pria bars?????

[wiskband]

I have read so much about them and I finally saw them today at sams club!
I got the low carb ones.. but exactly what are they for?
they say power bars so is there purpose for working out? or for when you skip a meal or as a snack?

renee

 

[wiskband]

BUMPING my own post! lol~!

 

[nativetxn]

Watch out for Pria bars, they can seriously stall your weight loss.

 

[jennz]

They're just a yummy bar that has some vitamins in it. I use them as a snack but I don't get the low carb ones, I think they are higher in calories than the ones I get. I get mine at Sam's too. They are around 100 calories each and around 3 grams of fat. I use it as either my mid morning snack or mid afternoon snack. I got one at Wal-Mart the other but I'm not sure what kind it was, just that it had 200 cals so I had 1/2 one day and 1/2 the next. It was tasty - the mint cookie one.

Hope that helps! Enjoy!

 

[bicker]

I feel the best way to evaluate snack replacement and meal replacement bars is by evaluating their macro-nutrient breakdown. If they're mostly sugar, then you might as well eat a Snickers (and indeed, there's something called Snickers Marathon which is objectively BETTER than most of the "nutrition bars" out there). On the other hand, if they have lots of protein, then you're actually getting something different than just another candy bar. So the easiest way to tell is to divide calories by protein grams. The lower the number, the better the bar.

Considering the Low-carb Pria's are supposed to be low-carb, they don't stack up well against other high quality bars:

Regular Pria's are 22 calories per gram of protein.
Luna Bars are 18 calories per gram of protein.
Low-carb Pria's are 17 calories per gram of protein.
Zone Perfect bars are 15 calories per gram of protein.
Balance Gold bars are 14 calories per gram of protein.