{"id":144,"date":"2021-09-19T14:50:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splash.middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/?p=144"},"modified":"2021-09-19T22:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T21:01:35","slug":"cereal-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Cereal Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cereal bars will be a staple of most swimmers\u2019 kit bags and kitchen cupboards.  But what role do they play in a healthy and performance diet?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snacking between meals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A quick snack between meals can prevent you feeling too hungry and accidentally overeating at the next meal.<\/strong> Some are quite small and not very filling so avoid the appeal to eat 2-3 at once<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Training Snack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cereal bars tend to be high in carbohydrate so they are great at topping-up pre-training energy stores, aim to eat them 60-90min before training.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to look for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Generally, the fewer the ingredients the better.  If you can\u2019t pronounce it then it might be better to avoid it!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cereal bars can contain A LOT of added sugar.  A sugar content of >22.5g per 100g is considered high.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post training snack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use the carbohydrate content to replenish your carbohydrate stores and pair them with a source of protein (milk, yoghurt, cold meat\u2026) and fluids for complete recovery.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some good choices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>Nakd Bars (all varieties)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>No added sugars or hidden extras.  Great as a quick pre- or post-training snack.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Trek Flapjacks<\/strong><\/td>A higher carbohydrate flapjack without too high a sugar content.  Great as a snack between meals or recovery after harder training sessions.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Kind Bars<\/strong><\/td>A high fibre and low sugar bar.  Good as a snack or dessert option.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Cliff Bars<\/strong><\/td>High in carbohydrate and sugar so best kept for pre-training as a fuelling snack or post-training as a recovery snack.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Pulsin Raw Brownie<\/strong><\/td>A naturally sweetened high fibre brownie.  Good for a chocolate treat.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Get Buzzing Bars<\/strong><\/td>A high carbohydrate flapjack which is ideal to have around tough training sessions or competitions.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Frusli Bars<\/strong><\/td>A simple low fat bar which is perfect as a snack during competition.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Eat Natural Bars (all varieties)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Minimally processed bars with no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.  Due to the nuts some of these can be quite high calorie so best saved for posttraining or as a structured snack between meals.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Get Fruity Bars<\/strong><\/td>Simple bars containing oats, fruit pieces and fruit juice.  Perfect as a snack during competitions.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Perkier Quinoa Bars<\/strong><\/td>A vegan bar with a strong vitamin and mineral content.  Good as a snack between main meals.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cereal bars will be a staple of most swimmers\u2019 kit bags and kitchen cupboards.  But what role do they play in a healthy and performance diet? Snacking between meals A quick snack between meals can prevent you feeling too hungry and accidentally overeating at the next meal. Some are quite small and not very filling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eating","category-tips","tag-eating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}