Why most protein bars taste like s**t

The fiber is fake

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Isomalto-oligosaccharides (IMO), the source of fiber in many protein bars is a syrupy goop that gets produced in large factories. The problem with ingesting this IMO, is that it feeds only a small subset of our gut bacteria.

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Kimberly Atwood’s books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Kimberly lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, an exceptionally perfect dog, and an attack cat. Before she started writing historical research, Kimberly got a graduate degree in theoretical physical chemistry from Ohio State University. After that, just to shake things up, she went to law school at the University of London and graduated summa cum laude. Then she did a handful of clerkships with some really important people who are way too dignified to be named here. She was a law professor for a while. She now writes full-time.

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