Sometimes the simplest idea can become the most revolutionary, depending on the right kitchen-crafted mix of inspiration, drive, and energy. LUNA sustains women so they can play harder, work harder, break barriers, and—most importantly—help one another shine. We were the first on the market. Then once we opened that door, the brand itself had a life of its own. They were completely and unremarkably fine.
The breakfast, the snacks, the ostensibly healthy bars -- all loaded with sugar or some form of sugar substitute. This, the packaging taught me, is because women are always thinking about dessert.
That would make them fat. These snacks are attempts to approximate dessert without the calories. Not unless you eat double the portion at each sitting. More than anything else, I needed variety going into Week Two.
Seven days of eating out of wrappers made me desperate for something fresh. So when a friend mentioned a salad brand called Organic Girl , I knew I had to find it. Whole Foods had it. Organic Girl was everything I was looking for. Not only because it was green, but because its girliness came with no justification -- neither the legitimate type vitamin fortification nor the fat-shaming type lower-than-normal calories. It was also fantastic.
Here we take a closer look at what feeds your strength. Like this: Like Loading Published by Tracy I. Previous Post Missing mornings: The downside of winter and our very short days. Next Post Give the girl a bike! Those bars look totally delicious!!! If only I could find them near me in Ohio. Craig, do you have that link? Which ones do you buy? Nature Valley, 10 grams a bar! The special k ones also have nine grams, I think.
No nuts. Master the Moments. Boating Adventures Traveling eastern North America by boat. Feminist Philosophers News feminist philosophers can use. Eating poorly is equated with making bad, uninformed decisions, and these companies are keen to refute the myth that healthy food means boring or unappetizing. This seems like a sound philosophy for anyone, men included. But Jonekos maintains that the biological distinctions between women and men demand that women nourish themselves uniquely.
ELAW bars, says Jonekos, "have the perfect ratio to help boost metabolism. To satisfy what Dellolacono Thies refers to as "women's specific micro-nutrition needs," Luna adds precise amounts of iron, calcium, Vitamin D, and folic acid—vitamins and minerals singled out as commonly missing from a woman's diet—to its subcalorie, low-glycemic bars. By the end of the year, Luna will also be gluten-free, catching up with its competitors. Photo: ELAW. Special formulations seek to fulfill the perceived need for gender-specific nutrition, but these brands also operate in pursuit of what they believe women want: dessert minus the hypothetical pounds.
Like Luna, thinkThin names its bars after sweet treats high-protein, high-fiber rectangles of "whey protein isolate" and "maltitol" are labeled "Chocolate Covered Strawberries" , but manages to boast 0 to 5 grams of sugar per bar. The rationale here is clear: The human body converts unburned sugar into fat, so less sugar means less potential fat. Yet the company's name is no mistake—thinkThin sounds an awful lot like a weight loss instruction. While the makers of nutrition bars stand by the health value of their products, others remain more skeptical.
The foods take care of them. This is where that "busy woman" emphasis comes into sharp focus: Nutrition bars are timesavers for when whole foods aren't an option. And if these bars can fill in the nutritive gaps, albeit with additives and hard-to-pronounce ingredients, what's the harm? Quincy agrees that most people—not just women—are deficient in Vitamin D, and that women can be deficient in folic acid. But the jury is still out on calcium, she says, citing several studies from the past year that found taking calcium supplements is not an entirely airtight solution to preventing osteoporosis, and may even be cause for serious safety concerns.
Regardless, the amount of vitamins and minerals offered in these bars, she cautions, is "not enough quantity to actually do anything. The branding around women's nutrition bars is anything but subtle.
Luna's website is replete with conventional lady-speak buzzwords like "decadent," "tempting," "indulge," and "crave," and even invokes romance with headers like, "Love at First Bite.
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