“Protein from real food,” “20+ superfoods,” “No B.S.,“ promise some bars. Fact: No bar can replace real superfoods like crunchy vegetables, nuts, seeds, and fresh or frozen fruit.
The bar aisle is buzzing. Nut, nut butter, egg white, probiotic, protein, "smoothie," fruit, and even "fat" bars are competing with old standbys like granola and cereal bars.
Attention, shoppers: Fresh fruit, crunchy veggies, unsweetened yogurt, nuts, and other whole foods still beat bars any day. But if you want a bar that's more real food than candy, read on.
Why do some less-than-healthy foods get all the attention? Clever—or misleading—marketing doesn’t hurt. Here are five overrated foods, plus five underrated stars that deserve a spot in your grocery cart.