Ideas for Healthy Snacks

Lately, I've been getting tired of snacking on granola bars. I consume a variety of fruits throughout the day, so what I'm looking for here is some direct substitute for granola bars.

Any ideas on light and healthy snacks that you enjoy eating?

 

Yeah, this, holy shit most of you aren't even that active. You're going to regret that shit when you're getting alzheimer's at 65. It goes way deeper than weight. Go take your blood sugar. If it's above 90 at any point in the day, you need to change your diet and lifestyle.

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Since moving and switching jobs I've really fallen off the wagon, but when I had a better routine I'd limit myself to an afternoon snack of a healthy protein/greens/misc shake.

I'm a pretty big eater, but with some discipline I got to where this worked pretty well for me.

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As already mentioned multiple times above... if you're snacking throughout the day you have a seriously bad habit. You need to quit that ASAP. You should eat 3 times a day, or as some people do, twice a day max. Snacks spike your insulin just like a meal but usually aren't even the kind of food you want to be consuming. Your WORST case scenario should be snacking on something like uncooked veggies, nuts like pistachios or pecans (avoid macadamia nuts for ex. and no trail mix BS)

To all of you gents out there not doing your annual physicals, go get that done. If your HA1C is over 5.5% and / or glucose over 99 mg/dl you are on a path STRAIGHT to diabetes. Be better.

 

4-5 small meals per day for me (3 food and 1-2 protein shakes) - all clean food with a focus on higher protein and lower fats. Carbs mostly come from sweet potatoes :)

 
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As already mentioned multiple times above... if you're snacking throughout the day you have a seriously bad habit. You need to quit that ASAP. You should eat 3 times a day, or as some people do, twice a day max. Snacks spike your insulin just like a meal but usually aren't even the kind of food you want to be consuming. Your WORST case scenario should be snacking on something like uncooked veggies, nuts like pistachios or pecans (avoid macadamia nuts for ex. and no trail mix BS)

To all of you gents out there not doing your annual physicals, go get that done. If your HA1C is over 5.5% and / or glucose over 99 mg/dl you are on a path STRAIGHT to diabetes. Be better.

Yeah. I tend to snack either right before my meal or right after as part of my meal. Only use it to juice up my caloric intake when eating rather than just discretionary eating.

 
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Not to mention that most major diet plans supported by groundbreaking research tend to be reversed a decade or so later.

High fat used to be the worst thing, now people do keto. Breakfast used to be the most important meal of the day, now it's the meal you skip because of intermittent fasting or whatever. Saturated fat used to be what causes heart disease, now it's all about inflammation and you can eat all the saturated fat you want if you can avoid inflammation. It wasn't long ago that spreading calories throughout the day, 6 meals, was considered ideal. Now people say shorten the eating window. Fish oils and all that Omega 3 stuff was all the rage, now some people think they are worthless and others think it can shorten your life.

I see the same thing going on with exercise. Cardio used to be all the rage, then lifting, then HIIT, etc. All claim at the time to be based on the latest health research.

My view: read research, but be extremely skeptical. Understand the biases. Understand that researchers have families and mortgages and are incentivized the same selfish interests as everyone else. Their life depends on finding a new trend and rejecting the null hypothesis. They are also highly incentivized to research things that piggyback on popular trends, and research whatever sponsors will pay for and whatever lends itself to easy measurables. Just a few of the many, many biases that infect research.

Stick with health rules that are tried and true. Smoking is bad, veggies are good, some kind of exercise is good. Drugs are both bad and awesome, timing is key there. That's about it.

 

I like to put in minimal effort for food so:

  • Macadamia Nuts (great source of fat in comparison to other nut alternatives)
  • Baby Carrots dipped in guac (healthy carb with another great source of fat)
  • Celery dipped in nut butter (healthy carb with another great source of fat)
  • Jerky (if going beef go grass-fed and no sugar added)

All of the above are about as easy as it gets, but the main key for me is having WAY too much water. It'll make you feel full much quicker.

PS get a good tasting protein powder. So many guys either buy the first powder they see or buy a terrible tasting one because it has 2g less of carbs. Just find a good tasting one and you'll find you actually eat it way more. (Vega's chocolate tastes damn good).

There is more than one way to get there. I'd rather have 30 chapters than 3000 pages.
 

A few suggestions that have been helpful to me. First, someone above mentioned a shake. I have a 16oz smoothie every day and have half mid-morning and the other half mid-afternoon. The smoothie varies somewhat but generally consists of a banana, probably 2-3 cups of tightly packed baby spinach or kale, probably about a cup and a half of frozen blueberries, about a cup of frozen blackberries, two teaspoons of matcha, one or two tablespoons of ground flax seeds, about a 1 teaspoon of turmeric and several grinds of black pepper. (Note, this recipe makes 32oz, so basically two days worth of smoothies. Also, I say approximately for these things because I don't measure.)

Second, a few people mentioned various varieties of nuts. I would second that and say specifically walnuts. Walnuts are a good plant based source of Omega 3 fatty acids. Plus, they're easier on your teeth than almonds.

Third, chia seed pudding with some peanut butter. Make it the night before by soaking chia seeds in your preferred milk, put some peanut butter on it the morning of.

"Successful investing is anticipating the anticipation of others". - John Maynard Keynes
 

Random question - what do you use to make your shakes?

I had a juicer, but cleaning it was a bitch (and yield wasn't great). I've also tried a blender, but it never quite worked the way I'd like.

Also a tip, if you're using something strong like a juicer or a top notch blender I recommend some carrots. I dont really eat carrots, but carrot juice is a good/sweet base.

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Yeah I use a blender. It's true, if it's not a quality blender it's a pain. I have a Cuisinart something or other model. If you have something like a Vitamix then you can blend pretty much anything, but those things are really expensive. The blender I have works well enough for these but I find a small coffee grinder to be more efficient for grinding the flax seeds beforehand. Carrots are a good idea. I'll have to give that a try.

"Successful investing is anticipating the anticipation of others". - John Maynard Keynes
 

I like to enjoy avocado toast prior to endeavoring on the on the latest sjw escapade. It's easy to handle with a megaphone in the other hand.

If I'm going to be standing in the street blocking traffic, nothing beats a kale smoothie since it's as easy to clean off the hood of an f150 as it is my wayfarers. If it gets in the beard it be stored for later consumption.

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