Yummy Healthy Snacking...

Are you really hankering for a healthy snack?

Then here are some simple suggestions for steering clear of scams like the ones mentioned above:

Veggies– the real thing: If it’s vegetables you want to snack on, then make it vegetables, not potato-flour chips! Carrots, peppers, celery – all these veggies travel quite well and can be easily prepped at home for any snack bag.

Chips - When you gotta have a chip you gotta have a chip. A chip I love here in Texas is called Beanitos. They are organic, no corn, gluten free, made from beans (pinto or black, depending on the flavor you get) High in fiber so they won't "mess" with your blood sugar as bad as regular chips. If you want a corn chip beware, corn is one of the highest chemical laden crops there is, so go organic! Trader Joe's has a terrific Organic Blue Corn chip, very high in ORAC value. More bang for your nutritional buck. Just beware, ALL chips are high in calories, so count them out onto a serving dish rather than eating them out of the bag!

Forget the microwave popcorn! Can be Dangerous to your health!  
Yahoo had an article couple years ago on the Four Dangers of Microwave Popcorn. One of the dangers Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the lining of the popcorn bag has been linked to infertility and cancer. Some popcorn manufacturers have discontinued use of this chemical, but not all. Heating the popcorn releases the PFOA from the bag into the kernels. Worse still, PFOA from that bag of popcorn you had when you were 15 may still be in your body when you are 25, because PFOA builds up in the body and is difficult for organs to detoxify and remove. YIKES!!!

Get an air popper instead! Trader Joe's has an organic popping corn, drizzle with a little (1 tsp or so) of coconut oil and a dash of salt..mmmmm Just a couple of cups of air popped is a terrific healthy snack. 

Nuts: Cashews, pistachios and almonds are now widely regarded as “health foods.” Watch out, however, for ones with flavor-enhancing additives. (Actually, nuts taste great with nothing added other than, perhaps, a bit of sea salt). Remember a small handful is a "serving"!

Fruits: Apples, bananas and oranges look as if nature designed them just for taking on the road with you. Bananas are lower glycemic, or less of an impact on your blood sugar if eaten a little on the "green side", to reduce the sugar content.

Homemade goodies: Do you make your own popcorn, cookies, bars or fruit mixes from healthy or organic ingredients? Then make an extra batch to take along with you, and you’ll avoid becoming a hungry ‘hostage of the highway’, buying cheap chips and fake veggie products from convenience stores and rest areas vending machines. (stay tuned for my own recipe for easy homemade protein bars!)

What's your favorite healthy snack?? All this talk about snacks, I'm hungry and headed to the kitchen...

Helping you to Select The Best Health,

Sherry

www.selectthebesthealth.com