If you’re anything like me, then you’re always that little bit happier when your cupboards are full of delicious yet healthy treats.
We’ve picked out five of our favourites that are readily available for unbeatable prices from Sweet Tastes of America. God Bless the USA.
Jack Link’s Beef Jerky
Lean, mean and full of protein, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky is an anabolic powerhouse. Made from premium quality beef, each serving provides 11g of the good stuff and just a mere 80 calories.
With macros like that, I think it’s high time you ditched the protein bars for something a little more natural. Stock up your snack cupboard today.
The Starbucks Pink Drink
What started as one of Starbucks’ elusive secret menu items became so popular they bottled it. The highly Instagrammable Pink Drink is a great alternative to iced coffees if you’re trying to cut down your caffeine intake.
Made with Strawberry Açaí Refresher, the colourful beverage has a tiny amount of caffeine – less than 5mg, to be exact – thanks to some green coffee extract.
It’s also mixed with coconut milk, which is rich in healthy fats such as short and medium-chain triglycerides. Consuming coconut milk in moderate amounts can prolong the feeling of satiety causing you to eat less and avoid giving in to those pesky cravings.
Aside from the health benefits, there’s also one very important factor which is often overlooked in our quests for firmer abs: the taste.
The flavour in this beauty really is as bold as the colour and, for me, that’s reason enough to snag a bottle alone.
Gatorade Citron-Lime, Cool Blue and Orange
I know what you’re thinking, ‘Frankie, that’s the same product in three different flavours.’
Technically you’re right, but there’s a very good reason why Gatorade gets a triple inclusion on this list, and it isn’t just because it tastes amazing.
The world has gone absolutely bonkers for PRIME Hydration, so much so that people were actually fighting each other in supermarkets for bottles.
You may have seen Logan Paul, and occasionally KSI, directly comparing their brainchild to drinks such as Gatorade.
In fact, they even called out Gatorade, citing the fact it has 17 times the amount of sugar in it than PRIME has.
To the untrained eye, that makes PRIME the more attractive option. But once you understand how rehydration works, that all changes.
One of the chief electrolytes lost through sweating is sodium. A bottle of PRIME Hydration contains 10 milligrams of sodium, whereas a bottle of Gatorade contains 270 milligrams.
Now, revisiting the sugar content. The idea of electrolyte drinks is to speed up the rehydration process, and what helps to do just that? You guessed it, sugar.
Glucose fast tracks key electrolytes into the blood, leading to rapid rehydration. So, instead of collecting the many flavours of PRIME Hydration, do yourself a favour and stock up on Gatorade Citron-Lime, Cool Blue and Orange instead.
