As all bodybuilders know, it isn’t always easy to get the precise ratio of the nutrients necessary for performance nutrition. Some products with high-grade protein never realize their potential because they include high-glycemic carbohydrates that cause blood sugar levels to spike. Fortunately, MHP’s Macrobolic Performance Bars can provide the protein you need for optimum muscle growth, as well as slow-releasing low-glycemic carbohydrates that keep your blood sugar levels even.
The Right Ratio

So many power bar products either shortchange users on carbs or try to boost energy by adding sugar. Luckily for bodybuilders, MHP spent three years researching and developing Macrobolic Performance Bars, basing them on the best nutrition and food science. Each bar contains 22 grams of high-quality Probolic protein in a precise 45/35/20 ratio that provides the perfect anabolic hormonal and metabolic environment for your body to support building muscle and burning fat.

The Macrobolic Nutrition 45/35/20 Lean Mass Equation derives its calories from powerful, nutrient-dense, efficient sources composed of 45 percent carbohydrates, 35 percent protein, and 20 percent fats, the ratios researchers have reported as being the best for attaining and maintaining lean muscle without gaining fat weight.
Slow and Steady Release
Macrobolic Performance Bars contain a mere 3 grams of sugar and 260 calories. Their proprietary Slow Carb formula releases energy steadily, just as you need it, and Glycemix LGI, a unique combination of low-glycemic carbs from oats, barley, and oat fiber, also provides sustained energy and replenishes glycogen stores.

The Probolic protein component of Macrobolic Performance Bars is a superior blend of soy protein, whey concentrate, and casein that supplies very high levels of the critical amino acids glutamine, arginine, and branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in a sustained fast-medium-slow release pattern. This assures that your system will receive the nutrition it needs to support development of lean muscle mass and to recover quickly after your workout while remaining in an anabolic, muscle-building state.

Carbs Are Not the Enemy
Most bodybuilders have tried a low-carbohydrate diet at some point, only to be disappointed because the muscles they hoped would look full and dense appeared flat and weak instead. This simply reinforces the fact that getting sufficient carbs along with the right balance of protein and fat must be a top priority.
All bodybuilders know that what they eat before working out is important, but many overlook the value of having a balanced meal afterward. Pre-exercise eating must provide sufficient glycogen for optimal performance, and eating properly after the workout is key to stress recovery.
Work That Window
Researchers report that consuming carbohydrates within two hours of endurance exercise is critical for replenishing glycogen stores needed for continued training. If you wait more than two hours after working out, you’ll have 50 percent less glycogen stored in the muscle. Studies also show that combining protein with carbohydrates in the two-hour post-exercise window will almost double the insulin response, resulting in more stored glycogen.
Macrobolic Performance Bars are perfect for pre-and-post workout nutrition, which is why serious bodybuilders should never be without them!
—Julie Crawshaw