We also recommend snacking because the alternative might be worse-not snacking at all you actually make yourself too hungry. This leads to overeating at meal times. So does that attitude that you have to clean your plate, and that wasting food is a sin.
Getting too hungry means you will opt for dining out more often if you feel starved because you haven’t munched on a few healthy snacks throughout the day. It leaves you open to the dangers of supersized portions, and again, the attitude of not letting food go to waste if you have paid for it. If you must go to a restaurant, why not doggie bag half of it to save for later, when you know you are going to be hungry.
Starting a meal with low energy density rich foods like soups and salads, which are fillling, but not too caloric if they are not cream based, is another way to cut down on snacking on unhealthy choices.
Contrary to popular belief, snacking is good for you, but only if you make your treat choices healthy ones. Keeping good for you snacks on hand will make snacking healthy even easier. So, snack away, but make them good, low calorie, nutritious snacks in order to reap the most benefits.
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