Balance Nutrition Bars

Balance Nutrition Bars -- 40/30/30 Nutrition

I almost feel guilty, sitting here in front of my computer on a Sunday night writing about Balance nutrition bars.

Why? Because tonight I went out with my sister, aunt, cousins and their wives to Tony's, a terrific local restaurant here in downtown Alton Illinois.

I drank two large draft beers. I ate a house salad. Now, that's full of good carbohydrates -- vegetables such as lettuce and onions, but they were covered with a high fat and high carb dressing.

Then the main course came -- Afredo white sauce on fettucine noodles.

Tonight, I Did Not Eat Balance Nutrition Bars

Is a big plate full of noodles made from white wheat flour and Italian creamy white sauce a Zone balanced meal?

Not hardly. And it gets worse. Tony's is having a special Thursday through Sunday, if you get one of their pasta meals, you get a free one to take home. So I have a styrofoam dish full of more fettucine noodles and Alfredo sauce to eat for dinner tomorrow.

My stomach is full. My insulin has to be sky high, so all my hormones are out of whack.

But that makes Balance nutrition bars all the more important to me. You see, almost everybody else in Tony's tonight, probably also including my family, had overeaten carbohydrates all day. Me, I was in the Zone all day, because Balance nutrition bars were all I had to eat.

Yes, for breakfast, lunch and snacks, I ate Cookie Dough and Double Chocolate Brownie bars. I also went for a five mile walk in the afternoon, so I got some good, light exercise. That's not intense enough to really adjust my metabolism -- walking is a great basic exercise, and everybody should walk more, but it's not the only exercise you should do, I believe. I usually run some sprints every other day. And hopefully I'll get back soon to doing Hindu pushups and Hindu squats.

According to Dr. Barry Sears, we all have some bad carbohydrate days. I've had more lately than I care to admit. But I also know that if I can confine and control my overeating of carbs to late in the day, that I'm better off than if I'd eaten out of 40/30/30 nutrition the entire day.

Yes, fettucine noodles must have a high glycemic index, meaning that the insulin spiked quickly, rather than being moderated in effect by a lot of protein and fat. Perhaps the fat in the Alfredo sauce performed that service, though probably it wasn't enough.

That's why so many national meals are a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrates.

Hamburgers: beef (protein and fat), bun (carbohydrates)

Fried rice: meat (protein and fat), rice (carbohydrates)

Spaghetti: meatballs (protein), noodles (carbohydrates), sauce (fat)

Tacos: meat or beans (protein), shells (carbohydrates), sauce (fat)

Pizza: meat (protein), crust (carbohydrates), sauce (fat)

Balance Nutrition Bars are Easy and Convenient

You get the idea. The problem is that most of these foods, at least as we normally eat them today, is that the carbohydrate is from a cereal grain and is way more than we should be eating, in proportion to the amount of protein and fat.

Unfortunately, we haven't yet come out with Zone favorable convenience meals or fast food. Maybe in the future.

Right now, though, we can eat Balance nutrition bars for Zone meals that are easy and convenient.

Next: Double Chocolate Brownie Balance Bars -- delicious!