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Eating Healthy Food Snacks To Maintain A Healthy Weight

healthy snacks Healthy food snacks are an important part of any diet, as you should eat regularly and never go hungry to manage your appetite. To support your habit of eating healthy food, you should aim to include at least 2 low fat snacks in a day, at mid-morning, and in the afternoon. To be of benefit, healthy snacks have to be low in calories and high in nutrients.

Unfortunately, in the modern world we live in of vending machines and convenience foods, a high proportion of our saturated fat and sugar and salt intake comes from quick food snacks such as biscuits, potato crisps, pastries and sweets. In addition, many of these snack foods are high in calories, leading to weight management issues.

Snack Right

  • Watch your portions. Eat just enough to keep you going until the next meal.
  • Choose low fat snacks. For example baked chips instead of regular potato crisps.
  • Prepare healthy snacks in advance. You can keep chopped fruit in the fridge ready to grab and go.
  • Keep a handy pack of healthy snacks with you, so you have healthy food on hand if you need it.
  • Substitute with healthy choices. For example frozen yoghurt for ice cream.

Low Fat Healthy Food Snacks That You Can Have Every Day

Some of the best healthy food snacks are fruits and vegetables, and if you're creative with these, there are many ways you can add them to your daily diet. Try these other suggestions below for tasty and healthy nutritious snacks. You can combine some of the foods below, such as having crispbread with cottage cheese, or having tuna on a slice of wholegrain bread. Having a handful of nuts every day is of great benefit, as nuts contain Omega 3 healthy fats. However, as fats are high in calories, you should limit your intake of nuts to no more than a handful.

Healthy Food Snack Ideas

Snack Serving Calories Saturated Fat
Apple 1 medium 72 Cals 0g
Banana 1 medium 108 Cals 0g
Coffee (Skinny Latte) 220ml 70 Cals 0.2g
Cottage Cheese 120g 108 Cals 1.4g
Crispbread 2 (25g each) 94 Cals 0.2g
Grapes 20 grapes 83 Cals 0.1g
Meusli Bar 1 bar 35g 127 Cals 2.4g
Air Popped Popcorn 1 cup 31 Cals 0g
Raw Almonds 30g 178 Cals 1.2g
Raw Brazil Nuts 30g 197 Cals 4.5g
Rice Crackers 25 g - 15 crackers 103 Cals 0.1g
Vegetable Soup 1 Sachet 90 Cals 1.4g
Tuna in Brine 200g 230 Cals 1g
Tzatziki Dip 2 tablespoons 40 Cals 0g
Vegetable Sticks 5 sticks 50 Cals 0g
Wholemeal English Muffin 1 Muffin 160 Cals 0.3g
Wholegrain toast with Honey 1 Slice 106 Cals 0.2g
Wholewheat Pretzels (Baked) 45g 176 Cals 0.2g
Yoghurt (Low Fat) 1 Carton (200g) 174 Cals 0.2g

So, remember that a healthy eating diet does not mean that you have to go hungry! Keeping your hunger under control so that you do not overeat at meal times is an important success factor in healthy dieting. To help you lose weight, keep a selection of healthy food snacks handy.

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