FindTheBest Awards Smart Badges to Top Fitness and Nutrition Products

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FindTheBest—an unbiased, data-driven comparison engine—announced its Smart Badges in the health and fitness category, highlighting the top protein bars, highest rated protein powders and top Smart Rated treadmills and elliptical fitness machines for the New Year.

FindTheBest's Smart Rating combines expert reviews with quantitative scores.  This single rating reflects the weighted average of scores from the most trusted experts and the Quantitative Rating, an unbiased scoring of the product or service's key metrics.

Any fitness or nutrition-related product that made the Smart Rated list may claim their smart badge directly from their listing on FindTheBest.

Top Smart Rated Protein Powders:

1.    Body Basix Whey Protein Isolate Powder (Smart Rating: 100)

2.    Jarrow Formulas Brown Rice Protein Concentrate (Smart Rating: 95)

3.    MRM 100% All Natural Whey (Smart Rating: 94)

4.    Now Whey Protein Isolate (Smart Rating: 94)

5.    Dymatize Elite 12 Hour Protein (Smart Rating: 94)

6.    Optimum 100% Soy Protein (Smart Rating: 93)

7.    Biochem Ultimate Protein (Smart Rating: 93)

8.    Protein Factory CFM Whey Isolate (Smart Rating: 92)

9.    Ultimate Nutrition Prostar 100% Whey Protein (Smart Rating: 92)

10.  MuscleMeds Carnivor (Smart Rating: 92)

Top Smart Rated Protein Bars:

1.    HealthSmart Foods Chocolite Protein Bar-Triple Chocolate Fudge (Smart Rating: 100)

2.    HealthSmart Foods Chocolite Protein Bar-Cashew Caramel (Smart Rating: 98)

3.    HealthSmart Foods Chocolite Protein Bar-Smores (Smart Rating: 98)

4.    HealthSmart Foods Chocolite Protein Bar-Cookies N'Cream (Smart Rating: 98)

5.    HealthSmart Foods Chocolite Protein Bar-Peanut Butter Protein (Smart Rating: 98)

6.    2:1 Protein Bars-Oatmeal (Smart Rating 96)

7.    HealthSmart Foods Chocolite Protein Bar-Chocolate Turtle (Smart Rating: 94)

8.    Universal Doctor's CarbRite Diet Bars-Chocolate Brownie (Smart Rating: 93)

9.    Atkins Day Break-Fruit Crumble Bar (Smart Rating: 91)

10.  MuscleTech Nitro-Tech Bar-Strawberry Cheesecake (Smart Rating: 89)

Top Smart Rated Elliptical Fitness Machines:

1.    Octane Q47 (Smart Rating: 94)

2.    TRUE ESX (Smart Rating: 94)

3.    Precor EFX 5.23 (Smart Rating: 92)

4.    Life Fitness X5 Cross-Trainer (Smart Rating: 92)

5.    Star Trac E-TBTe Total Body Trainer (Smart Rating: 92)

6.    Star Trac E-TBTi Total Body Trainer (Smart Rating: 91)

7.    Life Fitness X8 Cross-Trainer (Smart Rating: 90)

8.    Precor EFX 5.25 (Smart Rating: 90)

9.    TRUE ESXt (Smart Rating: 90)

10.  Star Trac S-TBTx Total Body Trainer (Smart Rating: 90)

Top Smart Rated Treadmills:

1.    TRUE's Z5.4 Treadmill (Smart Rating: 100)

2.    Smooth Fitness's Smooth 9.45ST (Smart Rating: 96)

3.    Sole Fitness's TT8 Treadmill (Smart Rating: 96)

4.    Sole Fineness's F85 Treadmill (Smart Rating: 96)

5.    Sole Fitness's S77 Treadmill (Smart Rating: 96)

6.    Smooth Fitness's Smooth 9.45TV (Smart Rating: 96)

7.    Smooth Fitness's Smooth 9.35HR (Smart Rating: 95)

8.    Sole Fitness's F80 Treadmill (Smart Rating: 94)

9.    Life Fitness's T5-0 Treadmill (Smart Rating: 94)

10.  Precor's 9.31 (Smart Rating: 93)

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