend of Whole Foods: Spirulina, Barley Grass Juice, Wheat Sprout, Nori(Seaweed), Acai Berry, Omega 3 derived from Plant-Based LifeDHA®, Bioperine, Green Tea Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Natural Resveratrol Extract, White Tea Extract, Rose Hips, Camu Powder, Pine Bark Extract, Lucuma Powder, Maca Powder, Spinach, Nova Scotia Dulse, Parsley, Beet Juice Powder, Carrot Juice Powder, Rice Bran, Broccoli Sprout Powder, Alfalfa Sprout Powder, Hemp Powder, Probiotics [Fructooligosaccharides, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus Salivarius, Bifidobacterium], Digestive Enzymes [Protease, Lipase, Amylase], Raspberry Powder, Pomegranate, Blueberry Juice Powder, Whole Apple Powder, Goji Berry, Strawberry Leaves, Concord Grape, Mulberry, Goldenberries, Mangosteen, Acerola Berry, Bilberry, Soy Lecithin Powder, Aloe Vera, Milk Thistle Extract, Ginger Root Powder, Chia Seed Extract, Mesquite Powder, Ground Flax, Cha De Bugre, Siberian Eleuthero Extract), Agave Syrup, Freeze Dried Apples, Oats, Soy Protein Crisps, Inulin, Natural Flavors, Peanut Paste, Almond Butter, Egg Albumin. ALLERGEN STATEMENT: CONTAINS EGGS, PEANUTS, MILK, TREE NUTS, SOY AND WHEAT



I have bolded and highlighted the differences in the ingredients

Blueberry Yogurt Bar:
Ingredients: Yogurt Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Vanilla, Nonfat Milk Powder), Fruitrim® (Natural Fruit Juices, Grain Dextrins), Sunflower Butter, Soy Protein Isolate, Superfood Powder (Proprietary Blend of Whole Foods: Spirulina, Barley Grass Juice, Wheat Sprout, Nori(Seaweed), Acai Berry, Omega 3 derived from Plant-Based LifeDHA®, Bioperine, Green Tea Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Natural Resveratrol Extract, White Tea Extract, Rose Hips, Camu Powder, Pine Bark Extract, Lucuma Powder, Maca Powder, Spinach, Nova Scotia Dulse, Parsley, Beet Juice Powder, Carrot Juice Powder, Rice Bran, Broccoli Sprout Powder, Alfalfa Sprout Powder, Hemp Powder, Probiotics [Fructooligosaccharides, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus Salivarius, Bifidobacterium], Digestive Enzymes [Protease, Lipase, Amylase], Raspberry Powder, Pomegranate, Blueberry Juice Powder, Whole Apple Powder, Goji Berry, Strawberry Leaves, Concord Grape, Mulberry, Goldenberries, Mangosteen, Acerola Berry, Bilberry, Soy Lecithin Powder, Aloe Vera, Milk Thistle Extract, Ginger Root Powder, Chia Seed Extract, Mesquite Powder, Ground Flax, Cha De Bugre, Siberian Eleuthero Extract), Agave Syrup, Freeze Dried Apples, Oats, Soy Protein Crisps, Blueberries (with White Grape Juice Concentrate and Canola Oil), Inulin, Natural Flavors, Peanut Paste, Almond Butter, Egg Albumin. ALLERGEN STATEMENT: CONTAINS EGGS, PEANUTS, MILK, TREE NUTS, SOY, AND WHEAT

Friday, April 17, 2015

Ingredient Spotlight - Saccharin

Saccharin:
  • An artificial sweetener developed to replace sugar
  • Does not seem to be significantly detrimental to health but:
    • Mentioned as a very weak carcinogen (2)
    • The sweet taste of saccharin stimulates insulin release (5)
      • This in effect increases hunger 30 mins to an hour later
    • Saccharin increases food intake in lab rats (5)



Potential health hazards of saccharin
Saccharin: Technical Assessment of Risks and Benefits, Issue 1
No increased prevalence of tumors in rats
POSSIBLE MUTAGENIC HAZARDS OF SOME FOOD ADDITIVES, BEVERAGES AND INSECTICIDES
Separating the Actions of Sweetness and Calories: Effects of Saccharin and Carbohydrates on Hunger and Food Intake in Human Subjects