Best low fat snacks for a healthy diet.

Silverman.

Hi

Just want some suggestions for low fat snacks.
The nakd bars are meant to be decent and stuff like banana pancakes as well.

Anything else?

Alf Veedersane

Why low fat?

Silverman.

Looking to lose weight

Alf Veedersane

Silverman. wrote: »

Looking to lose weight

You can eat fat and lose weight.

A low calorie snack is more in order...anything in mind?

Hartley's sugar free jelly is 36 kcals for a pint of it.

Big Wex fan

My 'slimming world' type diet.
Tesco's cereal with berries -(don't know exact name)
Artificial sweatener.
Aldi cereal bars 65 cal a bar.
Soup with added chicken breast - low cal & filling.
Aldi low fat ham - 40 odd cals for 2 slices.
Aldi low fat yogurts - make sure its the ones with added artificial sweetener not the added sugar ones.
Loads of fruit. Zero cal drinks.
Only low fat meats for dinners. No sauces/gravies.
No beer/wine except for rear occasions.

2 stone lighter so working so far.

Silverman.

Big Wex fan wrote:

2 stone lighter so working so far.

Fair play to ya.

The Raptor

Came across whitworths snack shots in Tesco today. There's a few of them available that has nuts, fruit, raisins, chocolate in the packs. All less than 100 calories. Only got one and sorry i didn't get more of them.

Irish_rat

Big Wex fan wrote: »

My 'slimming world' type diet.
Tesco's cereal with berries -(don't know exact name)
Artificial sweatener.
Aldi cereal bars 65 cal a bar.
Soup with added chicken breast - low cal & filling.
Aldi low fat ham - 40 odd cals for 2 slices.
Aldi low fat yogurts - make sure its the ones with added artificial sweetener not the added sugar ones.
Loads of fruit. Zero cal drinks.
Only low fat meats for dinners. No sauces/gravies.
No beer/wine except for rear occasions.

2 stone lighter so working so far.

While you're doing an excellent job on the weight loss and I commend you for it, some of the food listed is toxic to the human body. I wouldn't recommend a low fat product to my worst enemy. Artificial sweetener?

The Raptor

Sweeteners are poison.

Blacktie.

Irish_rat wrote:

While you're doing an excellent job on the weight loss and I commend you for it, some of the food listed is toxic to the human body. I wouldn't recommend a low fat product to my worst enemy. Artificial sweetener?

What toxins are in the foods listed?

Blacktie.

The Raptor wrote:

Sweeteners are poison.

No they're not

Irish_rat

Blacktie. wrote: »

What toxins are in the foods listed?

Some of the ingredients included to enhance the low fat youghurt, ham, cereal and cereal bars. probably using soup stock cubes too. Zero cal drinks don't sound too good either unless it's water

Keane2baMused

Big Wex fan wrote: »

My 'slimming world' type diet.
Tesco's cereal with berries -(don't know exact name)
Artificial sweatener.
Aldi cereal bars 65 cal a bar.
Soup with added chicken breast - low cal & filling.
Aldi low fat ham - 40 odd cals for 2 slices.
Aldi low fat yogurts - make sure its the ones with added artificial sweetener not the added sugar ones.
Loads of fruit. Zero cal drinks.
Only low fat meats for dinners. No sauces/gravies.
No beer/wine except for rear occasions.

2 stone lighter so working so far.

This is not what I would consider a healthy diet.Sweeteners are incredibly bad for you.

If you take the fat out of food you have to actually add something back in to make it not taste like crap.

Low fat ham?? It's pumped with water so that makes sense.

Cereal bars are marketed as healthy but aren't!

I'm not saying this isn't a route to weight loss as it has obviously worked, but overall health and maintaining it is the important thing.

As non-processed a diet as possible is much more preferable.


Porridge oats, Fruit, Veg, grilled chicken, wholegrain bread/rice/pasta,hummus,natural yoghurt with stewed fruit, and fresh vegetable soup(for eg)

Cortina_MK_IV

stewed fruit

Why stew it... get rid of the sugars?

Big Wex fan

What works for me, works for me. What works for you, works for you.
Modern living is toxic but what the hell- you have to eat something & I'm not going to start living like episodes of the goodlife.

The Raptor

Blacktie. wrote: »

No they're not

They are for me. I get sick with them but some people are fine with them.

Keane2baMused

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Why stew it... get rid of the sugars?

For a dessert some may like to stew some fruit.

Blacktie.

Irish_rat wrote: »

Some of the ingredients included to enhance the low fat youghurt, ham, cereal and cereal bars. probably using soup stock cubes too. Zero cal drinks don't sound too good either unless it's water

This doesn't make them toxic it just means they're not great for nutrition. I'm not saying there's not a lot of room for improvement there but saying it's toxic is going way overboard IMO.

They are for me. I get sick with them but some people are fine with them.

For you doesn't mean for everyone. A lot of people are absolutely fine with sweeteners.

Zillah

Irish_rat wrote: »

Some of the ingredients included to enhance the low fat youghurt, ham, cereal and cereal bars. probably using soup stock cubes too. Zero cal drinks don't sound too good either unless it's water

This forum is so exhaustingly choked with misinformation, scaremongering, and old-wives tales it's a wonder ye haven't all starved to death by now. Every day there's someone spouting credulous rubbish.

What I like to do is do a dance in the garden to Hecate at the witching hour every new moon and it means I can eat anything I want and stay ripped. Also make sure to do weekly sage cleanses of all the rooms in your house to keep out bad energy and E numbers.

NiallBoo

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Why stew it... get rid of the sugars?

That would increase the sugar content.

Keane2baMused

NiallBoo wrote: »

That would increase the sugar content.

It would be some stewed fruit to add to natural yoghurt on an odd occasion is certainly not going to cause any issue.

Keane2baMused

Zillah wrote: »

This forum is so exhaustingly choked with misinformation, scaremongering, and old-wives tales it's a wonder ye haven't all starved to death by now. Every day there's someone spouting credulous rubbish.

What I like to do is do a dance in the garden to Hecate at the witching hour every new moon and it means I can eat anything I want and stay ripped. Also make sure to do weekly sage cleanses of all the rooms in your house to keep out bad energy and E numbers.

You seem to be on the defensive side and reject the notion that eating natural foods is hippyish or some crap.

I'm certainly no angel and have been known to eat junk on occasion, regardless, unprocessed foods are better for your overall health, fact.

Sweeteners are not good for you, sugar in general is not good for you.

Tipperary Fairy

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Sweeteners are not good for you

Can you provide some sort of explanation as to why you think sweeteners are bad?

NiallBoo

Tipperary Fairy wrote: »

Can you provide some sort of explanation as to why you think sweeteners are bad?

That's not even the right question, a person should be asking "are they less bad for me than the sugar I would otherwise be eating?".
For most the answer is yes.

Keane2baMused

Tipperary Fairy wrote: »

Can you provide some sort of explanation as to why you think sweeteners are bad?

Why did you leave out the second part of the post?

Sweeteners and sugar in general are not good for you. We don't need added sugar in our diet when there are naturally occurring sugars.

Sweeteners may not damage your health but they have potential to contribute to obesity which can, and also are addictive.

Keane2baMused

NiallBoo wrote: »

That's not even the right question, a person should be asking "are they less bad for me than the sugar I would otherwise be eating?".
For most the answer is yes.

Or just don't add sugar to your diet??

Keane2baMused

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030

NiallBoo

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Or just don't add sugar to your diet??

If the amount if sugar you would eat is zero then the amount of artificial sweetener used to replace that is zero...

Obviously cold-turkey is the preferable option but isn't always realistic. Having an alternative is helpful to some and will lead to better health overall. It's a crutch, but if it helps, it helps.

Blacktie.

NiallBoo wrote: »

If the amount if sugar you would eat is zero then the amount of artificial sweetener used to replace that is zero...

Ha good luck with that!

livedadream

Silverman. wrote: »

Hi

Just want some suggestions for low fat snacks.
The nakd bars are meant to be decent and stuff like banana pancakes as well.

Anything else?

im going to ignore the stupid arguing over sweeteners.

the snacks i use that i reckon are pretty balanced (imo)
nuts (i love smoked almonds and cashews)
popcorn, the stuff you pop in a saucepan yourself i cover it with paprika or curry powder for an extra kick
bourneville if im craving something sweet and chocolatey
another poster mentioned those whitworths shots, i find them really handy for keeping my calories in check and are good for a nice treat during the day if you need one.
if im hungry eggs are good too...
turkey pieces
cool beans

hope this helps...

Silverman.

A lot of comments have dragged my thread off topic.

Irish_rat

Zillah wrote: »

This forum is so exhaustingly choked with misinformation, scaremongering, and old-wives tales it's a wonder ye haven't all starved to death by now. Every day there's someone spouting credulous rubbish.

What I like to do is do a dance in the garden to Hecate at the witching hour every new moon and it means I can eat anything I want and stay ripped. Also make sure to do weekly sage cleanses of all the rooms in your house to keep out bad energy and E numbers.

Off your meds again?

Big Wex fan

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Why did you leave out the second part of the post?

Sweeteners and sugar in general are not good for you. We don't need added sugar in our diet when there are naturally occurring sugars.

Sweeteners may not damage your health but they have potential to contribute to obesity which can, and also are addictive.

Whats more additive is the full Irish & loads of ketchup & white bread toast on the side. (My mouth is salivating thinking about it) But it doesn't salivate with what I will eat which is low cal cereal with sweatener.

Tipperary Fairy

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Why did you leave out the second part of the post?

Sweeteners and sugar in general are not good for you. We don't need added sugar in our diet when there are naturally occurring sugars.

Sweeteners may not damage your health but they have potential to contribute to obesity which can, and also are addictive.

I left it out because it has no relevance to the question I asked.

So you think they have the potential to contribute to obesity? How? Is it what you're quoting that Dr Ludwig says in the article you have linked? Because not only does it say may, it is one persons opinion, and even if it were proven it would be great to explain why rather than leading people to believe artificial sweeteners cause obesity, as they don't. And instead explain that the 'theory' is people will think oh I've had no calories in that coke so i'm going to stuff this cake down my throat. That's not artificial sweeteners making people fat, that's people's stupidity making them fat.

But don't let reality get in the way of blind uninformed scaremongering.

ChampagnePop

Those Whitworth shots are full of added sugar, check the ingredient list

livedadream

i like to run and eat real food. i also occasionally lift heavy things before running... its fun.

before (when i was as wide as i was tall) i used to like watching TV and eating sweets and burgers and drinking beer in copious amounts.

find what works for you and stick with it.

Keane2baMused

Tipperary Fairy wrote: »

I left it out because it has no relevance to the question I asked.

So you think they have the potential to contribute to obesity? How? Is it what you're quoting that Dr Ludwig says in the article you have linked? Because not only does it say may, it is one persons opinion, and even if it were proven it would be great to explain why rather than leading people to believe artificial sweeteners cause obesity, as they don't. And instead explain that the 'theory' is people will think oh I've had no calories in that coke so i'm going to stuff this cake down my throat. That's not artificial sweeteners making people fat, that's people's stupidity making them fat.

But don't let reality get in the way of blind uninformed scaremongering.

Are you an expert in nutrition? Or do you get all your information from the Internet?

Alf Veedersane

Silverman. wrote: »

A lot of comments have dragged my thread off topic.

I hope you haven't checked back in...

Tipperary Fairy

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Are you an expert in nutrition? Or do you get all your information from the Internet?

No and no. I'm not seeing the relevance of either question though. Are you an expert in nutrition? Or is your defensiveness really about me not agreeing that this one guy knows more about artificial sweeteners than all the hundreds of people who have been involved in the actual studies into them?

As a starting point, you should read the entire Wikipedia article about Aspartame. It might get some of that nonsense out of your head.

Keane2baMused

Tipperary Fairy wrote: »

No and no. I'm not seeing the relevance of either question though. Are you an expert in nutrition? Or is your defensiveness really about me not agreeing that this one guy knows more about artificial sweeteners than all the hundreds of people who have been involved in the actual studies into them?

As a starting point, you should read the entire Wikipedia article about Aspartame. It might get some of that nonsense out of your head.

Wikipedia? I'll say no more.

Tipperary Fairy

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Wikipedia? I'll say no more.

Don't say any more then, best if you don't if you're just going to peddle bollix anyway.

Re Wikipedia, everything is cited from studies etc. But I guess you just don't want to accept that you may be wrong, so it doesn't suit you to open your mind a little.

Keane2baMused

Tipperary Fairy wrote: »

Everything is cited from studies etc. But I guess you just don't want to accept that you may be wrong, so it doesn't suit you to open your mind a little.

Wikipedia is not a credible source, sorry.

Keane2baMused

Anyway, continually dragging the OP's post off topic is not helpful.

OP stick to whole foods, protein, fruit and veg and you won't go far wrong.

Tipperary Fairy

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Wikipedia is not a credible source, sorry.

Wikipedia isn't a source, it cites sources. Sources such as the fda, efsa, fsanz, the American journal of clinical nutrition and many more.

But fine you don't want to believe you're wrong just give up peddling sh1te that has no basis in scientific fact.

The Raptor

ChampagnePop wrote: »

Those Whitworth shots are full of added sugar, check the ingredient list

Sweeteners, sugar, there's no winning.

Blacktie.

The Raptor wrote:

Sweeteners, sugar, there's no winning.

Full keto ftw!

Essien

Scaremongering has become the leading cause of obesity, having surpassed both fat and sugar.

danslevent

I wish that people would reply with snack ideas instead of bickering about sweeteners, I would love some new ideas...

Anyway, my healthy snacks are:
Carrots and cucumber with reduced fat hummus.
Muesli with natural yoghurt and tinned fruit (like peaches) in their own juice rather than syrup.
If I am craving chocolate then I have one of those instant, under 40 calories hot chocolate.
Goji berries are good in yoghurt or porridge. They add lots of sweetness but are actually very low in both calories and sugars.
Pomegranate seeds are lovely too. A vit pricey from Tesco in those individual pots but delicious. Also great to stir into porridge after it is cooked, it makes porridge more refreshing during summer.
Lots of different fruit cut up. Grapes and pineapple go great together with yoghurt.

tommyboy2222

Eat meals . Don't snack.

Moo Moo Land

The Raptor wrote: »

Sweeteners are poison.

Absolute poison. I don't think people know the half of it and I used to work for a manufacturer.

Moo Moo Land

The Raptor wrote: »

Sweeteners are poison.

Absolute poison. I don't think people know the half of it and I used to work for a manufacturer (in Marketing!).