The Impact of Mindless Snacking and Discovering Healthy Alternatives

Ever wondered why you just can’t resist those unhealthy snacks? Join me on a journey of self-discovery as we unravel the importance of intentional snacking. 

We're unmasking the villain that is mindless snacking and its impact on our health. From apples, bananas, to hard-boiled eggs, we're dishing out 15 fat-burning alternatives that are not only good for your body but also easy on your pocket. These readily available snacks come with incredible health benefits that might just surprise you. Let's transform the way you snack, one bite at a time!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome to the DiRobi Health Show.
Let's talk about snacking.
Don't you just love a goodsnack?
It's kind of nice to take abreak, eat something tasty.
And yet snacks can either addto or take from our intentional
health routine, and so they needto be addressed.
It makes a lot more sense forus to be intentional about our

(00:34):
snacking, to have snack foodsready to go.
I don't think it makes sense formost people to just consider
all snacks the devil and toeliminate snacking entirely from
their life.
At the same time, I see toomany of my friends and family
who aren't intentional snackers,and what happens is, when food
is available, food gets eaten.

(00:55):
And when we're out and aboutsometimes I mean even like the
taste testing at Costco andother stores is just kind of
mindless snacking.
Right, you're not eatingsomething that you decided to
eat, you're trying somethingthat someone else put in front
of you.
Sure, it's just one littlecracker with a bunch of cheesy

(01:18):
goop on top.
However, by the time you'vegone around the whole store, you
have taken in an extra 500calories, and that actually does
matter.
And so, personally, I'm tryingto do better on my snacking and
not eat food just because it'sin front of me and especially
avoid unhealthy snacks and tohave some really good, tasty

(01:39):
snacks in the house so they'reready to go and when I've got a
craving between meals I can eatsomething that I know is not
going to derail my health planbut is actually going to add to
it.
So number one on my list and,by the way, we've got a post
we've already created atblogdairobicom slash 15 snacks
that burn fat fast.
Now, you won't remember that.
I bet I wouldn't.

(02:00):
However, if you go to the blogand just search something like
snacks or snacks that burn fat,you'll find this content there,
as well as a really prettyinfographic with all 15 of the
snacks that we've identified asreally good ones.
Of course, that's not anextensive list with every
healthy snack in the world, butI think principle number one is

(02:21):
simply to cut out bad snacks, aswe've talked about before.
On the show, the average personis 40 pounds overweight after 20
years by eating just a tinylittle amount of 200 extra
calories per day.
That's what does it.
That's why most countries aregenerally obese.
Of course, that's as an average.
Some people gain more than that, some people gain less, and yet

(02:43):
the stats generally tell usthat just 200 extra calories a
day is the difference betweenlong term weight gain or
maintaining a healthy bodyweight.
And so snacking can literallymake the difference in slowly
becoming overweight or hittingour health goals.
So I think the number one snackyou can argue with me if you

(03:03):
wish, but I bet the number onesnack is apples, and the reason
why?
Now again that it's not foreveryone.
I understand there's peoplewith fructose malabsorption,
people with problems digestingapples may be the devil and
actually cause them pain.
That's why we have the producteat anything, and apples is one

(03:24):
of the main determiners to do aquick personal test on if you
have some level of malabsorptionissues.
If you eat an apple and youhave pain, there's a very good
chance you have fructosemalabsorption.
Now, this is not a scientificdiagnosis but a good indicator.
And then if you take one of oureat anything and then eat an
apple and you don't have pain, Iprobably ought to just keep

(03:47):
using our eat anything and it'llhelp you with that issue.
Now, blatant pitch here aside,apples, generally speaking, are
a very healthy snack.
They're low in calories,they're very filling and they're
packed with good nutrients, andthey are a healthy carb and

(04:10):
they're convenient you can throwone in your purse, your bag,
your pocket, head out the doorand you have a snack ready to go
.
That is perfectly healthy.
If it's on organic apple, youmay want to wash it really well
or even peel it.
However, generally speaking,it's a good size, it's filling,
it's nutritious.

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Apples are number one on ourlist.
Number two is bananas.
Now I realize bananas are muchhigher on the glycemic index.
However, they have so muchnutritional value, they're so
tasty that bananas have just gotto have a place up there Again,
the convenience factor.
They come in their own wrapper.
They're very nutritious, veryconvenient and they are

(04:55):
delicious.
Number three is peppers.
And, by the way, with as muchheat as you can stand, this does
make a difference to yourmetabolism.
If you eat hot peppers, they'renot only a delicious filling
snack.
I especially love them withhummus.
You know, dip them into hummus,you have a tremendous snack
right there and if you can standthem with a little heat, you're

(05:18):
actually getting a metabolismand fat burning boost as well.
Number four is grapefruit.
When's last time you had agrapefruit?
Don't smother it in brown sugar.
I like a little brown sugar onmy grapefruit, but a little
right or none.
Really, the natural flavor ofgrapefruit is fantastic and as

(05:39):
we cut down on sugar and ourdesire to sweeten things, we
start to enjoy more of the tartflavors of lemon and grapefruit.
So try it with no sweetener, noartificial sweetener, no brown
sugar.
Just try it as is.
And if you just can't stand itbut you really want to eat
grapefruit because of all thehealth benefits, then sweeten it

(05:59):
very lightly.
Watermelon this is not one of myfavorites, but it's on the list
because it's very healthy foryou, as we know.
It's hydrating, it's got greatphytonutrients and, of course,
so many people love it that itmakes our list of being a
terrific snack.
Eggs Hard-boiling some eggs andkeeping them in the fridge is a

(06:24):
really great snack Only 60calories, healthy fat, healthy
protein filling.
Before I go golfing, sometimesI will take the shell off of a
couple of boiled eggs, drop theminto a baggie, smother them in
a way with some Himalayan salt,and it just really hits the spot

(06:47):
a couple of hours later whenI'm hungry and want a healthy
snack.
Number seven is Whole Food Bars.
Now, this is where we start toget a little sketchy, right,
because everything I just toldyou has no ingredient list and,
generally speaking, foods withno ingredient list, the stuff
around the edges of the aisle,the apples, the bananas, the

(07:07):
fruits, the veggies there's noingredient list.
Ingredient apple, ingredientnuts, ingredient celery right.
However, in this day and age,there are some healthy bar
makers and if you read theingredients, you'll find out
that they're not loaded up withSugars and bad ingredients, and

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so there is a variety.
Be a label reader, but findthose whole food bars.
And, yes, modern science isdoing us a favor by packaging a
processed food.
Yes, but these ones that aren'tloaded with sugar and they're
made with health foods are superConvenient.
It's the type of thing you canthrow in your pack and take on a

(07:49):
hike, and they'll keep for along time, unlike some of these
other natural foods.
As a matter of fact, I don'trecommend throwing bananas into
your pack and going on a longhike, because it's just going to
smoosh into all your other gearbefore you're done.
So A packaged whole food barthat's made well is a great
snack.
The next one is going to becontroversial Milk.

(08:11):
Now, I understand some peoplejust can't drink milk, and if
that's, you obviously don'tdrink milk if it's going to
bother you, if you're lactoseintolerant, back to our eat
anything.
If you take it anything, I willhelp you digest lactose.
However, generally speaking, ifyou tolerate it, milk is a
great snack.
Now, the less processed thebetter, and so you know I go for

(08:33):
whole food milk.
I'm sorry, a full fat, wholemilk.
We don't do 2%, we don't doskim.
Now we also don't drink a wholelot, right, that's the key.
I'd rather have a little bit ofa whole, lightly processed milk
, then a lot of skim milk.
That's me.
So, generally speaking, asoften as possible and as many

(08:56):
food areas as possible, we justwant the least amount of
processing, and so if you likemilk, it is not the devil.
Just don't have.
You know, I don't.
I don't have more than probablya cup a day, but I have a cup a
day of whole milk, full fat,and so I have a lot of protein.
Nuts now, there's a variety ofreally terrific nuts.
Mixed nuts are a great snack.

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Almonds are a great snack.
I love macadamias.
The key is again, not too many.
Nuts are high in calories, highin fat, and they're so
delicious that it's really easyto pound on calories.
Just because it's whole fooddoesn't mean you can't have too

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much, right?
Too many calories is too manycalories, whether they come from
a chocolate bar or nuts.
So you do have to be a labelreader again and the label
reading you're doing this timeis how much fat, how many
calories, and you may besurprised it is.
It is wise to at some pointMeasure out two ounces of nuts
so you know what two ounces ofnuts looks like.

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I have a little container,little containers, in my pantry
that I know half full is twoounces of nuts and that's how I
tell.
I'm not sure if it's like aneighth of a cup, it's around
that.
If you've got a scale, figureout what two ounces of nuts is,
because two ounces of nuts is aterrific snack.

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Number ten is celery.
Celery is an anti caloric,meaning it takes more calories
to digest.
Then you're going to get out ofit.
So if you're on a diet as acelery is a fantastic snack.
It's crunchy and satisfying.
It's mostly just vitamins andwater, but it's a filling,
satisfying snack.
Number eleven, which could benumber one for antioxidant and

(10:44):
overall value health value isblueberries.
Blueberries are a phenomenallyhealthy, high on antioxidant
snack.
I highly recommend organic.
When the EWG tests blueberriesthat are not organic, they'll
find literally sometimes over ahundred chemicals in the
blueberries.
They're a thin skinned Food,obviously, and when calories,

(11:10):
calories, when chemicals areadded to them, they just suck it
up.
I just highly recommend organicblueberries and try to have
them daily.
If you can Number twelve isGreek yogurt, again high in fat,
high in calories, so you can'thave too much.
It's another one that you wantto know your portion sizes, but
Greek yogurt is a delicious,satisfying snack.

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Now do not get the ones theyadd a bunch of sugar to.
As a matter of fact, back towhat I said about enjoying tart
and sour flavors.
Those are great flavors whenyou kind of overcome your sweet
tooth and just adjust to themand just eat them slowly and
mindfully, as we teach in ourDiRobi undiet.
Greek yogurt is a fantasticsnack, especially when done in

(11:53):
the right quantities, amountsand not too often.
Number thirteen might surpriseyou.
It's green tea.
Might not sound like a snack,but you know what sometimes a
thin drink like a green teaactually is satisfying and
satiating.
So again back to you, those ofyou that are currently on a diet
.
A cup of green tea might do thetrick better than food in terms

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of making you feel satiatedwithout adding any calories.
And the same is true withnumber 14, which is iced water.
Number 15 is a semi-duplicate onthe list almonds.
Yet almonds, of all the nuts,are easy to get, they keep well,
they are feeling convenient andprovide energy from healthy

(12:41):
fats.
And so having almonds.
You know, in my cupboard wehave mix nuts, we have almonds,
we have macadamias and we havecashews, and all of them have
slightly different healthbenefits.
The cashews I like for the highselenium content, which I'm
often low on when I get my bloodwork done.

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So I need to purposely findfoods that have selenium.
And so almonds separately are aterrific snack on their own.
Not too many.
Eight to 12 almonds is a fairlysatiating snack which won't
blow up your health routineAgain, high calorie, high fat

(13:23):
food.
So you got to be careful.
You generally don't eat fromthe bag.
Take them out of the bag, knowhow many you're going to eat and
only eat that much.
And that is true generally forsnacking.
Never eat from bags, never eatsnacks from bowls.
Be a proactive snacker.
Who's, you know, spending sometime determining?

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Am I snacking because it's justemotional?
Am I snacking just because Isaw food and I want to eat it?
Or is this part of my healthplan.
I'm snacking because I'mlegitimately hungry.
I had a great workout thismorning.
I have true hunger pains.
I'm not emotionally eating andI want to eat this food, and I'm
going to eat healthy food thatcontributes to my health, not

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mindlessly eat a snack that istaking away from my health or
adding too many calories orsugars or the other negatives
that come with unhealthysnacking.
So I hope these thoughts havemade you think, given you some
great ideas and been useful toyou and, as I mentioned, we have
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(15:17):
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I hope you pick up things thathelp you in your own health and
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