I saw my doctor recently and while talking about what a lazy fat-ass I am, he mentioned something about replacing the crap I usually snack on with healthier snacks like seasoned air-fried cauliflower or something like that. So what are your favorite healthy-ish snacks that can be made relatively quickly when I feel like shoving food in my face for no reason other than boredom and force of habit?

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    20 hours ago

    Many fruit contain a lot of sugar and not all of them have such a strong laxative effect as apples. It’s harder to overeat on them than with cheese or bags of chips and they certainly contain a lot of healthy stuff like vitamins and fiber that many people are a bit short on, but it doesn’t take that much additional sugar in your diet to become overweight. It’s especially dangerous when you start processing them, e.g. smoothies or juices.

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      17 hours ago

      Fruit is the healthiest snack you can eat. The sugar thing is bullshit unless you eat a pound of grapes every day.

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        44 minutes ago

        Yeah. Fruits have sugars but they come “packaged” differently and impact our bodies differently

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      19 hours ago

      OP is asking about snacks. Eating a banana or pear or whatever as a snack will not cause the issues you warn against. Fruit is filling and contains moisture in addition to fiber. Should a person eat nothing but fruit? No. But for snacking? Hell yes.

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        2 hours ago

        My point is that it’s absolutely possible to get fat from fruit, in contrast to the comment I replied to. If you pig out on calorie-dense fruit like bananas or cherries every day, you will absolutely get fat. So, OP should be mindful about which fruit he chooses for his snacks and control his portions.