Energy Bars for Cycling, Running & Hiking (Part 2): Review of 5 Popular Bars

Nutritionist and long-time endurance athlete, Sheelagh Daly, reviews 5 popular energy bars for endurance activities like cycling, running and hiking. The 5 bars we'll be going over today are Larabar, Simply Protein, Kind, Clif and Quest.

In this video we'll cover:
A quick overview of the 3 key aspects to look for when selecting an energy bar -- macronutrient ratio, ingredients, and additional vitamins/minerals
How Larabar's higher carbohydrate ratio and whole foods-based ingredients make it stand out
Why Simply Protein may not be the best choice for endurance activities
The different experience created with a bar like the Kind bar that has whole pieces
What the Clif bar does in terms of additional ingredients and how that can benefit us
How a nutritionist feels about the ingredients the Quest bar uses, as it relates to endurance activities.
Which energy bars a nutritionist is most likely to rely on
PLUS you'll get a sneaky little bonus in the form of an energy bites recipe you can make yourself!

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Bean, Anita. Sports Nutrition. 7th ed., Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2013.

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