I’m not an economist, just a columnist. My guess is you’re neither — nor are you Henry Potter, Ebenezer Scrooge, or the Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

That means you have, like me, a holiday gift list. But are you as curious as I am about how many total gifts will be gotten this year?

After all, 75 percent of adults surveyed in a September Pew Research Center report rate the current economic condition as either “only fair” or “poor.” Regardless of what others think and ultimately do, however, my mind’s made up.

I’m giving just as many gifts as in years past — and for what may actually be a selfish reason. I get more of an emotional uplift from giving gifts than having a bigger bank account.

And when those gifts also promote good health, that really good gift-giving feeling gets even better.

If you feel the same, you’re sure to like the two following suggestions. If you’re also part of the 75 percent who have grave concerns about the economy, like may turn into love since both can be used as inexpensive stocking stuffers.

The first suggestion is a protein bar that has no last name. David, named after arguably the most recognized sculpture in the world.

What’s not up for argument is that this bar has been constructed as meticulously as Michelangelo’s masterpiece and is capable of its own type of beauty: an increase in muscle mass without an increase in body fat. To achieve that, David bars contain 50 percent more protein than typical protein bars — yet only 150 calories.

This means, as hard as it is to believe, that 75 percent of the bar calorically is protein. Something else that’s hard to believe is the taste.

The taste tester given the Cake Batter flavor called it “amazing, a mix between vanilla birthday cake and a blondie brownie.” The one given the Fudge Brownie flavor called it “incredible, [with] no chalk taste at all like most protein bars.”

To achieve this incredible taste, the company employs the David Flavor System, which uses no artificial sweeteners or no artificial flavors, but natural ones like cocoa powder, stevia, and monk fruit extract. All of which have no impact on blood sugar or insulin levels and seem to help gut health.

Also incredible is how thoroughly the David website explains the other four “systems” that make the bar so good for you and good tasting. I urge you to check it out — before you check out the price of a dozen bars.

Which is why putting a bar or two in Christmas stocking instead of gift wrapping a full box might be the way to go.

A quick, mitigating note about the cost, though. While I’ve joked in past columns about being quite the miser, I’m so hooked on these bars I get two boxes automatically shipped my way every two months.

Another thing that has me hooked is good coffee, which means I’ve never written a word about instant. Until now, that is.

Cusa, a company that also sells all types of instant tea, offers a full line of instant coffee in single-serving or pitcher packets. When their publicist offered me samples, I was skeptical, but requested both Dark Roast and Decaf as a way to create a 50/50 mix similar to what I concoct at home in order to perform a taste-test comparison.

After two mornings of drinking three cups of Cusa instead of my own brew, here’s the worst thing I can write. The single-serve instant packets make it way too easy to make a fourth cup and take in more caffeine than what’s good for me.

The best thing I can write is not, repeat not, that the taste is better than other instant coffees though it’s true. Cusa has none of the acidic bitterness found in so many grocery-store varieties.

It’s that its taste is better than any ground roast half-caff I’ve come across in said stores.

While I’ll admit to preferring what I personally make at home over Cusa’s instant, it’s not by a wide margin. More important to note: During the taste testing, I remembered all of those times I was still grading papers after a demanding day of school and wishing for a quick cup of coffee because 40 hilly miles on the bicycle were soon to follow.

If you have a friend or family member who sometimes delays workouts because they’re stuck at work, Cusa instant packets would be a go-to godsend.

With two and a half weeks still to do Christmas shopping, the jury’s still out. Will the pervading sense of economic gloom and doom decrease holiday gift giving?

Who knows. But who doesn’t know that when it comes to gift giving, the best type to give is one that fulfills a need and also says something about you?

So why not show those healthy and fit friends and family members you’re fully behind them by giving a holiday gift that helps keep them that way?