Heart Healthy Snacks
Eat this dip with fresh veggies to keep the heart healthy factor strong.
Heart healthy snacks. Here are 20 heart healthy snack suggestions for you to try. Seriously they fit in your laptop bag purse workout bag or backpack just as easily as the prepackaged stuff. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees f. Heart healthy whole grain flour.
Good high fiber snack options include raspberries dark chocolate popcorn chickpeas and pears. Research suggests that people who eat nuts walnuts pecans almonds hazelnuts pistachios pine nuts and peanuts which actually are legumes two to four days or more per week have a lower incidence of heart disease than people. In large bowl toss with just enough olive oil to coat. Choosing snacks that contain healthy fats protein vitamins minerals and antioxidants that are known to support the heart is an excellent way to care for your overall health.
As boring as healthy snacks might sound youd be surprised at just how tasty they are all the new things youll get to try and how easy they are to tote around with you on the go. Dont forget about protein fat. Reach for snacks that combine 2 3 food groups fruit vegetables whole grains lean protein low fat dairy and healthy fats and are satisfying says nutritionist maryann jacobsen rd. Fiber is going to help keep you feeling full for longer.
This vitamin a rich snack is a healthy kid favorite but theres no reason you cant also enjoy this food network recipe. Nuts are chock full of vitamins minerals heart healthy monounsaturated fats and low levels of saturated fats. Why it promotes heart health. Naturally high in fiber and low in fat beans make perfect foundation foods for a variety of heart healthy snacks that boast big flavor without packing on tons of fat.
Baked sweet potato fries. Cut five sweet potatoes peel and slice into 14 inch long slices. 1 small handful of unsalted nuts such as almonds hazelnuts or brazil nuts.