Friday, September 29, 2006

Healthy Snacks

The main point of having a snack is to make sure to eat every 3-4 hours to keep your metabolism at it's peak performance. Also, when adding a snack to your daily menu you need to eat smaller meals to keep your overall food consumption for the day the same.

Try These!
* Plain Popcorn
* Fruit
* Almonds or Chestnuts
* Veggies
* Applesauce or Yogurt
* Pretzels or Baked Chips

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Jack, just wondering if cottage cheese and a fruit is a good snack ?
JT

4:05 PM  
Blogger fitwitt said...

Yes-it's a great snack, especially since it's low in fat and carbohydrates while high in protein.

A 4 oz (113 g) serving has approximately 120 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 3 g carbohydrates, and 14 g protein. It also contains approximately 500 mg sodium, and 20 mg cholesterol.

7:15 PM  

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