| It's the highlight of any school day - | | | | you must still be careful when choosing |
| recess. This is applicable to any | | | | the low-carb snacks you will provide |
| grade-schooler. But as parents, we | | | | yourself and your family. |
| pretty much have to put healthy and | | | | First off, low carb snack bars. There |
| low-carb snacks in our children's lunch | | | | are tons of snack bars to choose from in |
| boxes. Bear in mind that when a kid | | | | the grocery. Not all of them provide |
| gains weight at such a young age, he | | | | good nutrition. Some low carb snack bars |
| will have a difficult time shedding the | | | | are there to maintain phases of low carb |
| excess pounds when he gets older. | | | | diets because they still contain |
| Cakes, candied cereals, ice cream, | | | | calories. The sugar they have contain |
| flavored popcorn, cookies, candies, | | | | alcohol. Alcohol sugars in low carb |
| muffins and all kinds of pastries may | | | | snack bars will be difficult to digest |
| seem so appealing. I bet your mouth is | | | | and result to gas. |
| watering simply by reading that passage. | | | | If you choose to settle for low-carb |
| Sure these are low in fat, but take | | | | cookie mixes, then the best we can |
| note, these are relatively high in | | | | recommend are the low-carb chocolate |
| calories. | | | | chip cookies mix and the low-carb peanut |
| But there is a way for us to satisfy our | | | | butter cookies mix. Simply because, |
| sweet tooth craving the Low Carb Way. | | | | peanut butter is already an example of |
| First of all, you must have the control | | | | low-carb snack and chocolate chip |
| to not reach in for the chips and | | | | cookies' sugar content is balanced out |
| crackers in between meals, or else | | | | with the help of the eggs and butter |
| you're engaging in a low-carb diet will | | | | (light) mix. |
| turn out to be completely pointless. | | | | If you would like to try out low carb |
| A low carb snack must ideally have | | | | shakes, make sure to read the labels so |
| healthy fat, protein and fiber. If you | | | | you will have an idea of the nutritional |
| are having eggs or jerky, you might as | | | | content. Double check if the shake mix |
| well have vegetables with it. | | | | are low on glycemic. |
| Here's a rundown of low-carb snacks you | | | | As pointed out by Dr. Robert Atkins in |
| can consider munching on: | | | | his Atkins diet, the cause of weight |
| - Celery with tuna salad | | | | gain is "stodgy" food like bread and |
| - Celery with peanut butter | | | | potatoes. More often than not, dieters |
| - Hard boiled eggs | | | | trying out the low-carb diet often |
| - Pickles and cheddar cheese | | | | complain that they miss eating bread. If |
| - Berries and cottage cheese | | | | it is any consolation, there are some |
| - Nuts. Best serve when kept in freezer. | | | | low carb breads out there in the market. |
| - Sunflower seeds | | | | These low carb breads have added soy |
| - Pumpkin seeds | | | | flour to the mix. |
| - Jerky like turkey or beef. Find the | | | | But that does not mean that this bread |
| low-sugar variety | | | | is wheat free. They are also not gluten |
| - Shakes. Make sure it's low carb though | | | | free. So the best way for you to achieve |
| - Cheese sticks | | | | success in the low-carb diet is to not |
| - Sugar free jello | | | | eat bread entirely. Yeah, you will miss |
| - Apple slices | | | | it but it is for the best. |
| - Sugar free yogurt flavored with | | | | Now, if you feel that you have been very |
| berries | | | | good in sticking with your low-carb diet |
| - Lettuce roll ups on luncheon meat, | | | | and deserve to have a binge day once in |
| tuna, or egg salad | | | | a while, you can do so. Does pizza sound |
| - Lettuce dipped in bean dip, spinach | | | | good? Well, glad to inform you that |
| dip or other low carb dip | | | | there are low-carb crust pizza with |
| - Ricotta cheese with nuts, fruit or | | | | healthy toppings that is most suitable |
| seeds | | | | for the low-carb dieter. Fresh marinara |
| - Mushroom and cheese spread | | | | on pizza sauce added with goat cheese, |
| - Low carb snack bars | | | | basil, vegetables and tomatoes are |
| Take note though that just because these | | | | enough for a dieter's mouth to water. |
| are low-carbohydrate, these snacks are | | | | Being on a low-carb diet does not mean |
| healthy. It may be popular and has | | | | that you will repress yourself, it only |
| already dominated the snack food | | | | means you have to regulate what you put |
| companies and market but as a consumer, | | | | in your mouth. |