Healthy Snacks

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What do you mean by a healthy snack? a healthy snack is smaller and ideally less calories than a meal. The portion size and nutrition content will vary from person to person depending upon the sum total of calories their body needs in a day. Generally, a snack will be between 100 and 300 calories.

Suggestions for healthy snacks include:

An Apple with one serving of low fat peanut butter
A cup of fruit
A Low fat granola bar
A nectarine and 2 tablespoons of walnuts
A Low fat yogurt
One half of a banana and a glass of soy milk
A Low sodium V-8
Half of an English muffin with low fat cream cheese
A bowl of oatmeal
Carrots with one serving of low fat dip
One half of a bran muffin and a glass of skim milk
One Serving of Trail Mix
One Serving of Graham Crackers
Four fig newtons
One half of a whole wheat pita with one serving of hummus

by Jill Cohen, M.S.W., LCSW