Gobble up some goodness! I’ve got 5 energy elevating healthy snacks for you.
There’s lots of transitions happening now. It’s back to school time, schedules are getting busier, the “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer” are winding down. To accommodate new routines and a healthy snack revolution, I’m serving up some suggestions to increase or maintain your energy. Enjoy!
1) Hazelnuts
I’m on a hazelnut kick. Join me, won’t you? (Even if you call them filberts!)
These easy to pack and carry snacks provide us with protein and unsaturated fats. Most of all they have B vitamins that provide energy for the body by breaking down carbs into glucose giving us all a little pep in our step.
2) Green Apple
It’s versatile with yum, crunch, cold or hot ability! Sinking your choppers into this fruit will provide you with powerful antioxidants like Vitamin C and flavonoids. So you can check off healthy! You can get your fiber on and help balance your blood sugar. It’s all good, but here’s the big why you should love green apples. Simplicity and versatility. You can wash and go and eat it out in the streets or you can warm it up with a dash of cinnamon. Either way, it helps keep the doctors at bay and can give you a lift of energy.
3) Celery with Almond Butter
It’s crunchy yet filling combo. Celery is a champ for the following reasons:
– Fiber!
-It’s a natural diuretic.
– It helps our bellies feel full without weighing us down.
Now couple this with almond butter and we can knock it out of the ball park with a healthy snack.
The almond butter boosts our bodies with more fiber and protein. It helps us to curb our appetite because this combo helps stabilize blog sugars and regulate our reserves of energy. And, I’m a fat fan. The good kind of fat that is! The healthy fat found in almond butter can help us avoid mindless eats that take us off track to unnecessary (and unfruitful) sweets.
4) Tangerines
Even as I typed the word, I had an aroma-therapy experience! You know, the kind where you peel open that tangerine and inhale the the citrusy goodness? Yes, that one. Added bonus: tangerines are ripe with Vitamin C, contain fiber and are healthy.
Humor me, will ya? It’s ALSO the happy part of eating, and smelling that elevates our energy. When we open up that succulent, sexy tangerine, we’re so going there. It’s the aroma-therapy/taste bud experience that lights us up. Let’s take some time to peel and reel in the goodness of tangerines.
5) Avocado
I confess, I go weak at the knees for avocado. I don’t mind if I have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Experts will tell you it’s good for your skin, provides healthy fats, and can be known to lower cholesterol.
The California Avocado commission boasts they have twice as much potassium found in bananas, it’s the fruit with approximately 3 grams of protein and it barely has any fructose (sugar). Folic acid and B-Vitamins are also present in the avocado~ making it a winner for those who are (or want to become) pregnant and those who want to increase their energy.
Obviously there’s health benefits regarding the avocado, but why lie? It just taste so delicious and simply sharing about avocado lifts my energy levels.
May I urge you to try it with about everything? Soups. Salads. On your toast. Plain with Pink Himalayan salt. Use it to bake things that ask for oil. Throw it into your smoothies for a thicker, creamier delicious taste! Run with it!
Talk to me in the comments below.
What are some of your favorite healthy food snacks you turn to keep your energy up? Or, are you planning on incorporating some of the ones I shared?
