It’s not just about hitting your macros

The ingredients in the foods you eat matters, it’s not just about fitting it into your macro targets only paying attention to the protein, carb, and fat content. Your energy level, mood, sleep, digestion and body composition can be negatively affected if you’re consuming low-quality processed foods daily. Your macros could be “right” but you’re not getting the results you want, because of the quality of the foods.

Example: compare the ingredients in a wholemeal Helga’s wrap with a wholemeal MEB wrap.

Helga’s: Wholemeal wheat flour, water, vegetable fat, wholemeal wheat flour, humectant (422), fermented wheat flour, vegetable emulsifiers (471, 481), wheat gluten, raising agents (500, 450, 341), iodised salt, acidity regulator (297), soy flour, stabiliser (412), vitamins (thiamin, folic acid).

MEB: Wheat flour, water, wheat fibre, iodised sea salt, vitamins (thiamin, folate).

The ingredients in the Helga’s wrap that aren’t great and should be avoided in any product are:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

-Vegetable fat. Vegetable oil and seed oils, causes inflammation, expands fat cells, causes fat gain, metabolic dysfunction, just to name a few things.

-Soy flour. Any soy product is high in phytic acid, an anti-nutrient that keeps you from absorbing iron, zinc, calcium, manganese, and magnesium. Contains Lectins which can tear holes in your gut lining, allowing bacteria to leak into your bloodstream and causing autoimmune and allergic issues. Soy is a phytoestrogen, which raises estrogen in the body.

-Guar gum. This is a thickener that often causes bloating, cramping, diarrhoea for many.

The MEB wrap has simple ingredients that unless you have an intolerance to wheat, are very unlikely to be problematic. This is what I’d choose.

If you want to lose body fat and function optimally, pick products with minimal ingredients over those with poor quality ingredients, fillers, and additives. Then monitor your digestion, body composition, energy, mood, and sleep.