Fitness Nutrition

Dar Bar™ – the great tasting recovery snack for everyone

Fitness Nutrition’s DARBAR contains 23 important vitamins and minerals needed for metabolic support. With 26-32 grams of carbohydrate and 10-11 grams of protein, the DARBAR is ideal as a between meal snack or as an after workout treat. In fact, studies have shown that using meal replacement bars are a great way for controlling hunger.(1, 2) According to one study, “in this one-year university-based intervention, both dietitian-led groups successfully lost weight while improving overall dietary adequacy. The group incorporating fortified meal replacements tended to have a more adequate essential nutrient intake compared to the group following a more traditional food group diet. This study supports the need to incorporate fortified foods and/or dietary supplements while following an energy-restricted diet for weight loss.”(3)

The simple sugars found in the DARBAR are the fastest way to restore and replenish muscle glycogen. These simple carbs are already very close to being in the digested form, so they pass into your bloodstream almost immediately. Research studies show that you can expect to achieve full recovery of glycogen stores only if you begin carbohydrate reloading almost immediately after exercise.

One benefit to the athlete who has just worked hard and used some or much of the stored carbohydrate (known as glycogen – this powers muscles and also is used and stored in the liver for energy) is to ingest easy to digest and fast to leave the gut (stomach) type of carbohydrates. This is – so that their body can quickly restore any glycogen (stored carbohydrate) that was lost during and after exercise (while your metabolic rate and output remains elevated). Corn syrup is a simple carbohydrate that typically is “taken-up” quickly by starving muscles for use. Thus the bar seeks to utilize the known 3:1 carbohydrate (with different sources of carbs) to protein ratio. Having faster and medium absorbed (rate) carbohydrates with the protein in the bar – aids in overall athletic recovery.

So what you get with the DARBAR bar is a great way to get all the important nutrients in your diet as well as a great way to help manage your weight. The DARBAR – a top quality bar for weight control and healthy nutrient support.

References

Rothacker DQ, Watemberg S. Short-term hunger intensity changes following ingestion of a meal replacement bar for weight control. Int J Food Sci Nutr. May 2004;55(3):223-226.
Heymsfield SB, van Mierlo CA, van der Knaap HC, Heo M, Frier HI. Weight management using a meal replacement strategy: meta and pooling analysis from six studies. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. May 2003;27(5):537-549.
Ashley JM, Herzog H, Clodfelter S, Bovee V, Schrage J, Pritsos C. Nutrient adequacy during weight loss interventions: a randomized study in women comparing the dietary intake in a meal replacement group with a traditional food group. Nutr J. 2007;6:12.