At a certain interval we all feel hungry; after the basic meals. It includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Only these 3 meals are not at sufficient to fulfill anybody’s daily recommendation of nutrients. It is mandatory to eat in between the main course meals. If one is aware of healthy snacking techniques or know the benefits of healthy snacking ten the mid meal munching can turn into healthy snacks to lose weight.

Food is furnished with nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins and water. Though, the mechanism of every nutrient is linked with the other available nutrient is linked with the other. The role of every nutrient is varied, complex and very particular.

Due to hectic lifestyle we all become carefree with the food we ingest. There are times where we either prefer to skip meals or eat junk food stuff or eat foods that are calorie dense but have empty calories. This is the only reason of upcoming various lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, malnutrition, osteoporosis, cancer, IBS, HTN, PCOS, PCOD.

As both the partners are working these days due to shortage of time they rely on:

• Skipping meals
• Eating instant or easy to cook foods
• Packed and processed foods
• Eat oily and fried foods
• Eating non-nutritive foods at canteens
• Health Hazards

Negligence of food and heavy work pressures may often lead to many sleepless nights or reduced sleeping hours. Consequently, we all ascertain do not bother about your health and ignore the body signals which if continued over a period of time may give rise to several chronic diseases and illness.

Imbalance meals or nutrition or diet may leads to fatigue, tiredness, irritation, frustration, anxiety, short temperedness, damaged hairs, unmanageable hairs, dull skin, rough nails are some of the most common symptoms.
Precaution

If paid attention towards your diet all of above stated problems can be rectified to certain extent. You don’t need to spend hours in kitchen to procure the nutrition and preserve your health. Rather, you need to follow certain tips given below. Thus, utilize your week off for the week’s diet doing necessary chores to and prepare homemade snacks.
The healthy options for snacks can help you to manage the nutritional status of your family members.

Eating Healthy snacks  can help you in the following ways:

• Healthy snacks to loose weight
• Healthy after school snacks for old age people.
• Healthy afternoon snacks for pregnant ladies.
• Healthy afternoon snacks for lactating ladies.
• Healthy snacks working people.
• Healthy snacks for night shift workers.

Healthy snacks can also be kept at school/office canteen as they are not only have socio economic benefits but also are cheaper and much healthier.

List of Healthy Snacks:

• Fruits
• Salads
• Idli ( Rawa, Oats, Ragi, Vegetable)
• Sprouts
• Cabbage Katori or Kachori
• Buttermilk
• Mix veg Poha
• Mix veg Upma
• Dhokla
• Homemade Paneer Wrap
• Homemade Soy Wrap
• Banana Chips
• Milk Shakes
• Green roti/parantha
• Paneer Blend
• Sprouted Green Salad
• Green Salad
• Tofu
• Cottage Cheese
• Khakera
• Moong Cheela
• Besan Cheela
• Uttapam
• Dosa
• Chapati based baked pizzed ( homemade)

These are some of the healthy snacks or healthy munching options that can be added to diet to be healthy and fit.

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