Some Warming News

Everyone who lives in Canada has had a taste of what "cold" really feels like. Have you ever been skating on a lake or out skiing on a very cold winter day just shivering and wishing you could just get a little warmer? Well, a scientist named Dr. Larry Wang at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has developed a snack bar that will provide quick energy and help keep you warm.

This innovation is based on 15 years of university research. It was originally developed for the Canadian Armed Forces and is called The Canadian Cold Buster^TM.

The snack bar produces heat by helping your body to burn its own fuel through enhancing muscle activity. It will not make you hot at "normal" room temperatures since your body does not require accelerated metabolism under these conditions. However, it does warm you when your body is cold. Its usefulness has been demonstrated in human and animal trials and over 20 articles have been published on it in international scientific journals.

This does not mean that you can ski in shorts as long as you take a supply of these bars along with you! They are not a substitute for proper clothing. The bar works best as a supplement and emergency backup to improve cold weather comfort and safety. You can eat one before or while in the cold and allow 15 minutes for your body to digest and absorb the nutrients. For best results it is recommended that you take one bar every 1 to 2 hours and repeat as necessary. Before you know it your wish to get a little warmer has come true!

INGREDIENT AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:

per 38 g bar:

ENERGY 154 Cal* (644 kJ)

PROTEIN 3.8 g

FAT 3.3 g

CARBOHYDRATES 24.0 g

Bar Body: skim milk powder, rice cereal (rice, sugar, salt, malt flavouring), honey, modified wheat starch, cocoa, glycerine, canola oil, water, natural flavouring, spices.

Coating: sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, skim milk, sorbitan monostearate, polyglycerol, esters of fatty acids, lecithin, artificial flavours.

*note: 1 food calorie, usually written Cal, is actually 1000 calories.