Nutrition
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Snacking can help fill the gap between meals, even when you’re super busy. Just make your snacks as nutritious as possible or you’ll end up even more hungry. Try our handbag size suggestions:
SEEDS: Sunflower seeds are rich
Seeds are not only tasty
in calcium, magnesium and
but extremely low in calories.
are fantastic for the skin.
A great tip is to fry a handful
Try keeping a small bag on
of pumpkin and sunflower
Spice up y our seed s
you so that you have some- seeds in a splash of olive thing for those peckish
oil for a couple of minutes,
moments. You will increase
then place in a container and
your daily intake of good
add a pinch of your favourite
fats and oils without even
spices (try chilli, cinnamon
trying.
and ginger).
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HANDBAG SNACKS
Nutrition
Here are some more ideas for portable healthy snacks:
Mixed nuts: Mixed nuts are a healthy way to fill you up and are high in Protein and Fibre. Although watch out as
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they can be fattening as they are high in calories. Don’t avoid them altogether, rather limit your intake. Since nuts are so easy to snack on, and even though they contain the “good fat,” keep your nut intake to a handful at the most.
RICECAKES:
Yogurt Raisins Roasted Chickpeas Cereal bar Granola bar Carrot Sticks Banana
Put Marmite on your rice cakes. If you’re a fan of Marmite-flavour crisps you’ll feel much fuller after four rice cakes with Marmite spread (and the B vitamins in real Marmite will give
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you energy). Still got a yearning
APPLE: An apple a day . It really will keep the doctor away! They boost your
for crisps? Have a bag of Twiglets instead (they’re lower in calories). Or go for baked crisps, which are 70% lower in fat than regular crisps.
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digestion which aids in the removal of toxins. A great snack and if you sniff them first the aroma apparently calms the nerves and brings about
SMOOTHIES: Make one at home and bottle it to carry around with you when your out and about. Blend skimmed milk and a
the sense of tranquillity.
handful of your chosen fruit, adding a teaspoon or two of Greek yoghurt for extra protein to keep you feeling full. Failing that, a shop-bought smoothie
popcorn: Add some soy sauce with your
will do, but watch out as they tend to be higher in sugar and calories than home-made.
popcorn. Not only will it add a twist
Grapes: Freeze grapes. It may sound
to it, but will give an incredible taste. Just heat half a cup of popping corn in a non-stick saucepan and leave the lid on. it only takes a
slightly bizarre to some but frozen
minute or two. Then sprinkle with
grapes taste just like wine gums, so
soy sauce. If you have a sweeter
mix up some red and white ones and
tooth, drizzle with honey if you pre-
snack away. At only 3 calories each
fer your popcorn sweet. A naughty
you can afford to treat yourself.
treat with lower the calories.
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