Good snacks for the office: 8 options
Hurrying up the ladder, we often forget about their health and body. But who, if not we ourselves, we can find a balance between work and a healthy lifestyle?
Experts told how to eat in the office, without prejudice to the figures and with health benefits.
Plan snacks should be based on the calorific value and satiety main meals. If you are full breakfast, for lunch you can eat, for example, some fruit. If breakfast was light, as a snack suitable sandwich on whole grain bread with fish or white meat poultry.
An alternative to this sandwich can be a mini-rolls one bite of pita or salad leaves. A good snack can be considered fruits and berries - they are not so difficult to take with you to the office. It is important to remember: in fruits contain simple sugars - fructose. Therefore, give preference unsweetened varieties and have them better to 16-17 hours, says Mihail Gavrilov, a. M. N., The author of a patented technique of correction of eating and weight loss.
Vegetables, too, will be perfect for a snack. You can take with vegetable sticks - cut julienne cucumber, carrots, celery, zucchini. If you sbryznete them with olive oil, a feeling of satiety after such snacks will persist longer. Salads with beans (they contain lots of protein) - Great hearty snack. To make it, you can use any beans: beans, chickpeas, lentils, peas. Combine them with any vegetables you can; as a sauce can be selected again olive oil.
Snack and may include nuts. Deceived thereby is not necessary - although this product is also useful, but it's pretty high-calorie. To avoid the temptation to eat the whole pack at once, pour out the right amount of nuts on a plate, remove the packaging and out of sight.
Important addition: during snack always distracted from work. Scroll to eat at least 5-10 minutes.
Nuts instead cookies.
Store the cookies in the office and sweets dangerous - they look so tempting! The best place to put their nuts. If you are hungry after dinner, a snack food which contains unsaturated fats. For example walnuts or avocado. Bonus: These snacks improve your memory.
Berry muffins instead
Someone colleague's birthday, and he's brought cake or delicious cupcakes? It is better to eat a cup of fresh berries, if the thought of sweets do not give to work quietly. It's not so bad for the teeth and the shape. In addition, the berries contain a lot of vitamins and fiber, but the cakes can not boast.
Chicken instead of chips
You love to eat savory snacks like chips? Catch advice from nutritionists: replace them with pieces of boiled chicken with spices and vegetables. Another great snack - a hummus, he certainly will not harm the figure.
Coconut chips instead of muffin
Love on the way to work to grab a coffee and a muffin? We strongly recommend to abandon the habit. Grab a snack coconut chips. They not only are sweet, but also useful - containing protein, iron and fiber.
Apple instead of candy.
Many love to drink tea with sweets as a snack. Do not! Eat an apple is better. Do you want an apple? Then recall the saying: "Do you want to eat - eat an apple, you do not want the apple - hence, do not want to eat."
Greek yogurt instead of ice cream
Grab a snack Greek yogurt with berries, if you suddenly want ice cream. In such a snack contains about 18 grams of protein and only 100 calories. This is a great option for those who have the brain refuses to work without sweet.
Mixture of nuts and dried fruit instead of nuts in glaze.
Of course, we understand that peanut glaze - it is very tasty, and you love it since childhood. But let's still snacking properly. Unroasted nuts without salt and sugar, as well as natural dried fruit activates the brain and will not allow overweight. Just remember about the least - these snacks contain a lot of calories.
Energy bar instead chocolate.
If the energy is quite at zero and I want to eat, do not pull his hands to chocolate bar. Grab a snack energy bar, which contains a small amount of sugar and large - the protein. But these bars must be homemade.