Any tips on what healthy things to eat

ronn

I'm looking for tips/ideas on what to snack on between meals and at night or in the morning, I work shift,

Mr. CooL ICE

That's an extremely vague question. Hundreds of different answers. What do you currently eat and what is your shift pattern like? What foods do you dislike? Also, what are your goals?

ronn

Well my 1st attempt to eat healthy was gronola and low fat yogurt, I went crazy on this stuff thought I was doing great till it was told it was the same as having a bowl of sugar for breakfast,
In the mornings (5am) I'd have 2 bannas and 2 breakfast bars til I have porridge around 10am.
During the day I'd eat nuts and fruit as snacks,
Then at night 12am I'd have tea and some digestive biscuits. If I was peckish,

Just looking to start getting healthy foods instead of junk, but I'm not sure of what's good and what's bad,

Newport81

Total Greek 0% yogurt from dunnes high protein content with spoon of flaxseed and spoon of granola with handful of berries is a good breakfast or snack

Cut out the biscuits. Porridge is good but I'm always starving after it for some reason.

Bruno26

smyths wrote: »

Total Greek 0% yogurt from dunnes high protein content with spoon of flaxseed and spoon of granola with handful of berries is a good breakfast or snack

Cut out the biscuits. Porridge is good but I'm always starving after it for some reason.

Eat the full fat yogurt. You will feel fuller longer.

You are starving after porridge because it's high carb. It's making you crave more food very soon after eating.

Bruno26

ronn wrote: »

I'm looking for tips/ideas on what to snack on between meals and at night or in the morning, I work shift,

If I feel hungry the foods I snack on would be macadamia nuts, full fat Greek yogurt with cinnamon, couple of hard boiled eggs, avocado with almond butter, dark chocolate. I will sometimes make bulletproof coffee or coffee with cream and coconut oil.

allthedoyles

Bruno26 wrote: »

Eat the full fat yogurt. You will feel fuller longer.

You are starving after porridge because it's high carb. It's making you crave more food very soon after eating.

I eat porridge mixed with linseed and raisins , always keeps me going till lunchtime

Bruno26

allthedoyles wrote: »

I eat porridge mixed with linseed and raisins , always keeps me going till lunchtime

I used to eat it for breakfast but was always hungry by 11. Now I have eggs in some form or Greek yogurt and coffee and rarely eat before lunchtime.

Alf Veedersane

Bruno26 wrote: »

Eat the full fat yogurt. You will feel fuller longer.

I've only come across the Total 0% version of Fage Greek yoghurt in any of the shops I frequent.

It's likely the previous poster advocated that because they are in the same boat and it beats the pants off every other yoghurt in there.

Bruno26

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I've only come across the Total 0% version of Fage Greek yoghurt in any of the shops I frequent.

It's likely the previous poster advocated that because they are in the same boat and it beats the pants off every other yoghurt in there.

The only place I've seen the full fat fage is donnybrook fair. Could try the glenisk Greek style either.

SamforMayo

Bruno26 wrote: »

The only place I've seen the full fat fage is donnybrook fair. Could try the glenisk Greek style either.

Is adding honey to natural yoghurt defeating the purpose? I have tried but cant tolerate the taste on its own. Or is there anything else I could add? Sorry OP for jumping into your thread.

Bruno26

SamforMayo wrote: »

Is adding honey to natural yoghurt defeating the purpose? I have tried but cant tolerate the taste on its own. Or is there anything else I could add? Sorry OP for jumping into your thread.

A bit!

Add cinnamon and chopped blueberries to the glenisk Greek style yogurt. It's delicious! I prefer glenisk to other brands.

SamforMayo

Bruno26 wrote: »

A bit!

Add cinnamon and chopped blueberries to the glenisk Greek style yogurt. It's delicious! I prefer glenisk to other brands.

Thanks, will try the cinnamon.

ronn

Thanks all
My porridge I'd add raisins and fruit, cinnamon and honey,
Anyone got any ideas what to replace my night time (12am)cup of tea and biscuits with.
Would a nature valley bar be better than digestives.
During the day I would snack on raisins and nuts,
Thanks for all the info/tips

Alf Veedersane

ronn wrote: »

Thanks all
My porridge I'd add raisins and fruit, cinnamon and honey,
Anyone got any ideas what to replace my night time (12am)cup of tea and biscuits with.
Would a nature valley bar be better than digestives.
During the day I would snack on raisins and nuts,
Thanks for all the info/tips

A Nature Valley bar is about 190 kcal. A Digestive is about 65 kcal a go.

Maybe cut down the no. of biscuits.

dylbert

My handy go to snack at the moment is peanut butter on rice cakes or peanut butter with apple.

Mr. CooL ICE

I love peanut butter too much. I eat teaspoons of it directly from the jar if I'm peckish.

Jack Skellington

LordChessington wrote: »

I love peanut butter too much. I eat teaspoons of it directly from the jar if I'm peckish.

So do I it's a great snack, the crunchy kind though, smooth peanut butter glues your mouth shut :pac:

Newport81

Almond butter on a oat cake very filling low cal

bytheglass

Crunchy peanut butter with carrot sticks is my night time snack yum!

nice_guy80

Put hemp seed onto the porridge
full of protein and omega oils

oatcakes with hummus is my current favourite snack

quaalude

3 or 4 soft prunes (Lidl sell a good value 500g box, and Tesco has an Everyday Value bag in the baking aisle), plus 6 or 8 almonds. My go-to sweet snack of the mo, it's lovely.

Kevlar Bay

Oysters
Kerrygold butter
Bone broth
Liver
Salmon
Sauerkraut
Grassed Beef
Eggs

allthedoyles

bytheglass wrote: »

Crunchy peanut butter with carrot sticks is my night time snack yum!

I threw a jar of peanut butter in the dustbin tonight ......Its too American taste for us .
Just could'nt take to it .

Bruno26

Almond or macadamia butter on avocado or an apple would be a much better snack than peanut butter and rice cakes. Peanuts aren't nuts!

Should we eat snacks at all? If we need to snack does it mean we aren't eating enough of the right foods at meal time?

Mink

Carrott, cucumber and pepper sticks (fancy posh name is crudités) dipped in a bit of hummus.

As long as you're not eating huge dollops I think it's fine, hummus is so strong tasting anyway you just need a little on the veg.

ruskin

Dust

Hibernicis

dylbert wrote: »

My handy go to snack at the moment is peanut butter on rice cakes or peanut butter with apple.

Peanut butter (or any nut butter) on Narin oatcakes. Preferably one of the Meridian nut butters. Good balance of Protein, Fat and Carbs. And the label on the jar says 100% peanuts - nothing else.

Bruno26

Hibernicis wrote: »

Peanut butter (or any nut butter) on Narin oatcakes. Preferably one of the Meridian nut butters. Good balance of Protein, Fat and Carbs. And the label on the jar says 100% peanuts - nothing else.

Peanuts are not a nut. They are a legume. The meridian almond butter is excellent with much better nutritional content.

Hibernicis

Bruno26 wrote: »

Peanuts are not a nut. They are a legume. The meridian almond butter is excellent with much better nutritional content.

The almond butter is very good also. The almond butter beats the peanut butter on carbs, but is also higher on fat so its a bit of a trade off. I like the crunch in the crunchy versions of both. The Pumpkin seed butter is also very good, with a nutritional profile very similar to the peanut butter.

Bruno26

Hibernicis wrote: »

The almond butter is very good also. The almond butter beats the peanut butter on carbs, but is also higher on fat so its a bit of a trade off. I like the crunch in the crunchy versions of both. The Pumpkin seed butter is also very good, with a nutritional profile very similar to the peanut butter.

The higher fat content is also good. There is no trade off. Good fat does not make you fat.

adox

Some dark chocolate is a good snack with a cup of tea. I have some every evening with my cuppa and some almonds.

Also almonds and prunes go great together.

Jack Skellington

adox wrote: »

Some dark chocolate is a good snack with a cup of tea. I have some every evening with my cuppa and some almonds.

Also almonds and prunes go great together.

Dark chocolate and almonds hmmmm my next experiment thanks!

generic2012

Lidl's finest linessa low fat cottage cheese! Eat it like a yoghurt, 200g has 154 calories - 22g protein, 6 carbs & 4.8g fat. 50 something cent for one, nice and filling. My fridge is wedged with them, take it after meals if I'm still hungry. Highly recommended.

bilbot79

I snack on cocoa nibs. They are bitter a hard to eat but for some reason I like them and you can only eat them slowly so it stops me snacking on crap. V good for you too

Bruno26

generic2012 wrote: »

Lidl's finest linessa low fat cottage cheese! Eat it like a yoghurt, 200g has 154 calories - 22g protein, 6 carbs & 4.8g fat. 50 something cent for one, nice and filling. My fridge is wedged with them, take it after meals if I'm still hungry. Highly recommended.

Why low fat? Great snack but there is no valid reason to eat low fat dairy. Low fat has only been around since the 60s / 70s. Eat full fat.

generic2012

Bruno26 wrote: »

Why low fat? Great snack but there is no valid reason to eat low fat dairy. Low fat has only been around since the 60s / 70s. Eat full fat.

Do you just copy and paste your posts between all threads?

It's a low calorie snack, high in protein and satiation that's why. Low fat has been around far longer than high fat. Plants were on the Earth before fatty animals. Or do you believe the Earth is 6,000 years old because some people say it, we're being lied to, science is 'wrong' etc....?

Bruno26

generic2012 wrote: »

Do you just copy and paste your posts between all threads?

It's a low calorie snack, high in protein and satiation that's why. Low fat has been around far longer than high fat. Plants were on the Earth before fatty animals. Or do you believe the Earth is 6,000 years old because some people say it, we're being lied to, science is 'wrong' etc....?

Have to keep people right.
You've got to be the most pedantic person on boards or else you're a bit thick when it comes to reading posts!

Low fat food products only exist since the 60s- just a little later than people started counting calories. What happened? People got fatter.

generic2012

any chance of a bit evidence? independent studies or the like? meta analysis? anything?

no offence but you play golf. u cant really give advice to people who actually xo stuff that's physically strenuous. unless of course u backd up your claims with evidence, which u dont, u just give links to people with financial interests in maintaining the high fat cult.

Hibernicis

generic2012 wrote: »

Lidl's finest linessa low fat cottage cheese! Eat it like a yoghurt, 200g has 154 calories - 22g protein, 6 carbs & 4.8g fat. 50 something cent for one, nice and filling. My fridge is wedged with them, take it after meals if I'm still hungry. Highly recommended.

It's good, as is Tesco Healthy Choice Natural Cottage Cheese, 100g has 11g protein, 5g carbs & 1.3g fat. There is also a Low Fat variant in the Healthy Choice range (not much different nutritionally but it has a few of the usual low fat adulterations so I avoid it). Any of them are improved by chopping some good fresh herbs, mint being a favourite. As an occasional treat adding a finely chopped small quantity of a really good strawberry or a couple of cherries or quarter/half a ripe kiwi/peach/plum makes a world of difference.

Bruno26

generic2012 wrote: »

any chance of a bit evidence? independent studies or the like? meta analysis? anything?

no offence but you play golf. u cant really give advice to people who actually xo stuff that's physically strenuous. unless of course u backd up your claims with evidence, which u dont, u just give links to people with financial interests in maintaining the high fat cult.

No financial interest in low fat food products that fill the aisles in supermarkets across the world?

No golf today. (just sprints, skipping, pull ups, dips, weights (shoulder press, squats & lunges)!

It's only your advice that counts on here- right?

Joya

i love carrots as a snack, thats my fave, but just a plain medium or large sized carrot taken the skin of and then you can "chew on that for a while :d)) and it is super healthy.. sometimes a handful of almonds, walnuts, Brazilian nuts or cashews, but one or two of each not more..
prunes are also great as someone mentioned, like 3 of them, they are also very healthy for digestion..
rarely eat few hours before sleep but if i "have to" i'd give myself yoghurt (i use full fat and no sugar) with some - eg 30gr of cereals (also with no sugar) and it suits me : )... (rarely id have a boiled egg then, or a banana..
btw since i have experimented for a year with low fat diet i came to realization that healthy fat is actually very important and good for us, but the sugar is much worse so am reducing sugar wherever i can (unfortunately these days they are putting it into almost everything where you would not expect it at all!)... of course i also do not think that sugar in for example an apple is bad, just the artificially added one to whatever where not necessary...

generic2012

@bruno26 still avoiding the evidence thing?

i provide evidence when asked by people who appreciate evidence. therers a video of me deadlifting 10kg over twice my bodyweight on boards. not sayin it makes me an authority or anything but I think it might make any advice I give without evidence more reliable than some who wont provide evidence, doesn't understand basic nutrition, believes in a global food conspiracy and whos closest thing to evidence of even training is a list of random exercises.

Bruno26

generic2012 wrote: »

@bruno26 still avoiding the evidence thing?

i provide evidence when asked by people who appreciate evidence. therers a video of me deadlifting 10kg over twice my bodyweight on boards. not sayin it makes me an authority or anything but I think it might make any advice I give without evidence more reliable than some who wont provide evidence, doesn't understand basic nutrition, believes in a global food conspiracy and whos closest thing to evidence of even training is a list of random exercises.

Good for you. You lifted a big weight therefore your advice on nutrition is reliable- ye that makes sense!

I understand nutrition. It's not rocket science. You clearly don't . You believe you know it all but you don't really.

Again you change my words. Where did I say there is a global food conspiracy? Anyone who writes a book or sells a food product or real food have one thing in common - to make money.

You make many assumptions (golf, random exercises). I posted something about golf so the only exercise I get is golf- you really are clueless.

Blacktie.

Jesus Bruno and Generic just stop replying to each other. You're never going to change the others mind.

generic2012

Bruno26 wrote: »

Good for you. You lifted a big weight therefore your advice on nutrition is reliable- ye that makes sense!

I understand nutrition. It's not rocket science. You clearly don't . You believe you know it all but you don't really.

Again you change my words. Where did I say there is a global food conspiracy? Anyone who writes a book or sells a food product or real food have one thing in common - to make money.

You make many assumptions (golf, random exercises). I posted something about golf so the only exercise I get is golf- you really are clueless.

Yeah, stop replying to me!
It's getting weird....

Bruno26

generic2012 wrote: »

Yeah, stop replying to me!
It's getting weird....

Yes good idea but you did pose a question. Yes your posts are increasingly getting weirder and weirder and unfunny where humour is attempted.

generic2012

Bruno26 wrote:

Yes good idea but you did pose a question. Yes your posts are increasingly getting weirder and weirder and unfunny where humour is attempted.

im not replying to you so dont reply to me.

Typer Monkey

Bruno26 wrote: »

Good for you. You lifted a big weight therefore your advice on nutrition is reliable- ye that makes sense!

I understand nutrition. It's not rocket science. You clearly don't . You believe you know it all but you don't really.

Again you change my words. Where did I say there is a global food conspiracy? Anyone who writes a book or sells a food product or real food have one thing in common - to make money.

You make many assumptions (golf, random exercises). I posted something about golf so the only exercise I get is golf- you really are clueless.

He probably thinks you don't train and only play golf because you said that yourself in another thread recently.

Bruno26 wrote: »

Certainly not- nothing wonder about it- simply the way I believe that humans were / are meant to eat. very little training unfortunately. Some golf!

Height 183 cm - just over 6 ft

Weight 76 kg (2 years ago about 88kg)

Body fat 14% (done couple of years ago was over 21%)

BMR 7841 kj
1874. kcal
Visceral Fat rating = 3
BMI = 22.5

generic2012

Typer Monkey wrote:

He probably thinks you don't train and only play golf because you said that yourself in another thread recently.

#conspiracy

Bruno26

Isn't the thread about healthy snacks? A handful of Macadamia nuts.