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copied from health and nutrition board: too many convenience bars?

marym94marym94 member
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I have been traveling a lot for work and I am finally settling back at home - while I was on the road (about 1 month back and forth) I needed a convenience food that i could store in my purse, pull out in meetings, on planes, walking down the street  - so i started eating south beach snack bars.  i needed something with protein bc I needed something to keep me from getting starving before i stopped.  at first i bought string cheese, etc - but it was so difficult keeping those good bc i didn't have refrigeration in my hotels etc.  

 

soooo - i started eating 1-THREE of those bars a day - bc they were often my after breakfast, after lunch and after dinner snacks (140 calls, 9 grams of protein, etc).  I just got home and was throwing away some empty boxes and I started to think about whether or not that was waaay too much for my baby!  With all of the vitamins, etc in those things - i still take a prenatal and i am scared that i had away too much of that stuff in my system.  

now that i am home i am able to eat proper snacks - but did a  month of those bars cause problems? I cant shake my concern and will be seeing my dr in two days - when i will bring this up of course... but in the meantime -any thoughts???

i am almost 29 weeks pregnant.. just for what its worth.

 thanks everyone :)

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Re: copied from health and nutrition board: too many convenience bars?

  • SweetT94SweetT94

    The only thing you might have to worry about is if the bar has extra vitamin A, which is really one of the only vitamins that in excess, can be harmful to the baby.  BUT...i think the max a day is 5000mg.  I doubt those bars have much vitamin A.

    I really would not worry about it. :)

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  • fryratfryrat member
    I agree with PP about the vitamin A. As for the other things, your kidneys will filter it out if it's too much.
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  • 02316540231654 member
    Good Luck

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  • dufferoodufferoo member
    I'm sure a month of those bars wouldn't hurt anything, but just as a little PSA, I'll tell you the crazy story that my mom happened to just tell me... Her friend has always been a super picky eater- doesn't like meat, fruits or vegetables- but also crazy active, so she supplements her bread and cheese diet with tons of protein bars to keep her full and for the added vitamins. This has gone on for years. Recently, she started losing weight for no apparent reason. After awhile, she went to a doctor who found a calcified mass of undigested protein (that might not be the exact right phrase) that he attributes to all the protein bars she was consuming. Not sure why this made her lose the weight, but isn't that crazy? Anyways, I'm sure this won't be the case with you after a month of bars, but I had just never heard of any ill effects of those bars before, and it definitely made me think twice about what I was eating! (I also keep bars in my station at work "just in case.")
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  • marym94marym94 member
    Oh wow! Thank you all for the comments...I haven't had a bar since but I did call the dr and she said no prob at all...only 15pcnt of vitamin A per bar and she said this is better than most other items I could have chosen.. Still trying to avoid more than 1-2 a week now that I am not traveling and can select fresh options but it's good to know that it's all ok. I a, heading to the office to see the dr tomorrow but I just couldn't wait for an answer...glad i called bc I feel much better about it!
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