Soy Protein Bars

Soy Protein Bars

Soy proteins bars add a whole new level when considering healthy snack foods. 

They completely move away from traditional chocolate or snack bars that are filled with:   

-      Low density lipoprotein's (which cause arterial cholesterol) 

-      High calorie (leads to obesity and early onset diabetes) 

-      Low nutritional value 

-      Saturated fats and hydrogenated fats.

Soy protein bars are not only packed with dozens of vitamins and minerals which conventional snack bars pack.  But they’re heavily loaded with vital amino acids which the body cannot produce, and are vital to maintaining bodily wellbeing.  Soy proteins bars have lots of high density lipoprotein's (which remove arterial cholesterol and send it to the liver to be broken down).  They also have relatively low calorie content, especially when considering the amount of nutrients they deliver.  Furthermore, as opposed to saturated/hydrogenated fats, soy protein bars have poly-unsaturated fats.  These un-saturated fats are derived from healthier plant oils, as opposed to being chemically engineered or taken from animal fats. 

Not only this, but these soy bars also taste great too!  Admittedly, they might not have the instant sugar rush that regular chocolate bars have.  But considering the amount of nutrients and proteins they deliver to your body, it’s somewhat more tasty then a chicken salad with no dressing.  You also must look into the fact that they are in general only around two hundred calories - as opposed to a regular chocolate bar which can easily be double the calories with far less nutritional content. 

Soy has often been scorned by many for its lack of taste, but with soy protein bars this couldn’t be further from the truth.  While admittedly soya by itself is hardly anything worth mentioning, who couldn’t resist eating a soy chocolate bar, which tastes as good but with half the calorie content?  Soy bars come in a massive variety of different flavors, and you can purchase genisoy protein bars that come in flavors such as: 

-      Crispy chocolate mint 

-      Creamy peanut yogurt 

-      Peanut butter fudge 

-      Fudge brownie 

-      Café mocha fudge 

Not sounding too bad now are they? 

These types of protein bars add not only to a healthy diet, but also to those on a strict fitness diet regime.  This makes them a perfect accompaniment for weight loss programs, or exercise programs.  The bodybuilders out there will know that protein (and a variety of different proteins at that) is vital to gaining muscle mass.  There’s nothing better than eating a tasty soy bar, packed with lots of nutrients and minerals!

	Before arriving at the Soy Protein Bars we all love, soy first starts of in plant form.  As you can see from the picture on the left, there's nothing unusual about this type of plant whatsoever.  The only unusual aspect is its dizzying array of health benefits and nutrients, which itself makes the plant very unique - and very tempting!
	Long before it finds its way into your soy packed foods, it's ground down into a fine powder.  Some of the parts of the plant that don't provide any nutrients, or aren't of use are discarded.  The active and healthy parts of the plant are processed, which leaves a distinctive cream powder which can then be processed into food stuffs.
	This fine soy powder is mixed in with other healthy and nutritious foods such as nuts and whole grains.  It'll then be added to a caramel-like mixture (but one that tends to be low in sugar and processed fats).  After this, the whole bar is coated in a thin layer of chocolate to give it a fantastic taste.  This is only a thin covering though, to give you the taste - but not the calories.

There are several things that come as standard when you're buying soy protein bars - the first being that you can expect that to be low calorie.  You're generally looking at around 200-300 calories for an average one.  You should expect it, like the one pictured above, to come with a small amount of something tasty.  This would be something like a thin layer of chocolate, a small amount of toffee, fudge or marshmallows.  But instead of being like regular candy bars where the amounts of all these unhealthy things make up 99% of it.  With a healthy soya-based snack, you're looking at much reduce amounts as a total percentage of the whole.  What you may have, is a mixture of the soya-based mixture with a small amount of caramel.  It would end up having the same consistency as caramel, but it would be less sugary and much more healthy for you!