If you want to take control of your nutrition and get serious about fat loss or building muscle there’s really no better way than tracking macros.

If you’ve been on the interwebs in the last few years and googled anything about nutrition you’ve probably seen the term “MACROS” OR “MACRONUTRIENTS” pop up.

Maybe you rushed out to Whole Foods and headed straight for the Macronutrient aisle so you could start taking advantage of this new superfood for fat loss! Sadly, you couldn’t find a bag of macros, but you found this article and that’s even better!

You know grabbing a candy bar isn’t the right option, so you head to the snack bar aisle in the store.

There you stand, under the bright LED lights overhead completely overwhelmed by the sea of choices.

Should you get the plant based protein bar?

Is the paleo one healthy?

Maybe it’s like wine and you just pick one with a cool looking label?

Well, the fact is, some of them taste like dirt, some have a ton of calories and some of them are trying to trick you into thinking you’re eating less calories than you really are.

We pulled 10 different snack bars off the shelf and we’re tasting, looking at the labels and giving you our opinion of which are “best” and which ones to avoid.

If you’re trying to improve your health, lose weight or just learn what a balanced meal looks like, you’ve come to the right place.

Do you have a hand on the end of your arm? You’re in luck! Even if you don’t you’ve probably seen one and that’s good enough!

Here’s how to use your hand to build a meal that has a balanced portion of protein, carbohydrates (both starchy carbs and non-starchy carbs and fat) without weighing and measuring the ingredients.

There are approximately 8,459 options when it comes to yogurt and fauxgurt (I made that up).

Some are rich and creamy, some are sad and runny and some taste like chemical waste.

The differences don’t stop there. Some are high in carbs for no good reason, some are high in protein and some have none at all.

We taste tested 13 different yogurts (and some yogurt wanna be’s) to give you the good, the bad, and the not so tasty truths about each of them. One was so bad Blakley had to spit it out.

Find out our thoughts on non-fat yogurt, 2% yogurt, Greek yogurt, Icelandic yogurt, Almond yogurt alternative, Oatmilk non-dairy yogurt and even yogurt made from a coconut.

Let’s do it.