Protein bars & Children

[240 is Back]

My son is 2 and he loves to steal bites of my protein bar.  I know that the protein they eat before age 5 goes a long way in dictating how tall he gets as an adult, so protein is very important.  He's a picky eater, but he loves protein bars, and he loves to sip my whey protein.

is this dangerous?  he only gets maybe 5-10 bites per day, just a few nibbles each time I have one.  It's not that much different from a cookie, right?  Any input would be appreciated - thanks!

[Rimbaud]

I would say it depends on what's in them but a little shouldn't hurt him (especially with all the other shit foods out there). If it's high in Sugar Alcohols I wouldn't give them to him - just because it could really upset his stomach.

[Princess L]

Whey protein is just fine.  The bars probably have too many mystery ingredients, but so do candy bars.

Edit:

Ingredients
Cocoa Flavored Soy Crisp (Soy Protein Isolate, Rice Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavor), Vanilla Creme Topping (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Milk Protein Isolate, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors), Corn Syrup, Chocolate Flavored Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel And Palm Oils, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Nonfat Milk, Sorbitan Monostearate, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Chocolate Chunks (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor, Salt, Vanilla), Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), METAMYOSYNŽ VXP Protein Blend (Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Egg White, L-Glutamine), Crystalline Fructose, Canola Oil, Palm Oil, Water, Glycerin, Natural And Artificial Flavor (Contains Caramel Color), Inulin, Vitamin And Mineral Blend (Ascorbic Acid, Ferrous Fumarate, Tri-Calcium Phosphate, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Gluconate, Calcium D-Pantothenate, Retinyl Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Cyanocobalamin), Peanut Flour, Sodium Chloride, Di-Potassium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Sucralose, Soy Lecithin, Almond Butter
      
Allergen Warning: This Product Contains Milk, Egg, Soy, Peanut And Tree Nut (Almond) Ingredients.

[240 is Back]

I appreciate it!@

[suckmymuscle]

My son is 2 and he loves to steal bites of my protein bar.  I know that the protein they eat before age 5 goes a long way in dictating how tall he gets as an adult, so protein is very important.  He's a picky eater, but he loves protein bars, and he loves to sip my whey protein.

is this dangerous?  he only gets maybe 5-10 bites per day, just a few nibbles each time I have one.  It's not that much different from a cookie, right?  Any input would be appreciated - thanks!

  No, not dangerous. Just not ideal. Protein bars have whey protein which is rich in Trypophan and use lecithin as an emulcifier, and these two compounds are arguably the most important brain-building compounds there are, being two of the three most important raw materials for nervous tissue with the third being fat. No wonder mother's milk protein is roughly 10% Tryptophan by weight. At the age of 2, your child's brain is still forming and eating lots of Tryptophan rich foods might enable him to have higher intelligence as an adult than he otherwise would. Or maybe not. In any case, it won't hurt him.

SUCKMYMUSCLE