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Read MoreFood is an important part of our lives. In order to stay healthy and keep our blood sugar levels, energy and moods even, we need healthy snacks to sustain ourselves throughout the day.
Snacking can also help us not to overeat at mealtimes. Since a lot of us snack throughout the day, it is a good idea to plan our snacks like we would a regular meal.
Many people eat unhealthy snacks like candy, chips, donuts or cookies. These high sugary snacks will elevate our blood sugar only to have it drop rapidly, and make us feel lethargic, moody and most of the time still hungry. Our snacks should be tailored according to what we eat throughout the day. If meals are very hearty like oatmeal for breakfast and meat and fish for dinner or lunch, a good complementary snack would be fruit and some raw veggies like carrot and celery sticks.
A good way to snack is to balance protein, fat and carbohydrates.
For instance:
Hummus or bean dip and sliced vegetables .
Plain organic whole milk yogurt with berries, nuts and seeds (can be soaked for easier digestion).
Half an apple with 2 teaspoons of nut butter.
A smoothie made with kefir, berries, greens and protein powder in a shake.
Baked mochi with fruit and nut butter.
Cranberry compote sweetened with monk fruit sweetener and a piece of whole grain toast.
Delicious Almond Bread - grain-free, keto, paleo
Mix in a bowl:
3 cups of almond flour
1 cup of arrowroot flour
1 cup of flax meal
1 teaspoon of baking soda
½ cup of hemp seeds (optional always wanted to try walnut pieces instead)
Second bowl:
1 cup of almond milk
¼ cup of melted ghee
3 eggs
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
Dash of salt
Mix both bowls together well.
Grease square baking form with ghee and put dough inside
Garnish with sunflower seeds, press them lightly into dough.
Heat oven up to 425 and place form inside
Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes but watch so the top does not burn.
Take out of the form, turn over and brown the bottom.
Let it cool down, then it is ready to eat.
Whether we are counting calories or looking to satisfy our sweet tooth there are many simple and healthy choices available to create wonderful desserts. In today’s world commercial sweets are loaded with refined sweeteners like corn syrup or sugar, white flour along with highly processed and hydrogenated oils. Consuming large amount of sugar and refined flour can lead to hypoglycemia and eventually diabetes. Highly processed and hydrogenated oils have been linked to heart disease. Many desserts also contain artificial sweeteners like aspartame that have been linked to cancer
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