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Health Snacks for Weight Loss

Snacking means eating smaller portions of foods between meals. Snacks can be part of a healthy diet if they are chosen carefully and eaten in the right proportions and many snacks can provide valuable nutrients such as vitamins and minerals, protein, fibre and healthy fats. Healthy, nutrient rich snacks may support weight management goals by helping to curb overeating at the next meal by preventing too much hunger. However, many snacks are sources of unhealthy saturated fats, sugar and salt and need to be eaten only occasionally.

Some suggestions for healthy snacks are, carrots, cucumber or celery sticks with cottage cheese or hummus, chopped melon or pineapple, a satsuma, apple or pear. A small slice of wholegrain bread with nut butter and sliced banana or a small bag of plain or lightly salted popcorn. A small handful of nuts, a hard-boiled egg, a tablespoon of nut and seed mix on top of Greek yoghurt or slices of apple with a tablespoon of good quality nut butter. Other ideas are slices of red pepper with a few tablespoons of guacamole, a couple of squares of dark chocolate with a small handful of almonds or macadamia nuts or a few olives and cubes of feta cheese.

The best choices have a lower content of sugar that will be 5g or less per 100g and salt which should be 0.3g or less per 100g also it is advised not to snack later in the evening as this can encourage weight gain.

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