Health & Nutrition

If you follow a good eating regime you could be letting yourself down by snacking on junk food, but you can control this fairly simply with a few changes.

Even if you snack during the day there are things we can do that don’t affect your diet.

Keeping to your diet may be hard if you are a continual snacker but it will truly be worth the effort as it will keep your body healthy and regulate weight fluctuations.

A good way to prevent snacking is to eat smaller meals through the day; this would replace the three or so large meals a day we normally consume.

If it transpires your snacking because you constantly feel hungry then it’s likely the case more energy is being used than you are consuming, therefore you might have to make changes in your diet.

By digesting several smaller nutritional meals a day this should keep your energy levels up and the urge to snack will hopefully disappear.

So what we are doing is simply removing the urge to snack, if the urge to snack continues to happens then ask yourself the question am I hungry or just bored?.

When relaxing it’s very easy to look for comfort food, if you are eating because you are hungry then that’s fine, but make sure it’s a healthy option.

One of the best things to do is eliminate processed foods from your diet. Have a look in your home and clear out the cupboards of your kitchen throw all the junk food out and don’t replace it thus eliminating temptation.

Next time you do a shop go for healthy options, try to think about what you are eating it’s easy to categorise foods into good and bad just use common sense.

If its processed its probably not good for you, Fruit, veg and low fat dairy products work well as snacks where as sweets and candy don’t.

Snacks should also include what we drink, try to stay away from fizzy drinks these are high in calories, also low in nutrients and are inherently bad for your teeth.

Instead go for options that compliment your intended diet, water is the best option even something with a flavour through it, sports drinks are another good option however please be careful with some of these as the caffeine content can be high.

Try to avoid alcohol. An exception to the alcohol rule is red wine,in moderation this can be good for our heart.