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2. Drink Lots of

3. Eat a Healthy Breakfast.

4. Reduce Your Stress Level.
So many of us live with too much

5. Move!

Healthy Snacks for a Healthy Life

Snacks are an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Healthy snacks can help provide extra nutrients plus count towards the five servings a day of fruit and vegetables. The snacks you eat should be evenly spaced out between meals. This helps keep your metabolism in good running order.

Nutritionists recommend that healthy snacks contain a combination of vegetables, fruit, nuts or cereal grains. Another benefit is that they cost less than junk food that has little nutritional value and is bad for your health.
Healthy Snack Suggestions:

Dried Fruit: Dried fruits retain most of the nutritional value and essential nutrients of fresh fruits. They do not have fat, trans fat, saturated fat or cholesterol. Because they are naturally resistant to spoilage, dried fruits are a convenient way to increase the number of servings of fruit in the diet and there are so many to choose from, apples, apricots, bananas, berries, cherries, dates, fruit leather, mango, papaya, pineapple and more.

Fruit Salad: Combine your favorite fruits such as kiwi, strawberries, apples, pear, etc. Whatever combination works for you. This is an extremely nutritious snack that will help easily help you keep your five servings a day of fruit and vegetables.

Hummus: Hummus is made from dried chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice and tahini. Chickpeas have no saturated fat, and no cholesterol. They aid in improving blood sugar levels and are high in protein, thiamin, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and folate. Use it as a dip for raw vegetables or on a pita.

Avocado and Cheese Sandwich
made with whole-grain bread. Avocados are a good source of vitamin E and C as well as being high in fiber and potassium. They also contain folic acid. Cheese contains important levels of calcium and whole-grain bread is high in fiber and other important nutrients.

Crackers and Cheese: Choose whole grain crackers giving you a good source of fiber. Cheese is high in calcium.

Use your imagination! There are many ways to combine healthy foods into delicious snacks.

As with all things, moderation is the key. Eat your snacks in sensibly sized portions.


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