While a healthy diet is filled with fruit, greens, entire grain and protein, there might be an excessive amount of of a superb factor.

According to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), most of us are consuming extra protein than we'd like.

Dr Allison informed The Huffington Post: "I never eat protein bars. They tend to be highly processed and contain lots of additives that are of unknown utility."

BHF dietitian Tracy Parker stated most adults want round 0.75g of protein per kilo of physique weight day by day.

To obtain this degree of protein, you are able to do so by consuming two parts of meat, fish, nuts or tofu day by day.

Parker stated: "In the UK, we eat more protein than is recommended.

"Meat-heavy diets have been linked to elevated dangers of heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, and may shorten your life."

While protein bars are far from meaty, better protein alternatives include:

In agreement, Dr Allison said healthier alternatives to protein bars include nuts, pumpkin seeds, or peanut butter.

Some protein bars can be high in calories and contain a lot of added sugar.

Healthier snacks

The NHS says fruit and vegetable snacks are "at all times the only option"; some recommendations include:

• Yoghurt with mandarin segments
• Sugar snap peas with low-fat hummus
• Mashed avocado and boiled egg
• Peppers and low-fat hummus.

For those short on time, the health body says plain rice cakes could be a good choice.

"If you are shopping for different snacks off the shelf, being attentive to the packaging and vitamin labels may also enable you make a more healthy selection," the NHS says.

There is a free NHS Food Scanner app that may enable you select more healthy snacks.

Also, be looking out for the visitors mild label on the entrance of meals packaging.

Try to select meals which have extra greens and ambers on the label, and attempt to minimize down on snacks that present any purple.

Not all packaging may have this colour-code information so it is helpful to obtain the NHS Food Scanner app.