Simple Snacks for the busy person + how to snack without gaining a pound!

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It happens to even the healthiest of us – cravings!

Often when a craving hits, in the afternoon or the evening after dinner, we get the urge to snack. Snacking can be a bad habit to get into, because the snacks we choose are often junky, un-nutritious, and high in calories, sugar or fats.

The trick to snacking without piling on the pounds is to find healthy alternatives to the regular snacks you might normally reach for.

Usually when we get a craving it is for either something sweet (chocolate!), savory (potato chips!), creamy (ice cream!) or crunchy (crisps!). Obviously my example are foods you shouldn’t eat all the time if you want to be trim and healthy. But that doesn’t mean you have to fight your cravings for the rest of your life. Instead, you just need to substitute.

Next time you get a craving for something sweet, why not try:

  • fresh, whole fruit
  • apples and almond butter
  • dried fruit
  • green smoothies
  • banana “ice cream” (peel a banana, freeze, blend in a food processor with nuts, berries or  raisins and serve
  • dates stuffed with almond butter or other nut butter
  • organic dark chocolate chips or carob chips

 

For your savory cravings, try these healthy alternatives:

  • olives
  • pickles and pickled vegetables, such as carrot, daikon, beets and lotus root
  • tabouli, hummus
  • steamed vegetables with tamari/shoyu or umeboshi vinegar
  • freshly made salsa or guacamole
  • sauerkraut: it will also knock your sweet craving right out!
  • salted edamame

 

Your creamy cravings can be met by eating:

  • smoothies
  • avocados
  • rice pudding
  • dips and spreads, like hummus and baba ghanoush
  • puréed soups
  • puddings made with silken tofu, avocado or mashed banana
  • mashed sweet potatoes
  • coconut milk

 

Finally, don‘t cave and reach for the Pringles, when you can eat these crunchy (but still healthy) snacks:

  • apples
  • frozen grapes
  • rice cakes
  • light popcorn or plain popcorn: use coconut oil to pop in a covered pan
  • carrots: particularly the super-sweet, organic baby carrots
  • celery and nut butter
  • raw (unsalted) nuts like cashews, almonds and walnuts

 

Don’t fight your craving…instead, listen to what it is your body wants specifically and choose the healthier option that will be good to your waistline.

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Rachel Feldman is a health coach, digestive wellness and detox expert. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Rachel assists clients nationwide via phone, email and Skype. Rachel helps men and women struggling with weight gain, digestive issues and toxicity. Rachel graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. She is also Certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and has obtained additional Continuing Education Units from Purchase College, State University of New York. She furthered her education at the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing and the Internati0nal School of Detoxification and graduated with a detox and cleansing certification. She is a certified Reiki Energy Healer. Her approach to healing focuses not only on the foods you put into your mouth but also incorporates the elements of body, mind and soul. She helps her clients to access the blueprint for their health by discovering what foods fuel the body and not inflame the body. Rachel loves running, exercising, juicing and enjoying time with her wonderful husband and two children. To find out more about her programs visit www.rachelswellness.com.

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