What are some heart-healthy snacks?
When it comes to heart-healthy snacking, there are bounty of tasty alternatives. Here are a few thoughts to consider:
- Munchies that Crunch:
- Cut apples with a tablespoon of low-sodium shelled nut butter.
- Pears plunged in fat-free or low-fat bungalow cheese.
- Vegetables (like carrot and celery sticks, chime pepper cuts, zucchini or cucumber rounds) matched with hummus or tzatziki sauce.
- Broiled chickpeas.
- Air-popped popcorn or whole-grain wafers.
- Reconsider Your Drink:
- Pick plain or shining water with included citrus or cucumber cuts.
- Select fat-free or low-fat dairy drain, plain soy drain, or unsweetened oat or nut drain.
- Unsweetened tea or coffee.
- 100% natural product juice or low-sodium tomato/mixed-vegetable juice.
- Other Straightforward, Sound Snacks:
- Whole-grain toast with low-sodium shelled nut butter or other nut butter.
- Fat-free or low-fat cheese.
- Natural product and veggie smoothies.
- Canned exceptionally low-sodium fish or salmon with whole-grain wafers.
- Prepared or crude apples sprinkled with cinnamon.
- Unsweetened dried natural products like raisins, dates, and figs.
- Solidified bananas or grapes.
- New natural product serving of mixed greens with herbs like mint or new gingerroot²³⁴⁵.
Feel free to blend and coordinate these alternatives to make fulfilling and heart-healthy snacks! 😊