3 Tips to Un-Junk your snack time in 3 mins or less

 

Snacking is an essential part of a healthy diet. Although they form a bad image on people’s minds, they also provide energy between two meals. The best time to snack is in the morning between breakfast and lunch, and in the evening between lunch and dinner. However, some people choose to snack at the midnight too.   It is important to choose healthy options in our snack time rather than picking a bag of potato chips, or ice cream filled with artificial ingredients to satisfy our cravings. By ‘healthy food’ we mean it should be of nutritious value, that will give your body to retain energy and sustain well-being.   The best snacks are whole vegetables, fruits, nuts, dairy, and beans.  Studies have proven that junk foods such as sugary drinks, chips, biscuits, cakes, and candies are as highly addictive as drugs, and alcohol. Somewhere at this point in life, we all crave junk foods.   Addiction can only be gotten rid of if the person genuinely wants to get out of it. Although you can follow some tips for getting rid of the addiction or un-junk your snack time. 

We are providing three tips so that you can un-junk your snack time in 3 mins or less.

1. Planning the choice of snacks- Keep or pack some fruits, a handful of nuts and seeds, makhanas, dry fruits, a bowl of soup loaded with veggies, oats, poha/ flattened rice, or yogurt at your home or work so that you can get it handy whenever you are hungry. 

2. Move to healthier swaps- Traditional foods are less processed, and more healthy. Nowadays, people don’t have time to prepare ‘besan ka laddu’ or ‘tilgul ladoos’ but we have to choose the alternatives wisely instead of going for packed foods. There are multiple options for guilt-free snack time. Grab a nut bar or a handful of nuts rather than a Cadbury bar. Swap mayo for mustard. Sip a glass of water with added lemon and mint instead of soda, and soft drinks. Swap out fried for boiled foods. Swap maida biscuits for homemade biscuits, cookies filled with nuts. 

3. Start practicing mindful eating- Eat with your family, and friends at a set of times, and places. Avoid watching mobiles, or television when you are eating. In other words, avoid doing multi-tasks when you are eating. Avoid talking unnecessarily when you are eating.  Stop eating when you are full and eat only when you receive signals from your body i.e. stomach growling, low energy. Connect with your foods by considering the source of the food rather than considering food as the end product.