Protein or Carbs? · Amy's Health Nest

Aug 1 • Food

Protein or Carbs?

🌱 As most of you know, I don’t advocate for dairy or most packaged foods. Too often, things are marketed as “healthy” or “high protein” 💪—but when you check the ingredients, they’re far from life-giving. 🚫

I found this simple tip helpful (below) when trying to figure out if a snack is truly high in protein. 📊 So many ladies tell me they’re eating yogurt “for the protein,” but they don’t realize it may be sabotaging their health goals ⚠️—and often packed with sugar, additives, and junk. 🧁🧪

Read those labels and know what you're fueling your body

You’re eating the “high protein” snacks.

The protein bars, yogurt, meat + cheese.

Doing everything right???

But the scale won’t budge anymore. And those jean shorts still don’t fit.

Here’s the sneaky reason why:

Not all protein snacks are actually helping with fat loss. Some are just calorie or sugar bombs in disguise.

Here’s a quick check to see if your snack is actually worth it

Multiply the protein grams by 10

If that number is higher than the total calories, it’s protein-dense

If it’s lower, it’s not really pulling its weight

Here’s an example: