We live in a society nibblers. Long gone are the traditional three square meals a day. Today, people eat at their desks, catch refreshments in the afternoon and eat late night goodies. Most if not all, these snacks are carbohydrate based and full of sugar. This poses a challenge to people who are trying to comply with the Atkins plan. Snacking is a necessary component for maintaining blood sugar, but most packaged foods, fast food are prohibited in the plan.
Sweet snacks are high in calories, full of empty carbohydrates and offer no nutritional value. But it certainly is popular. It is actually a Snack Food Association that tracks sales of packaged foods, fast food. It is estimated that Americans eat 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate. Snacking has increased more than a third since 1988. Sales of food, refreshments gross over $ 30 billion a year.
If you are a snack food junkie you’ve become used to eating carbohydrates of the worst sort. Snack foods are made from highly refined carbohydrates like white flour, white sugar, corn meal and corn syrup. They are high in trans fats (which is a contributor to clogged arteries). All of them are probably one of the worst food choice you can make.
But there is hope! You can conquer your love of snack foods that the Atkins-friendly snacking choices. Before you can make the transition, make sure to educate yourself. To understand how dangerous trans fats can be reading them. Then read the ingredients label of your favorite snack food. You may be shocked to reveal how much trans fats, artificial flavorings and preservatives that you eat.
Next, get rid of all food, snacks in your house. If it is not his, then you can not eat. Junk food is not good for anyone at home so ignore your family complaints and do what is best for the health of everyone.
Now you’ll need to replace the snack foods with some better options. Have a snack food is not the same as giving up snacks. Refreshments should be part of your daily eating plan because it will help you from becoming too hungry and indulging in high-carbohydrate treats.
There are lots of low carbohydrate snacks that are easily and simply, that around the house. String cheese sticks or small cheese rounds are very easy to keep in the refrigerator. Meat snacks are also a good choice. You can purchase Jerky strips and other meat products that keep well for a long time. When you buy cheese or meat sticks, make sure to read labels carefully hidden carbs.
There is little carb instant soups, which are very easy and satisfying, if you taste something hot. Low-carb soy chips and celery can help with “crunchy” cravings. Try adding peanut butter or cream cheese spread to add more protein to these snacks. Also, you can not beat a handful of nuts for high-protein, fast food.
All the above-mentioned snacks are good for the initial phase is the Atkins diet and beyond. If you are in the past, the induction phase, you can enjoy fruit with whipped cream as a snack. There are also many acceptable fruits that make good snacks for the pre-maintenance phase.
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