Free Diet Tips

If you really want to know what the best healthy snack for weight loss and dieting is then it would have to be blueberries. Blueberries are filled with antioxidants, phytonutrients to name a few. This lovely purple fruit is both a healthy and flavorful snack food. Add them to natural vanilla or plain yogurt as an alternative to the over sugared or over processed varieties varieties. Mix them with some nut and/or seeds as a healthful trail mix. The frozen varieties are fine to snack on as well. Other alternatives to blueberries, with the same nutritional benefits: strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.

Our List of Healthy Snacks

Fruit is one of the best healthy snacks available when dieting, however make sure you control your fruit intake as well. Lets take an apple for example just for it’s convenience, does not need to be peeled, simply washed and rinsed well and then tossed into your purse or a back pack. Have fruit instead of fruit juice, as the raw fruit will contain more of it nutrients and fibre. A medium size apple is only 80 calories and is a good source of vitamins and minerals and an excellent source of fiber as well. Just think that you would have to eat about 4-5 apples to make up the calories of a big glass of apple juice, but what do you think would fill you up more? The raw fruit of course.

Let’s not forget vegetables. Almost any vegetable can be cut and eaten raw, with or without a healthy. One of the quickest, easiest and still healthy dips is plain natural yogurt mixed with diced green onions. Tastes just like chip dip, with less than half the calories. Organise a buffet tray of celery, carrots and sugar snap peas and even the pickiest eaters will snack away.

A handful of almonds is another healthy snack and may keep you from overeating later in the day. They are packed with protein and good natural fats. Other nuts are healthy snack foods too, but be aware of portion sizes because they are still loaded with calories, keep it to a handful. An alternative to nuts is peanut butter. Two tablespoons of peanut butter warmed for twenty seconds in the microwave makes an almost sinfully delicious dip for sliced apples, try it as a delicious healthy snack for weight loss.

A truly decadent healthy snack idea is a frozen banana. Use dark chocolate for the antioxidant benefits, but be aware that this is not the lowest calorie snack idea, so keep your serving size to one at a time. Slice the banana in half, insert a skewer and then dip into the melted dark chocolate. Then dip into some chopped up almonds. Place in the freezer for at least an hour and then enjoy. It is almost like a creamy popsicle, but it is all natural and tastes so good.

Some of the best healthy snacks for weight loss and dieting is of course for the savoury lovers out there. Take a thinly sliced turkey or lean ham and make a wrap. Using a whole grain wrap and layer the meat with lettuce, tomato and teaspoon of wholegrain mustard. Roll it and slice on a diagonal. Perfect as a snack, but to make it a lunch add a salad or a bowl of fresh veggies and your good to go.

Healthy doesn’t mean nothing but cardboard tasting food, just make sure you keep your snack on the small side, include a couple of snacks each days in between your three main meals and it will boost your metabolism, give you more energy and help you on your diet and new healthy lifestyle.