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Engineered Food / Supplements

smittieaj
smittieaj Posts: 151 Member
edited January 18 in Food and Nutrition
Today I'm going directly to the gym after work. I'm planning to survive on Cliff bars beforehand and PowerBars (protein plus) afterward for convenience. Part of me thinks that I should be trying to do better than nutritionally engineered chocolate bars as food, but mostly I don't care. Does anyone else rely pretty heavily on engineered foods or supplements? If so, how's it working out for you?

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  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Works great for me. Your body doesn't care how "engineered" the food is. It cares about nutrients.
  • thisisme13
    thisisme13 Posts: 150
    I prefer to go for real fresh foods because I find I can get a lot more for the same or less calories.

    When I'm in a pinch I will eat things like protein bars or shakes. I try not to but I will consume those now and again.

    I don't think it's a problem unless you are soley relying on processed foods all day, everyday.
  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
    pretty sure my body cant tell if its engineered food or not... it just sees the macro and micronutrients.
  • smittieaj
    smittieaj Posts: 151 Member
    Thanks everyone. You all seem pretty reasonable, and your opinions are a basically the same as mine. I've heard a lot of fuss about natural and 'whole' foods and that thought that I'd get a few opinions in order to make sure there's not something that I'm missing.
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