Snacking is one way to get satisfaction from the crush of the pressures of life. In fact, the more frequent snacking, someone chased more frequently haunted by guilt because of obesity and unhealthy living patterns. No need to worry, there is a healthy way to snack that you could try the following:
- Snack usually comes from stress. Yes, eating is just an escape from the condition. Therefore, find the cause of your stress so do not try to seek comfort through food is not healthful. Especially for pregnant women who usually have an uncertain mood, provide healthy snacks consist of fruits or vegetables.
- We recommend that you stock your pantry or refrigerator with healthy foods such as popcorn filling, dry bread, fried rice, unsweetened fruit juices, fresh fruit and vegetables, low-fat yogurt, cheese low in sodium and fat. Use of salt substitutes also if you need it.
- For your leisure time, provide grape or pear juice.
- Pick snacks that are full of fiber, for example, apples with skin.
- Avoid low-fat nutrient-rich snacks such as ice cream, potato chips and others.
- Do not be late for lunch. Section, a late lunch, will make you feel hungry again three hours and then three hours later, you will feel hungry again. If not snacking, eating in the portion of the tendency for more on dinner.
- Snacking people do when having a bad mood or stress. Sometimes, when the desire to snack appears, we do not know what we really feel.
The following types of healthy snacks based on mood.
a. When bored, select popcorn, carrots, bread sticks, pickles, or fried rice as a snack.
b. When lonely, choose low-fat ice cream, nonfat yogurt, banana or mango, chicken soup, low fat cheese with fruit, low fat milk and cakes or biscuits.
c. When you feel really hungry, we encourage consumption of low-fat cheese plus fruit, yogurt and fruit, cereal and milk, bread with apple butter, banana and a glass of milk low in calories, or a cup of hot soup with vegetables and biscuits.
d. If your thirst, satisfy the drinking water, fruit juice, citrus, watermelon, grapes, or other favorite fruit.
