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"We have reengineered our cars to accommodate our snacks, adding bigger cup holders and even refrigerated glove compartments, and we've reengineered foods to be more easily eaten in the car. According to the Harvard economists' calculations, the bulk of the calories we've added to our diet over the past twenty years has come in the form of snacks. I don't need to point out that these snacks tend not to consist of fruits and vegetables. (Not even at my nutrition conference." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"The key to success is making the process of preparing and eating healthy snacks and meals easy and automatic. We want you to enjoy your breakfast, lunch, and snacks—but we also want you to get in the habit of automating them, so that you eat healthfully without having to labor over choices. What's automation? It means finding three or so breakfasts, lunches, and snacks (and dinners if you choose) that you like and eating one of them every day." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"For example, if you've gotten into a habit of consuming sugary beverages and snacks in the late afternoon, you would do well to take notice of this and replace the habit with a nutritious juice blend or fiber bar. (Again, you'll find all the details and directions for creating a schedule for yourself in later chapters. I'll also be giving you plenty of ideas for meals and snacks that will help you fill your day with good nutrition and complement the detox process. Specific guidelines on how frequently you should be detoxing, and for how many days, will also be provided." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The best option for sugar-sensitive people is to eat three meals a day at regular intervals without snacks in between. When you eat regular meals and don't "graze" you teach your addictive body the new behavior of starting and stopping. However, I am a practical woman. I know that some people won't be able to eat that way. That's why I present the other option: snacks with protein. It is better for you to know you have another option if you have to use it. This food plan is designed to support you in finding what works for you, not in making you work for it." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"Smart Snacks For many people with diabetes, snacks are an important part of daily food intake. Often in our society, snacks are associated with junk food such as potato chips and doughnuts, thus snacking is sometimes viewed negatively. When you choose snacks wisely, they can have a very positive impact on your overall nutrient intake and absorption. The following tips will help to make your selections a snap: / Select your snacks from the plant-based food guide. If it's not part of the guide, then chances are it's not a good choice. / Keep nutritious choices handy." - Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard, Defeating Diabetes (Get the book.)

"The following guidelines can minimize the tooth damage initiated by sugar: • Choose your snacks carefully. Avoid chewy, sticky foods, especially as between-meal snacks. Bacteria love sweet and sticky foods. Candy, raisins, and dried fruit can cling to the teeth. This doesn't mean that you can never eat these foods, but you should brush your teeth after eating them. • Time your snacks carefully. Nibbling throughout the day gives bacteria a constant food supply. • Brush your teeth within twenty minutes after eating (because acid production by bacteria reaches its peak in this time)." - Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews, The Green Tea Book (Get the book.)

"I don't need to point out that these snacks tend not to consist of fruits and vegetables. (Not even at my nutrition conference.) Or that the portion sizes have swelled or that the snacks themselves consist mainly of cleverly flavored and configured arrangements of refined carbohydrates, hydrogenated oils, corn sweeteners, and salt. To counter the rise of the snack and restore the meal to its rightful place, consider as a start these few rules of thumb: © DO ALL YOUR EATING AT A TABLE. No, a desk is not a table. ODON'T GET YOUR FUEL FROM THE SAME PLACE YOUR CAR DOES." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Eating snacks is an important way to stay in balance. Protein is ? particularly helpful. Possible snacks include: • ?A handful of nuts (almonds, macadamia nuts, walnuts, or pecans), seeds (pumpkin seeds) •I- Fresh fruit LUNCH (12 TO 1 p.m.) Do soft-belly breathing. ? Eat lunch. ? While there are many lunch options, one option that I like is: f Two cups of steamed or sauteed vegetables One-half cup of brown rice ??Sauteed fish-if you don't have time to cook at lunch, canned salmon is also an excellent option (see Resources for clean sources). AFTERNOON SNACK (2 TO 3 P.M." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Think of meals and snacks as the most natural medicine. Great nutrition makes the body run better, makes the mind think more clearly, and allows children to have more fun. When I was a child, I drank Coca-Cola in six-ounce bottles. That was bad enough. But today, children have no trouble finding twelve-, sixteen-, and thirty-two-ounce soft drinks loaded with sugar and caffeine. Supermarkets sometimes don't seem to have anything but sugar-loaded cereals that are colored and preserved with chemicals known to adversely affect brain function." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Marketing of fast food and high-calorie snacks to children continues to become ever more sophisticated, creating an unhealthy appetite for calorie-rich foods. Americans' increase in sugar consumption tells an interesting story. The USDA recommends that the average diet include no more than 10 teaspoons of sugar each day. In the 1950s, Americans' average daily intake of sugar and other sweeteners was 23 teaspoons. By 2000 this had increased to 32 teaspoons of sweeteners per day, providing an additional 135 calories." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Salty snacks boost cancer risk Gone are the days of popping open a can of mixed nuts and munching to your hearts content. You already know salty, fatty snacks aren t exactly healthy eating. But did you know that even a rare indulgence in salty snacks ?only twice a month ?is enough to almost double your risk of stomach cancer. Results of a study in Mexico confirm that salty snacks and cured and pickled foods just aren't stomach friendly. Researchers know that salt irritates the stomach lining, and irritation can set the stage for inflammation and eventually cancer." - Editors of FC&A, 1001 Home Health Secrets for Seniors (Get the book.)

"Trans fats are typically found in commercially processed foods that have been prepared under conditions of high heat, such as snack foods (for example, potato chips and roasted nuts), frozen foods (including entrees, snacks, whole dinners, desserts), commercially made cookies and crackers, packaged dinners, and baked goods ?saturated fat, found primarily in animal products (meat, poultry, whole-fat milk and dairy products, lard) The bottom line is this: think olive oil, fish, and green leafy vegetables, and go light on meats and processed foods." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"EATING PROCESSED SOY EASILY ADDS 40 GRAMS OF HARMFUL PROTEIN CONCENTRATE TO YOUR DIET ITEM SERVING GRAMS OF PROTEIN Desserts and Snacks: Cliff?Builder's Bar 1 bar 20 Cliff?Bar (Oatmeal, Raisin Walnut) 1 bar 10 Revival Soy Bars?1 bar 17 Atkins Nutrition Bars?1 bar 21 ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars?1 bar 15 Revival Soy Shakes?Splenda?1 shake 20 Meats: Morningstar Farms?Sausage Patties 1 patty 10 Boca?Breakfast Links 1 link 8 Gardenburger?Chik'n Grill 1 patty 13 Boca Burger?Original 1 burger 13 Boca?Ground Burger 2 ounces 13 Boca?Chicken Patties 1 patty 11 Smart Dogs?1 dog 9 Boca?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Pediatricians and family doctors, for example, cannot possibly stem the tide of childhood obesity by themselves when advertisements for fast food and snack foods and vending machines containing high-calorie snacks saturate children's environment, presenting a far more compelling message. Hopefully, in the years to come we will look back and see how ridiculous we were to have believed that biomedicine alone—without considering the health consequences of how we live our lives—could possibly provide optimal health." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"It is unconscionable that 8-12-year-olds see, on average, more than 7,600 food commercials a year—the vast majority for candy, snacks, cereals, and fast food."93 We understand that overweight is a risk factor for heart disease in adults, but the situation is more ominous still. Autopsy data from the conflicts in Korea94 and Vietnam,95 the Bogalusa study,96 and the PDAY Study97 all testify to the ubiquitous nature of the disease in young Americans. The 1992 Bogalusa Heart Study examined autopsies performed on children killed in accidental deaths." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Need for frequent meals and snacks, and irritability if meals are missed or delayed. Obviously, many of these symptoms are also similar to symptoms of food reactions and Candida overgrowth. Once again, we see how all of these conditions overlap, aggravate one another, and combine to create powerful symptoms that can mimic and magnify symptoms of autism and ADHD. When these symptoms are combined with those of other common biological problems, such as hypothyroidism, chronic infections, toxicity, and nutritional deficiencies, the brain and nervous system can suffer terrible assault." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"They offered participants snacks and breaks. Year in and year out, Jahn and Dunne carried on the tedious process of collecting a mountain of data - which would eventually turn into the largest database ever assembled of studies into remote intention. At various points, they would stop to analyze all they had amassed thus far. In one 12-year period of nearly 2.5 million trials, it turned out that 52 per cent of all the trials were in the intended direction and nearly two-thirds of the ninety-one operators had overall success in influencing the machines the way they'd intended." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"Turn to the resources section at the end of the book for quick, easy snacks that don't require a microwave. Blue Moon Treats If you let your child stare at the computer or television screen all day, play on a Game Boy around the clock, live off chips and cookies, that child will grow up to be unhealthy and probably unhappy, too. For your child's well-being, save those chips and cookies for what my family refers to as a "blue moon treat," meaning an indulgence that we reserve for special occasions—when we're on vacation or in the company of family and friends." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"I'll also be giving you plenty of ideas for meals and snacks that will help you fill your day with good nutrition and complement the detox process. Specific guidelines on how frequently you should be detoxing, and for how many days, will also be provided.) Chapter 1 Summary The Human Toxome Project was designed to illustrate the effects of exposure to industrial chemicals on the human body by testing the blood, urine, breast milk, and other tissues of selected participants." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Then she remembered the snacks! She stood up in one fluid motion and disappeared into the kitchen again. She emerged much later with two plates; one with lumps of raw sugar (a favorite of her grandchildren) and another of dried minnows (her favorite). She pinched off the head of one with a thumbnail and popped it into her mouth, instructing me to do likewise. The minnow was chewy, salty, and predictably fishy-tasting, but not unpleasantly so. I chased it with a sugar lump and a sip of tea. We smiled at each other some more. Moments later she sprang up again." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "I passed a convenience store on the outskirts of a very small town and stopped to buy some snacks. As I paid for my wasabi peas, I asked the teenage girl in the school uniform if she knew anyone in the area who was over 100. I knew at least two centenarians lived in the area. "Across the street," she replied. "Gozei Shinzato." Greg, Craig, and I checked into a hotel down the block, knowing where our first call in the morning would be. OUTER LIMITS OF THE HUMAN MACHINE At 7 a.m." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "LESSON THREE: PLANT SLANT Avoid meat and processed foods Most centenarians in Nicoya, Sardinia, and Okinawa never had the chance to develop the habit of eating processed foods, soda pop, or salty snacks. For much of their lives, they ate small portions of unprocessed foods. They avoided meat?or more accurately, didn't have access to it—except on rare occasions. Traditional Sardinians, Nicoyans, and Okinawans ate what they produced in their gardens, supplemented by staples: durum wheat (Sardinia), sweet potato (Okinawa), or maize (Nicoya). Strict Adventists avoid meat entirely." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"It is important that you provide them with both healthy meals and healthy snacks, since many of their calories will come from snacks. Most teenagers have a considerable amount of money to spend, and they will spend it on junk food wherever it is available. They do not need to have you buy it. We make it a policy to never keep soft drinks, cookies, candy, cakes, or convenience snacks around the house. The healthy snacks that are kept around our house include baby carrots, nut mixes from the health food section of the grocery srore, dried fruits, fresh fruit, and occasionally, tortilla chips." - Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children (Get the book.)

"To make sure that you get enough protein, keep high-protein snacks handy, add dairy products to your day, and eat eggs and egg substitutes. High-Protein Snacks It's easy to find high-carbohydrate snacks—they're in the vending machine, at the convenience store, at the bakery next door. But high-protein snacks are sometimes hard to find, and if you do find them they are often high-fat options. Get around this by keeping some high-protein foods handy, in your desk drawer at work, in your car, or in your purse or briefcase." - Cheryle R. Hart, M.D. Mary Kay Grossman, R.D., The Insulin-Resistance Diet : How to Turn Off Your Body's Fat-Making Machine (Get the book.)

"Try raisins on your cereal in the morning, eat low-fat yogurt or cheese in your lunch or as mid-day snacks, include green leafy vegetables or fish in your dinner. Appendix 12-1 lists food items that contain calcium. How Much Calcium Do You Need? According to the United States Dietary Association, children (one to eight years old) need 500-800 mg per day, teenagers (nine to 18 years old) need 1,300 mg per day, adult men and women need 1,000 mg per day and people over the age of 50 need 1,200 mg per day. A list of other food sources of calcium is listed in Appendix 12-1." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Whey protein, bananas, or dairy snacks at bedtime can be helpful. 11. Vitamins B12 and B6 are needed to make melatonin, and vitamin B3 (niacin) prevents breakdown of tryptophan. A vitamin B complex formula (50 to 100 mg/day), taken any time of day, can be helpful to support melatonin production. 12. Other nutrients that help your body make melatonin are NAC (500 to 1000 mg), methionine (500 to 1000 mg) taken in the morning, and tryptophan (100 to 200) of 5-HTP (5-hydroxytrp-tophan, 50 to 100 mg) taken at bedtime. 13. Calcium at bedtime can increase melatonin production. 14." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Trans fats are found in just about everything: cookies, crackers, icing, potato chips, margarine, microwave popcorn, some cereals, waffles, fried foods, doughnuts, muffins, pastries, some candies, ice cream, cakes, refrigerated cookie dough, cheese, pretzel and cracker kits, cheese puffs, chocolate or yogurt-covered snacks, corn chips, pudding snacks, weight-loss snack bars, nacho cheese dips, pizza and pizza crusts, pot pies, refrigerated non-dairy creamers, some salad dressings, boxed onion soup and dip mixes, certain types of noodle and soup cups and the list goes on!" - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Diet and Melatonin Some bedtime snacks can help melatonin production in the brain. Melatonin is made from the amino acid tryptophan, but in order to get tryptophan from your food into your brain cells, you need insulin (stimulated by carbohydrates). Insulin selectively pushes tryptophan into your brain cells. For these reasons, just eating protein (high in tryptophan) alone doesn't have the same calming effect because proteins contain other amino acids that can be stimulating and defeat the calming tryptophan effect." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Trans fats are found in just about everything: cookies, crackers, icing, potato chips, margarine, microwave popcorn, some cereals, waffles, fried foods, doughnuts, muffins, pastries, some candies, ice cream, cakes, refrigerated cookie dough, cheese, pretzel and cracker kits, cheese puffs, chocolate or yogurt-covered snacks, corn chips, pudding snacks, weight-loss snack bars, nacho cheese dips, pizza and pizza crusts, pot pies, refrigerated non-dairy creamers, some salad dressings, boxed onion soup and dip mixes, certain types of noodle and soup cups and the list goes on!" - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

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