Snacks

Having 5 small meals a day is better than 3 large meals!

Benefits of Snacking

· Having regular small meals or snacks, keeps your metabolism active, and can actually aid weight loss.

· Eating snacks at morning tea and afternoon tea, also stops the likeliness of overeating at either lunch or dinner.

· Planned ‘healthy’ snacking also stops ‘unhealthy’ snacking brought on by hunger.

· It is the ideal way of achieving 2 & 5 - 2 serves of fruit per day, and 5 serves of vegetables!

 

Try some of the following healthy snacking suggestions

Savoury Snacks

· Vegetable sticks with low fat dip - carrot, celery, capsicum, snow peas with low fat hummus

· Toasted pita bread triangles with a low fat tomato salsa dip

· Ryvita or 9 grain Vita-Weats topped with either cottage cheese, low fat cheese or vegemite

· A mini can of Baked Beans

· Small handful of raw Nuts - almonds, cashews, walnuts (1 serve = 30g)

· Low fat savoury muffins - zucchini or cheese & tomato

· Rice Crackers - plain or flavoured

· A sushi roll

· An English Muffin topped with tomato slices and low fat cheese

· Celery Boats filled with cottage cheese, low fat peanut butter, or low fat hummus

· Continental Cup of Soup

· Microwave Popcorn - Plain or low fat flavoured

· Salt reduced Pretzels

· Low fat corn chips

· Dried cereal - Mini Wheats or Natural Muesli

Sweet Snacks

· 2 Weston Oatmeal  biscuits

· 2 low fat biscuits e.g Weight Watchers or Arnott’s Snack Right Full o’ Fruit biscuits

· A slice of raisin toast or multigrain bread

· So Good Smoothie - ie Soy Banana Smoothie

· Café Latte - made with low fat milk

· Frozen Fruit - banana, apple, orange, pineapple etc

· Dried Fruits - apricots, sultanas, pear and prunes mixed with nuts

· Low-fat or diet fruit yoghurt

· Fresh or tinned fruit - peaches, pears, apricots, mandarines, grapes, mango etc

· Ovaltine Light Break, or Jarrah Choc O’Lait hot    chocolate drink

· Pikelets or wholemeal crumpets topped with 100% fruit jam or red gum honey

· An Uncle Toby’s Real Fruit bar

· Fruche Light

· Low-fat custard with fruit salad

· Scones - fruit or plain, topped with 100% fruit jam

· A Fruit / Bran Muffin

· A Breakfast Bar e.g Kellogg’s K-Time Bar

· A Muesli Bar - Natures Own bar with nuts and seeds

Reference

Healthy Snacking with Diabetes. Diabetes Australia: www.diabetesaustralia.com.au

For More Information

Wesley Corporate Health

Level 2, 46 Edward Street

Brisbane QLD 4000

Phone:07 3234 2600

info@weshealth.com.au