Jelly beans became a wide-spread American treat in the early 20th Century, sold with other penny candies, and in the 1930âs the popular association of jelly beans and Easter was firmly entrenched in our culture, most likely due to the ovate shape (that means âshaped like an egg,â but we prefer the fancy word).
Protein bars are insidious, menacing little gremlins. Theyâre capable of playing devious mind games and derailing diets, unassumingly, without receiving any of the blame when diets stall, or worse â spontaneously combust, opening the floodgates for fat to flow in.
As high-protein bars go, Quest is easily on of the healthiest, with a very high protein per calorie per net carb ratio. That said, comparing the health profile of a manufactured bar to that of whole foods is stupid, because people eating high protein bars generally aren't looking for clean health. They are usually looking to build muscle.