What is the best snack to have when on shift at the firehouse to not have empty calories but boost energy?

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Dr. Nyree Dardarian, RD, CSSD, EdD · Answer

What's the best snack to have when on a ship that the firehouse not to have any empty calories but the Boost energy. Great question. And first of all, thank you. Thank you for being a firefighter. Thank you for helping protect all of us. So we need you to be on the top of your game and we want you to be on the top of your game. No mistakes. Made always ready to go. So, that means you need to eat the right. Kind of carbohydrates. We want you to be eating snacks. Acts, like, pretzels fruit, apple and peanut butter, bananas. So these are giving you a lot of nutrients, but also enough carbohydrate to keep your brain functioning optimally, and keep your muscles working at their best. So have a few snacks laying around eat. Every 3 to 4 hours, don't wait longer than that, and make sure you're drinking lots of water to stay hydrated. Thanks again.

Dr.Shawn Talbott · Answer

What's the best snack to have went on shift at the firehouse to not have empty calories, but Boost energy, one of my favorite snacks to have as a go to that can just sit there on the Shelf until you need. It is dates medjool. Dates coated, with peanut butter. So dates can sit in a little package, a little box on your shelf and they have really long shelf life. They're not going to dry out. They're not going to get moldy. They're not going to be disgusting when you go to grab them and when you are get ready to grab them, you can take a little bit of peanut butter. I like I like Natural, crunchy, peanut butter put that on top of the date or sometimes you can open up the date and stick the peanut butter inside and crunch that down in your mouth, you're getting good fiber. You're getting a good sweet amount of natural sugar in that date and you're getting the protein and the fat from the peanut butter or almond butter if you want to. But that's something that's not going to break the bank in terms of your sugar load. But it's going to give you those other nutrients fiber and protein that sometimes is lacking and all those other snacks enjoy.

Tara Collingwood, MS, RDN, CSSD · Answer

All right, what can you snack on? That's going to not give you empty calories, but also boost some energy. So you're looking for carbohydrates are our body's preferred source of energy but we also don't want to get a crash from just doing carbohydrates. So something like trail mix would be great because you've got some dried fruit to get some carbohydrates, but then you also have the fat and the protein from those nuts and apple with some peanut butter or almond butter, at really, any kind of fruit. Maybe you pair that with some cheese, so maybe you have a little cheese stick and some Packers or a cheese stick and a piece of fruit yogurt, is also a really good one to do because that's going to have some carbs. And protein may be a Sprinkle a little bit of granola or again add a little bit of fruit to that. So just look for some of your favorite combinations of carbohydrates and protein. Maybe even just a half. A sandwich can do the trick.

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