What’s a good mid-day snack to gain energy at work?

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Kelly Powers, MA, RD · Answer

What is a good midday snack to gain energy at work? This snack that I'm gonna share with you is hands down my all time favorite snack. It's a very well balanced, it's high in fiber, it has natural sugars so it's somewhat sweet which can be really nice, especially around that three, four p.m. kind of slump when you need some energy, but you might gravitate towards something or want to have something that's a little bit sweeter. It's very simple, it's packable. You can have it at work, you can have it at home, you can have it at the park, you can have it on the go, but it's dates stuffed with peanut butter. So Medjool dates, if you remove the pit, stuff it with some peanut butter, you can use cashew butter, almond butter, you're good to go. You can store them in the fridge, you can freeze them, prep them in advance, which is really nice. You can put a little bit of Maldon flaky sea salt on top, you can put a couple chocolate chips in it, really whatever kind of floats your boat, but just the dates and peanut butter themselves are excellent, they're nutritionally dense, calorically dense, they give you that energy and they're really delicious.

Molly Morgan, RD, CDN · Answer

When it comes to grabbing a good midday snack at work. There's a combination that I think works really well for a couple different reasons you want some carbohydrates that are fiber-rich some protein and then water water is so important because water will help. Keep you energized by keeping you hydrated and then as far as carbohydrates that are fiber rich and protein, why that combination it is going to give you a little energy boost but the fiber and protein will, You longer-lasting energy. So you won't feel any sort of crash or fatigue. Hopefully from this snack. So what are some combinations of foods? You could aim for You could aim for foods like trail mix, that's nuts and dried fruit. You could aim for a handful of almonds and a piece of fruit. You could have a cheese stick and a piece of fruit. You could have some whole grain crackers with a little bit of peanut butter. You could have a nuts and dried fruit bar. If you're on the go, all those are going to give you that combination of fiber-rich carbohydrates protein. And then again, remember that water

Emily Zorn, MS, RD · Answer

What's a good midday snack? To gain energy at work. So if we are talking a snack specifically for energy, there's one type of food that's going to give you energy and that is carbs. So make sure that your snack has a decent amount of carbs. You could either have it, you know, in a piece of fruit, you could have some pretzels, you could have a granola bar, you could have crackers, but if you want to up your snack game, even more and make it not only a snack, that's going to give you energy. But one that's going to keep you full for a long time. Make sure you add some protein and or healthy fat. So instead of just having that apple, add some peanut butter with it or instead of just having the crackers, add some cheese that will slow down the release of energy from the carbs and we'll just help you keep keep full for much longer.

Bob Seebohar, MS, RD, CSSD · Answer

You know midday we always usually for the most part have that energy slump right? Coming down that energy lull that curve that blood sugar curve coming down. Best thing you can do is get a good source of protein, a little bit of fat and carbohydrates. So if you kind of mix those nutrients especially with protein. That'll help get you out of that, slump at actually maybe even protect you from getting into the slump. So managing and optimizing blood sugar is crucial. So, throughout the day, midday specifically, like post-lunch maybe at something, Like cheese and crackers. Whole grain crackers, maybe it's some nuts. Maybe, it's a protein-rich smoothie. Any of those things that have a balance of protein fat and carbohydrate will help that midday slump.

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