Fruit Loot
Posted by charley on February 28th, 2010I’ve never been much of a fruit person, more like a vegetable person, which is handy for being a Vegetarian really.. But after landing a job at a health and wellness site I figured a love of fruit should come with the territory! After having trouble figuring out a good snacking alternative to three chocolate bars a day (no, I’m not lying), I decided choosing fruit would be a good idea.
Usually I buy apples from the supermarket and they end up sitting in the fridge for weeks without being eaten, bananas I find too mushy, raisins sometimes taste a little funny, grapes aren’t so kind on my tummy…There you go, I’m picky. So, when Ultra Body turned up I realised they had all my snacking problems figured out. With a snack bar range designed to make you ooh and ahh over the fruit selections (I had never tried plum and apricot together), the easiness of getting a bit of nutrition in you is quite astonishing. You don’t need to fight through a sticky apple or blush at the way you might look chomping on a banana *ahem*.
Perfect for just carrying around and filling you up when your tummy grumbles in a particularly busy couple of hours at work, things like “minimum 90% fruit” written on the packets make you feel like you’re really being good to yourself rather than kidding your way through a salad with more salt than a McDonald’s fry. Plus, this is what they are…snacks. A Wispa bar will only fill a small space for a short time, and then you want more chocolate. These fruity wonders fill and fill and fill, whilst giving you the portions of nutrition you really need. My favourite snack was the Fruitus chewy bites with raspberry, a fruit I usually avoid because of its tanginess. A packet full of small squares couldn’t possibly be one of my 5 a day could it? Well, yes it is…and they taste delicious!
The best thing about these packs is the fact they involve Grizzly Bars, a chewy fruit and cereal bar. I remember these treats from my primary school tuck shop, where I’d queue with my friends whilst playing ‘Fairies’ for the choice between one of those or a small packet of digestive biscuits with my break-time milk carton. They’re perfect for breakfast, particularly when you’re running late and the only option is to snaffle on the tube ride in. Plus, as I can keep mentioning time and time again, they’re GOOD for you! I’m giving you this piece of advice now, and I’m challenging you to try something new. Put down the bag of Minstrels, leave the Crunchie on the shelf and try out something that will benefit you in the long run. After all, all men’s gains are the fruit of venturing ;)
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