Snack healthy
A healthy snack doesn’t just alleviate your hunger between meals. It also helps replenish your energy level and gives you much needed nutrients. No more fatigue, irritability, or headaches that often accompany drops in energy! And as an added bonus, healthy snacks help you to maintain a healthy weight – being less hungry will mean less food on your fork at mealtime.
Snacking can be a part of a well-balanced diet, so long as you snack smartly! An ideal snack contains at least two of the four food groups. And for an extra bit of energy, add a source of protein like nuts, yogourt or milk.
10 healthy snacks:
- Banana and almonds
- Pieces of cheese with applesauce
- Hard-boiled egg with vegetable juice
- Fig cookies with milk
- Raw veggies with a plain yogourt or hummus dip
- Plain popcorn sprinkled with parmesan cheese
- Cottage cheese with your favourite fruit
- Yogourt with fresh or dried fruit
- Strawberry smoothie
- Low sodium Pretzels with a glass of 100% fruit juice/li>
