Fiber One Oats ‘n Chocolate Bars : Review
Well, it’s always nice to have something that you can “treat” yourself to when you’re dieting that doesn’t cost you a whole lot of calories and also happens to have a great deal of fiber in it, which ups it’s dietary value when you’re trying to lose weight since it helps keep things moving through you and also helps to keep your belly full instead of you feeling like you want to snack every hour. You do have to be careful with food items like the Fiber One Oats ‘n Chocolate bars though, because although they are not harmful to your diet in moderation, they will add up and they’re not low in carbs if you decide you need to pig out on them, which is easy to do since they are so tasty.
Now, let’s talk about the nutrition facts on the Fiber One Oat bars, and discuss why they aren’t going to louse up your diet royally if you indulge in say, one a day or every other day. First, they taste delicious, and they are a real chocolate fix for me, since they are covered in chocolate and they also have chocolate chips all through them. I like the fact that they do not contain maltitol, which royally screws up my digestive system and gives a lot of people wicked gas and gas pains to go along with it. However, I must warn you that due to the high fiber content of Fiber one snack bars, you may experience some sort of discomfort (gas) after eating them, as I do.
They have a whopping count of 9 grams of dietary fiber in them for one bar, and that is quite a lot. I’m not exactly sure how they cram all that fiber into these tasty little things, but it does seem like any time you eat anything with a lot of fiber, especially something that is specially manufactured to have a lot of fiber in it like the Fiber one bars, you do get a little or a lot of discomfort. You may not get any, but I’m really sensitive to this type of food, and I do know a few others who have said the same thing about these bars as well.
They have only 140 calories, so you are not over doing it on the calorie count if you have them, and they fit nicely into your diet regimen if you’re going for not intaking a lot of calories in a day, but like I said, stick to one. They’re so tasty that I often feel like I’m jonesing for another one right afterwards, but I know that if I just wait for that good ol’ fiber to expand in my stomach, I’ll be full and wont’ want another one. It usually takes about twenty to thirty minutes for the fiber to expand, just so you know, so don’t go back to the pantry to get yourself another one until you’ve exercised patience. Besides, two may really give you bad gas!
