Snacks are part of the life of people who eat fractional meals. These small meals are designed to prevent the occurrence of severe hunger between breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks can be both useful and dangerous.
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The main danger of snacks is that people often consider such a meal insignificant and do not take it into account in the daily diet. In this case, a person can first eat a few nuts, after half an hour - a candy, after another half an hour - drink tea with cookies. With such nutrition, even a dietary breakfast, lunch and dinner will not save you from obesity, because if you count all the calories, due to snacks you will increase your daily calorie content by 2-3 times.
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Unsafe snacks are also arranged late in the evening or at night. If you do not limit yourself to a glass of kefir, such a meal will cause the appearance of an additional amount of excess fat at your waist. And because of the heavy food your stomach will work for most of the night, you will not sleep well.
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Another danger of snacks is the harmful products that people often choose. Many people in a hurry satisfy their hunger with sweets, crackers, chips, soups and instant noodles. Such dishes are very high in calories, because contain a large amount of simple carbohydrates, and are unhealthy due to food additives, flavor enhancers and salt.
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The most dangerous quick snack is fast food. Hamburgers, french fries, nuggets, grilled chicken, shawarma and other foods from fast food establishments contain a lot of fat and harmful additives, but few healthy substances. Such food is often prepared in unsanitary conditions using substandard products. As a result, you can not only gain excess weight, but also get sick.
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A person often aggravates the harm received from the wrong foods chosen for a snack by eating on the run, chewing large pieces poorly. It is unlikely that such a meal will benefit your body, rather in a few years you will have problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
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To make a snack useful, you need to follow some rules. Do not eat on the run - it negatively affects the work of the stomach. Take a few minutes to enjoy a snack. The portions for this meal should be small, so you won’t need a lot of time.
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Snack only with useful and high-quality products: yogurt, kefir, berries, bananas, apples, dried apricots, almonds, boiled chicken breast. You can eat a few slices of chocolate, but only dark. Acceptable for a snack and salads from fresh vegetables - they will help you hold out until the main meal and improve your stomach.