Another one rides the bus...

Anyone that eats Powerbars on a regular basis are sure to
shorten their lives. Processed foods such as those are
terrible. Eat organic natural foods like a banana and you
will be much better off.

I don't know how people eat that stuff and think that are
doing something good for themselves.

Curt

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...but was he fat when he died.

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curt said:

Anyone that eats Powerbars on a regular basis are sure to
shorten their lives. Processed foods such as those are
terrible. Eat organic natural foods like a banana and you
will be much better off.

I don't know how people eat that stuff and think that are
doing something good for themselves.

It doesn't say he ate them regularly, but we can assume
he ate them for long races, because that is why he
invented them.

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Curt

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...but was he fat when he died.

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Anyone that eats Powerbars on a regular basis are sure to
shorten their lives. Processed foods such as those are
terrible.

Another idiotic true believer. No evidence, but ALL THINGS
NATURAL ARE BETTER.

Yeah, right.

Eat organic natural

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foods like a banana and you will be much better off.

I don't know how people eat that stuff and think that are
doing something good for themselves.

Curt

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...but was he fat when he died.

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Anyone that eats Powerbars on a regular basis are sure to
shorten their

lives. Processed foods such as those are terrible. Eat
organic natural foods like a banana and you will be much
better off.<<

As someone who eats them on a fairly regular basis (Vanilla
Crisp is my favorite), I can only hope that you are
incorrect.

Glucose and fructose are the same, whether they are in a
banana or in a Power Bar. Based on the ingredients on the
label, there isn't anything toxic in a Vanilla Crisp or
Chocolate Power Bar. I love bananas, but they don't survive
as long in my workout bag as do Power Bars. Actually, I ate
my last one (just a half; had previously eaten the other
half) last night, on my drive home from watching a swim
meet. Was hungry, wanted a snack and there was the good old
Power Bar in the workout bag.

I'm comforted by my body mass index, blood pressure, and
blood lipids. These have been shown to correlate with
cardiovascular and general health. Consumption of Power
Bars hasn't been shown to correlate with anything of which
I am aware.

Martin said that the guy was fat. Don't know anything at all
about his diet, exercise, body mass index, blood pressure,
blood lipids, and genetics. If he were promoting Power Bars
as a dietary program and he got fat and sick on them, then
what happened to him would have as much relevance as the
demise of Dr. Atkins and Mr. Pritikin. But we don't know
anything like that the moment.

(Larry Weisenthal) said:

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Quoted message said:

Anyone that eats Powerbars on a regular basis are sure to
shorten their

lives. Processed foods such as those are terrible. Eat
organic natural foods like a banana and you will be much
better off.<<

As someone who eats them on a fairly regular basis (Vanilla
Crisp is my favorite), I can only hope that you are
incorrect.

Glucose and fructose are the same, whether they are in a
banana or in a Power Bar. Based on the ingredients on the
label, there isn't anything toxic in a Vanilla Crisp or
Chocolate Power Bar. I love bananas, but they don't survive
as long in my workout bag as do Power Bars. Actually, I ate
my last one (just a half; had previously eaten the other
half) last night, on my drive home from watching a swim
meet. Was hungry, wanted a snack and there was the good old
Power Bar in the workout bag.

I'm comforted by my body mass index, blood pressure, and
blood lipids. These have been shown to correlate with
cardiovascular and general health. Consumption of Power
Bars hasn't been shown to correlate with anything of which
I am aware.

Martin said that the guy was fat.

No I didn't. I asked, tongue-in-cheek... "But was he fat,
when he died?"

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Don't know anything at all about his diet, exercise, body
mass index, blood pressure, blood lipids, and genetics.
If he were promoting Power Bars as a dietary program and
he got fat and sick on them, then what happened to him
would have as much relevance as the demise of Dr. Atkins
and Mr. Pritikin. But we don't know anything like that
the moment.

I assume he promoted them for the same reason he
invented them, which was as a fuels supply for replacing
depleted glycogen and satisfying that carb crave after a
race or a workout.

martin

curt said:

Anyone that eats Powerbars on a regular basis are sure to
shorten their lives. Processed foods such as those are
terrible. Eat organic natural foods like a banana and you
will be much better off.

I don't know how people eat that stuff and think that are
doing something good for themselves.

They beat the alternatives in junk food, and by a lot.

But I always preferred Clif Bars for light, dense calories.
The brown rice syrup taste is nice, and not as hard to chew
on a 30 degree morning.

Bananas have heavy peels afterwards, and not enough calories
for the bulk.
--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

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I'm comforted by my body mass index, blood pressure, and
blood lipids. These have been shown to correlate with
cardiovascular and general health. Consumption of Power
Bars hasn't been shown to correlate with anything of which
I am aware.

Martin said that the guy was fat. Don't know anything at
all about his diet, exercise, body mass index, blood
pressure, blood lipids, and genetics. If he were promoting
Power Bars as a dietary program and he got fat and sick on
them, then what happened to him would have as much
relevance as the demise of Dr. Atkins and Mr. Pritikin.
But we don't know anything like that the moment.

Why mention BMI, especially in a news group for atheletes
(or wanna be athletes) where BMI tends to be meaningless? I
guess I have a personal annoyance at the whole concept of
BMI because at 235 lbs (6'3"😉 I am considered borderline
obese with a BMI of 29.4. Yet my body fat percentage is only
14%, 34" waist, etc. Heck my lean body mass is 200 lbs which
in itself gives me a BMI of 25, or borderline overweight.
There are so many references to BMI in health and fitness
and mainstream news publications yet very little mention of
what it actually means to someone who actually works out!

sorry for the rant, its just one of my little pet peeves.