Snacking throughout the day is actually healthy for you. According to the market research company, NPD Group, Americans who have the healthiest eating habits are snacking twice as often as those who don't have healthy habits. (1) In fact, this is contradictory to some more conventional wisdom.
Most people find that 10:30am and 2pm are prime times of the day when the stomach starts grumbling or the brain starts getting foggy from a lack of nutrition. That's when you'll be tempted to reach for the snack machine or raid the employee lounge for donuts and snacks others have brought from home.
Unfortunately, those high carbohydrate snacks do nothing more than temporarily raise your blood sugar and then plummet your levels so you are just as tired as you were, if not more!
Instead, it's important to explore low carbohydrate snacks that are high in protein or fat to increase the amount of time they take to digest, keep you satisfied and reduce the fluctuation of your blood sugar levels. The more steady your blood sugar remains, the more satisfied you'll feel and the healthier you'll be.
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