Healthy Snacks for When You Feel Hangry (Los Angeles, CA)

Healthy Snacks for When You Feel Hangry

Healthy Snacks for When You Feel HangryKeep calm and eat some trail mix.You wouldn t like me when I m hangry.Lunch has come and gone. Dinner is a few hours away. But you re hungry now. And you re a little uptight about it.You are likely hangry which is a catchy little combo of hungry and angry. Instead of sitting there stewing or falling victim to vending machine temptations try a healthy snack that fills you up and boosts your energy. There s a snack out there for everyone and these are nutritionist-approved For the bar fliesSnack bar that is. Keri Gans a dietitian Eat Run blogger and author of The Small Change Diet suggests KIND Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt bar. Want to make your own snack bar Throw your favorite combination of nuts seeds and dried fruit in a food processor suggests Julieanna Hever a plant-based dietitian and author of The Complete Idiot s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition. Press that mixture evenly into a baking pan and then cut it into bars or use cookie cutters to create fun shapes. You can also simply roll the mixture into balls she says. Live the Life You Want.Lose weight and experience thefreedom to feel your best every day Shop Plans> If you re craving something sweet and saltyYou can t go wrong with fruit and nuts. Hever suggests a simple snack of an apple or banana with a bit of nut butter. Similarly Gans says you can munch on a piece of fruit with a handful of almonds. Or make trail mix suggests Keri Glassman dietitian and president of Nutritious Life a New York-based nutrition and wellness practice. Mix raw or roasted almonds walnuts pumpkin seeds cacao nibs and goji berries. Glassman says the protein and healthy fats in the nuts will help keep you full and the sweet cacao and berries will give you some much-needed energy for that afternoon lull. If you need to satisfy a cheese fixToby Amidor a dietitian and Eat Run blogger suggests enjoying an ounce of Monterey Jack cheese with 2 tablespoons of dry roasted peanuts and a sliced pear. Tend to go a little overboard with the cheese Take advantage of single-serving portions. Gans suggests snacking on a wedge of Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss cheese spread with a serving of baked black bean chips or a Mini Babybel cheese with a serving of popcorn. If you re a fan of Greek yogurtIf you want a snack that s high in fiber protein and healthy fat mix Greek yogurt with berries and crushed nuts Glassman suggests. Or try Amidor s lemon meringue recipe from her book The Greek Yogurt Kitchen. First layer three crushed vanilla wafers in the bottom a small bowl. Then top with three-fourths cup lemon Greek yogurt and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of dry-roasted chopped pecans. For the legume loversHever suggests a snack of hummus with whole-grain crackers veggies or in nori paper (edible seaweed). If you have an oven handy bake chickpeas that have been tossed in olive oil lemon juice tamari rosemary sea salt and pure maple syrup suggests Dreena Burton author of five plant-based cookbooks including Let Them Eat Vegan Healthy LivingView Menu > Experts Who Reviewed the DietsAmy Campbell (Nutrition and Wellness Consultant and Writer) Campbell is a nationally-known dietitian author blogger and lecturer specializing in nutrition and diabetes management. She was a diabetes educator and program manager at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston MA for over 19 years. She holds degrees from Simmons College and Boston University and is a certified diabetes educator. Campbell has published articles for both the layperson and for professionals on various nutrition topics including diabetes cardiovascular disease and obesity management.Campbell is a nationally-known dietitian author blogger and lecturer specializing in nutrition and diabetes management. She was a diabetes educator and program manager at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston MA for over 19 years. She holds degrees from Simmons College and Boston University and is a certified diabetes educator. Campbell has published articles for both the layperson and for professionals on various nutrition topics including diabetes cardiovascular disease and obesity management. She is a contributing author to Diabetes Self-Management and Walgreens Diabetes and You magazines where she also serves on the editorial board and writes a weekly blog for the Diabetes Self-Management website. She has authored and contributed to several Joslin publications including Staying Healthy with Diabetes Nutrition & Meal Planning and Staying Healthy with Diabetes Weight & Wellness. Any Query Click Here In addition she co-authored a book entitled 16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet published by the American Diabetes Association for which she received both the Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication and the 2000 National Health Information Award. Campbell recently received the Will Solimene Award for her article titled Probiotics and Prebiotics Parts of a Healthy Diet published in Diabetes Self-Management in 2011. Campbell developed menus for Fit Not Fat at Forty Plus published by Rodale Press and co-authored a book with nationally renowned fitness expert Denise Austin entitled Eat Carbs Lose Weight also published by Rodale Press. Campbell is a Health Professional Advisor for the Egg Nutrition Center is a Sharecare.com expert and has been an advisor for Calorie King America s leading provider of calorie-centric education tools and programs. Kathie Beals(Associate professor clinical division of nutrition University of Utah Salt Lake City) Beals a registered dietitian and associate professor of nutrition at the University of Utah focuses her research on nutrition for athletes and athletic performance weight management and the glycemic index a measure of how carbohydrates affect blood-sugar levels And finally for the omnivoresSo far we ve been fighting hangry-ness with meat-free options. For the omnivores Glassman suggests a combo of celery and turkey. The high water content in celery will curb your appetite she says and the protein in the turkey will keep your belly satisfied too.Nutritionally BalancedPerfectly balanced nutrition plans put your body in fat-burning mode.How It Works >