Healthy Foods For Late Night Snacking
Hunger pangs while working late often collide with our strict diet plans. The vow “No yummy tummy after 8” goes to the wind if you are sacrificing your sleep for a boring assignment! After all you can’t concentrate on work with your tummy bugging you to drag yourself to the kitchen. What you need is a quick bite and that comes easily in the form of junk food like crisps and cookies. But you don’t have to curb these cravings if you switch to some of the healthier options here!
Popcorn
The ultimate movie snack is an ideal for your late night gossips or movie watching. This can be turned into a healthy option by avoiding butter and switching to salt and pepper seasoning to tingle your taste buds!
Dark Chocolate
The mere thought of it triggers our salivary glands and leaves us drooling over it. So yumm a thing can’t be healthy, is what most of us will think and never consider it as a snacking option while you are on your diet. Time for a reality check guys, dark chocolate, with more than 70% cocoa contains antioxidants that helps to regulate your blood pressure!
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Blueberries
Rich in antioxidants, blueberries prove to be a good snack for all the people with a sweet tooth. Richness in fiber and vitamins is an added advantage! All the lazy ones, who don’t want to exert themselves by preparing a healthy meal can just grab a bowl of blueberries and savor its taste with a dollop of curd or cream!
Salads
Raw veggies are any day a healthy option, but may not be capable enough to make you run head over heels! But wait till you add a nice dressing of salt, pepper and and a dash of olive oil! Changed your mind?
Cereal
A bowl of cereal and milk to go with it also comes handy for your late night snacking. It gives a feeling of fullness that too with lesser calories attached! Just add a handful of nuts to add proteins and taste to your snack and it can get you through till morning!
Water
Sounds strange eh? Thirst is a skillful actor, it can disguise itself as hunger and make you break your diet regime! Have a glass of water when you feel hungry in the middle of the night instead of grabbing some tasty junky snacky!
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Turkey
Being a lean source of meat, it has lesser calorie content than some of the carbs or fat rich foods! So you can enjoy this delicious snack at odd times in the night without giving rise to the need to buy plus sized clothes!
Bananas
Some of us feel that bananas will turn you fat but a lesser known fact is that bananas are low in calories but high in potassium! They come handy at the dying hour when hunger attacks. They are fulfilling and helps us to sleep better.
Did these “healthy” snacking options astound you? We have myths about some of these foods but now we hope that this article has helped you in doing away with your myths! For further queries and suggestions, do drop us a feedback, we love to hear from you!
