Granola bars: healthy or not?
food911
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I'm really addicted to granola bars, are they healthy to eat every day? Also I went on a granola bar binge at 3am yesterday.. I ate two packets (4 bars) of Kelloggs breakfast bars. The only thing I had eaten for the past twelve hours were a few almonds and three dates, yet I feel very guilty now! Will this seriously hinder my weight loss?
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If you track your granola bars and eat a balanced diet you should be fine.0
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If you eat more calories than you burn, yeah. It'll seriously hinder your weight loss. As for whether or not they're bad for you? That's more complicated. You can fit granola bars into your daily caloric intake really easily - I take a Quaker chewy bar to work every day as a mid-shift snack - and there's nothing inherently wrong with them, but some are more nutritionally dense than others. Just track accurately and you'll be fine.
P.S.: "A few almonds and three dates" is not acceptable for a twelve hour period. Food isn't the enemy. Calories are not evil. You need to fuel your body and be good to yourself to lose weight. Figure out a reasonable, safe caloric deficit, and for the love of god, go eat something.0 -
You need some sound dietary advice.....your not on a holy pilgrimage where sacrifice and torture are commonplace......try a balanced diet and a slight deficit0
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Sounds like you under-ate, got too hungry and binged.
Set a sensible calorie goal and eat. Plan your meals ahead if this helps to prevent going for such a long period of time on little food.
Don't think of individual food items as 'good' or 'bad', 'healthy' or 'unhealthy'. Look at your overall diet instead.1 -
um define healthy...
They are fine0 -
I love granola bars/granola/oatmeal/muesli... I am looking on top of my fridge, and I have 4 different varieties at the moment.I think they taste really nice.
However, Not eating all day is definitely not healthy, and I dont think 4 granola bars would even qualify as a binge. What, that is like 500 calories? Tops?0 -
Absolutely not healthy. About as healthy as eating a Mars bar almost. Full of sugar.0
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Nothing inherently bad about granola bars. That said, binging on anything can be a problem...0
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What's wrong with granola more like? If you are gorging on 4 bars a day to make yourself feel better, then think again... Meanwhile, this guy/lady has not mentioned thinking about eating any fruit or veg....0 -
What's wrong with granola more like? If you are gorging on 4 bars a day to make yourself feel better, then think again... Meanwhile, this guy/lady has not mentioned thinking about eating any fruit or veg....
We agree that binging is not good... but there is nothing inherently wrong with granola or sugar.
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What's wrong with granola more like? If you are gorging on 4 bars a day to make yourself feel better, then think again... Meanwhile, this guy/lady has not mentioned thinking about eating any fruit or veg....
We agree that binging is not good... but there is nothing inherently wrong with granola or sugar.
Well no, but just that granola bars have a healthy/diet-related image, when actually, they are little more healthy than a chocolate bar, not the people trying to make a false fortune out of such 'healthy' products would just recommend a Mars.....0 -
What's wrong with granola more like? If you are gorging on 4 bars a day to make yourself feel better, then think again... Meanwhile, this guy/lady has not mentioned thinking about eating any fruit or veg....
We agree that binging is not good... but there is nothing inherently wrong with granola or sugar.
Well no, but just that granola bars have a healthy/diet-related image, when actually, they are little more healthy than a chocolate bar, not the people trying to make a false fortune out of such 'healthy' products would just recommend a Mars.....
To be fair though, they'd probably make more of a fortune if they just made candy bars to begin with.0 -
extra_medium wrote: »
What's wrong with granola more like? If you are gorging on 4 bars a day to make yourself feel better, then think again... Meanwhile, this guy/lady has not mentioned thinking about eating any fruit or veg....
We agree that binging is not good... but there is nothing inherently wrong with granola or sugar.
Well no, but just that granola bars have a healthy/diet-related image, when actually, they are little more healthy than a chocolate bar, not the people trying to make a false fortune out of such 'healthy' products would just recommend a Mars.....
To be fair though, they'd probably make more of a fortune if they just made candy bars to begin with.
To be fair, they probably do already but just fancy conning people out of even more money. Ask anyone who does WeightWatchers....0 -
Compare labels. Some are better/worse than others. I prefer the ones with ingredients I recognize; some are packed with chemicals and flavor enhancers.0
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They are good......a couple of granola bars or a snickers bar.......probably go with the snickers. No snickers than granola bars are good. Both are treats, not part of my balanced meal program. They are an addition to it.0
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if you hit your calorie and macro goal then yes...if not then no ...food is just energy it is not good or bad...0
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that is your problem in the bold, not the granola bars...I'm really addicted to granola bars, are they healthy to eat every day? Also I went on a granola bar binge at 3am yesterday.. I ate two packets (4 bars) of Kelloggs breakfast bars. The only thing I had eaten for the past twelve hours were a few almonds and three dates, yet I feel very guilty now! Will this seriously hinder my weight loss?
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Everything in MODERATION. Therre shouldn't be foods that you avoid only to binge on... Eat normal portions and LOG everything. You'll be fine.0
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Everyone seems to be missing the "few almonds and dates" comment and focusing on the "binged" and "granola bars" problem.
The reason why the OP binged was because she ate less than a hamster eats in a day. Doesn't matter what she ate, the fact that she ate anything was good. Heck a tub of Mayo would have been better than the scraps she ate.
IMO, granola bars can be very healthy. Many of them have a lot of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit and use natural sweeteners like honey as the glue to hold it together. The breakfast bars the OP mentioned: Not so much. If I were to pick between a Mars bar and a granola bar that primarily consists of almonds and pumpkin seeds, I'd pick the granola bar.0 -
chivalryder wrote: »Everyone seems to be missing the "few almonds and dates" comment and focusing on the "binged" and "granola bars" problem.
The reason why the OP binged was because she ate less than a hamster eats in a day. Doesn't matter what she ate, the fact that she ate anything was good. Heck a tub of Mayo would have been better than the scraps she ate.
IMO, granola bars can be very healthy. Many of them have a lot of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit and use natural sweeteners like honey as the glue to hold it together. The breakfast bars the OP mentioned: Not so much. If I were to pick between a Mars bar and a granola bar that primarily consists of almonds and pumpkin seeds, I'd pick the granola bar.
Oh but the Mars bar
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chivalryder wrote: »Everyone seems to be missing the "few almonds and dates" comment and focusing on the "binged" and "granola bars" problem.
The reason why the OP binged was because she ate less than a hamster eats in a day. Doesn't matter what she ate, the fact that she ate anything was good. Heck a tub of Mayo would have been better than the scraps she ate.
IMO, granola bars can be very healthy. Many of them have a lot of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit and use natural sweeteners like honey as the glue to hold it together. The breakfast bars the OP mentioned: Not so much. If I were to pick between a Mars bar and a granola bar that primarily consists of almonds and pumpkin seeds, I'd pick the granola bar.
let me guess because sugar...0 -
I consider them a snack food just like any other candy/chocolate bar. Look at the calories, protein, carbs, and fat. Compare them with what you already have in your diary. If if fits in, go ahead and enjoy it!
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