Tips To Control Snacking

Snacks can be both healthy and unhealthy. If you are on diet, eating fried snacks can only lead to weight gain. Munching a snack can be an easy way to control light food cravings. There are many types of snack that can be filling. However, munching too much snacks can be a disadvantage to your diet. It is very important to eat snacks at a right time and in proper amount. If you over eat, you can put on extra pounds and this will also disrupt your food cravings and diet. If you eat a lot of snacks, you will not be hungry enough to eat your meal. Thus, it is very crucial to munch snacks at the right time and in small amounts. If you have cravings for snacks throughout the day, then here are few tips to control snacking.

Control: Many of the snackers just want to munch something all the time. Although you like to eat 2-3 chips, but you just want something to eat every after every 30 minutes. You have to control this craving. Eating all the time will imbalance your diet plan. Plan the times when you can have snacks. Ideally, you should have mid-morning snacks (at around 11 am) and evening snacks (in between 5-7 pm). This will help your stomach digest the snack before your meal.

Include right foods in your meal: Eating light foods that digest very quickly can make you feel hungry very easily. For example, a small amount of rice can digest within 2 hours that is why you feel more hungry few hours after eating it. Include foods that are rich in carbohydrates. Carbohydrate rich foods like brown rice, apples, pasta etc digest easily and boost body metabolism. Lack of energy in the body can make you feel hungry very easily.

Proteins: To control snacking, you should have protein rich foods. Proteins make you feel fuller for a long duration and are good for the body too. For breakfast, you can have a protein rich meal. Serve eggs, turkey, chickpeas, sprouts etc in your plate. They keep you feel fuller for a longer duration thus controlling your food cravings to munch snacks.

Pay attention while snacking: It is good to snack twice or thrice a day. If you eat in small amounts, snacks can be good for your diet plan. However, you have to eat healthy snacks like nuts, fruits and dry fruits. Almonds, walnuts, apricots, apples, oranges etc are healthy snacks that can make you feel full for a longer duration. Quit fried and high calorie snacks like burgers, french fries, potato chips or donuts.

These are few ways to control snacking and stay healthy and fit at the same time. If you snack all day long, you will become a food addict and also put on extra weight that can be difficult to on shed later!