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As ''Queen Snacker'' I wanted to write a post to dispel this myth I often hear about avoiding 'snacking between meals'. One of the key factors in any healthy diet is to accept that you'll need to snack and to prepare for it - problems only arise when you're not prepared. Planning is critical! It's no use trying to avoid eating if you're hungry, you may manage to go without once or twice, but its simply not a pattern that you want to set for the rest of your life!
Instead know that its okay to snack and to have snacks that fit with your daily plan to hand. The best piece of advice I can give anyone is to buy yourself some Tupperware so that you can prepare portions of healthy snacks in advance!
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Fresh fruit (any type)
Strawberries / blueberries / raspberries + Elmlea low fat cream (makes a great dessert!)
Dried fruit i.e. raisins, crunchy bananas
Nuts (natural, not roasted or salted)
Cereal bars
High fibre breakfast cereal with low fat milk
Yoghurt
Yoghurt + muesli
2 plain biscuits (rich tea, garibaldi etc), or Jaffa cakes
Fruit milkshake using low fat milk and fresh fruit
Smoothies
Tinned fruit (in natural juices)
Oat biscuits / Wheat biscuits
Wholemeal crackers + jam / low-fat cheese spread
Ryvita snack packs – numerous flavours
Rice cakes / Rice cake snack packs – numerous flavours
Dark chocolate
Raw vegetables i.e. celery and carrot sticks + low-fat dip
Popcorn
Pretzels
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Someone told me that it is better to 'graze' all day rather than snack - what is the difference?
ReplyDeleteThe terms 'grazing' and 'snacking' are often used interchangeably. For your reference ‘snacking’ involves eating foods between meals, whereas ‘grazing’ involves daylong feeding or feasting. Snacks are generally planned, executed and completed with mindfulness to nutrition and burning need. They maintain energy levels and fuel the body. Grazing however involves constant eating or nibbling without end. Foods we graze on are often void of nutritional or satiating value.
ReplyDeleteWhether you use the term ‘graze’ or snack’ in my opinion is fairly unimportant – the important thing to remember is to plan nutritious and satisfying foods for between meals. Most of us will find ourselves hungry between main meals, and inevitably grab the first ‘high fat / sugar’ food we see. The trick is to be ready with one of the foods recommended above when that happens!