Experts Agree: This Is The One Food You Should Stop Buying At Costco (You Won’t Believe How Bad It Is For You!)
May 2, 2021 by Justine Schwartz
You might think grabbing a case of protein or granola bar to eat as meal replacements or snacks may be the healthy choice over say, a tubs of cookies or a supply of candy bars–but you would be wrong.
The Kirkland protein and granola bars are *loaded* with sugars, and the idea that they are “healthy” because they are protein-packed is misleading to the consumer from a health perspective, experts warn. Here’s everything you need to know:
Kirkland Chewy Protein BarsThese bars are highly processed (look at the long list of ingredients!), contain 10grams of sugar including “added sugars” (typically, a way for food manufacturers to make the sugar appear lower in the ingredient list), and health experts hate them.
“Stop with the protein bars that taste like candy!” celebrity health and wellness Joey Thurman, CES CPT FNS, of kuudose warns. “If you didn’t run a marathon, you don’t need that much sugar!” he states.
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