Make Your Own High Protein Healthy Bars

[Dave Barry]

Healthy Protein Bars
Makes anywhere between 10-20 bars, depending upon how big you cut them
Ingredients:
2 cups peanut butter (or almond butter)
1 3/4 cups raw honey (or use agave-low glycemic)
2 1/4 cups protein powder (chocolate tastes best with this one)
3 cups regular oatmeal
1 tbls cinnamon
1/2 cup almond slivers
9 x 13 inch pan
Preparation:
Microwave almond (or peanut) butter and honey until smooth. Stir.
In another bowl, mix the rest of the dry ingredients.
Add the almond (or peanut) butter and honey. Mix with hands (It’s way easier that way!)
Press the mixture into the pan and place in fridge. Keep in fridge for at least an hour

 

[bruin]

Very good recipe, Im hooked! I use a natural chunky style peanut butter, It adds some additional nut factor, and tasty too!

 

[Hadikul]

Realy wonderful recipe. I liked 2 1/4 cups protein powder

 

[Nelson Vergel]

I will try it tonight!

 

[Jull]

I'm wondering if it makes me fat? (I'm afraid I'd eat it too much because it's too good )
Has anyone made this?

 

[Nelson Vergel]

I made them and they taste good. I ate one every morning with coffee. They are filling!

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Made them again last night. Man, these bars are addictive!

 

[Saul]

Interesting. I was wondering about making my own bars. High calories though. I think 2 cups of peanut butter has about 3000 calories. The honey about 1800 calories. These two items alone are ~4800. Divide by 15 bars is about 319 calories per bar for just these two ingredients. About 400 calories per bar total with the other stuff. I bet they are good though. Do you think I could cut back on the peanut butter and honey?

 

[Coopsdaddy]

Definitely trying this

 

[mattingly23]

Be careful of too much protein in relation to the other macronutrients in your diet.

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Be careful of too much protein in relation to the other macronutrients in your diet.

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Thanks. Reference?

 

[mattingly23]

I'm pretty sure I got it from here but I can't bring up the whole paper now. It's possible it's from somewhere else though because I have a huge folder of hormone related items that are, let's just say, not well organized.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0024320587900865?via=ihub

 

[madman]

Thanks. Reference?

Here is the full paper. https://www.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.49

 

[madman]

Be careful of too much protein in relation to the other macronutrients in your diet.

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Here is a paper from 2000 showing higher protein diets lower SHBG.....which would increase ones free testosterone.

 

[mattingly23]

Yes but would the decreased SHBG offset the dramatically lower testosterone levels on a 25-30 percent protein diet. Also, if SHBG declines with a high protein diet, you would also have higher free estradiol levels.

 

[madman]

Yes but would the decreased SHBG offset the dramatically lower testosterone levels on a 25-30 percent protein diet. Also, if SHBG declines with a high protein diet, you would also have higher free estradiol levels.

Men on trt would not have to worry about higher protein lowering testosterone.....now for a natty man excess protein along with a low fat diet would have a negative impact on testosterone levels.

Regarding nutrition extreme dieting (too much of a calorie deficit), or low fat diets would have be detrimental to testosterone production.