So, as odd as it may seem, I enjoy reading the Thursday Styles section of the New York Times. As you can probably guess, I am back at school after a nice, long (could have been longer) winter break and we get the Times in my dorm for free every morning excluding the weekends. The only catch is that my dorm houses about 100 or so people and they only give us about 8 papers...what a rip. This means that every morning, I have to get myself up around 7, whether I have an early class or not, and run downstairs to grab a paper before they're all gone.
The paper options we have are: The Washington Post, USA Today, and the New York Times...but honestly, which do you think most of us want to read?
Alrighty, on to today's topic. The Thursday Styles section this week gave a shout out to my favorite snack bar - Larabar. They also reviewed another bar that I'm not too familiar with, it's called Raw Revolution Organic. I'll have to check that one out next time I go to a health food store.
Here are the write-ups for both Larabar and Raw Revolution Organic.
Larabar, $1.69, 48 grams, larabar.com
Larabar has the largest selection of all bars reviewed, with 16 dessert-inspired flavors. Ms. Bingham's (sports nutritionist) clients judged Larabar and thinkFruit (another bar) as tied for the best tasting of the new bars. Larabar was also a dietary leader, said the nutritionist, who was impressed by the fact that its three flavors made with walnuts provided omega-3 fatty acids, good for heart health, along with a moderate amount of fiber and protein. "Everybody really liked Apple Pie," Ms. Bingham said. "It actually tasted like apple pie but was low in calories and saturated fat and had one full gram of omega-3s, which is a significant amount."
Raw Revolution Organic, $1.99, 2.2 ounces (62 grams), rawrev.com
Raw Revolution, as the name suggests, is directed to customers on a raw foods diet, or those who eat foods not cooked above a certain temperature in the belief that they are richer in nutritional value. While traditional science has yet to find verifiable health claims to the diet, Raw Revolution's organic line can be beneficial to anyone on a raw regimen, Ms. Bingham said. "Raw Revolution was the biggest bar - 2.2 ounces each, compared to 1.6 to 1.8 ounces for the others - but it also had the most calories, fat, and protein, which can be good for people on restricted diets," she said. She also liked that the bars were lower in sugar and moister in consistency than the other brands (probably because their fat content is higher).
So if you haven't yet tried a Larabar, please go out and do so as soon as you can. They are amazingly delicious and well worth the $1.69 that they cost (I think you can buy them in bulk off of amazon.com for cheaper). As for those who are going to go after the Raw Revolution Organic bar, I'm right there with you. I'll hit you guys up with a review as soon as it passes my lips.
Take care everybody and Happy oh-nine.
Raw. Love.
-Natalie
3 comments:
love lara bars! although the cost adds up, it's nice that they are almost everywhere.
raw revolution is pissing me off with it's non-raw chocolate. why even call itself raw? grrr
Larabars are not totally raw either. Call and ask them about apple, banana, cherry. Read all the flavors carefully. Owned by General Mills now.
Oh, and most Larabars aren't organic and who knows what will be in them now that they are part of one of the largest conglomerates in the country.
There are more raw bars like Wildbar which are very expensive. Raw Rev bars are still affordable. Organic raw cacao is out there but $$$. They have flavors without chocolate too.
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