Snacks!

Hi guys since many of you were requesting suggestions for snacks I decided to ask our nutritionist this is her response, I think this might help us all! 

"Snacks should be no larger than the palm of your hand otherwise it is a meal not a snack firstly.  You can use such things as:

·         Veggies and hummus dip

·         Fruit and yogurt (natural unsweetened of course)

·         Nuts and seeds

·         Small piece of low GI fruit (grapes/mandarins/feijoa etc) and almonds

·         Nut bars (as plain as you can find them) – not muesli bars as these are high in carbs

·         Protein shake

·         Rice crackers with pesto / hummus / feta / avocado.... but only if your body fat % is lower than 33% for girls and 24% for guys – otherwise too much starch to break down.

·         Celery and cheese

 

Be careful that snacks are not increasing your overall daily amount of calorie and food intake, as if you are wanting to drop body fat you need to keep this low.  Reduce the size of your three meals and take some of that to allocate to your snacks in between, this way you are increasing your metabolism without increasing total calorie and far more likely to burn fat. 

 

Only have snacks though if you are hungry or blood sugars are shaky.

 

Good luck and I hope this helps"

 

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Peter Hall

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