Choose snacks carefully. Plan ahead and make sure your fridge and cupboards and drawer at work are stocked with plenty of healthy snacks so that you are not tempted by less healthy options.
Which snacks should I avoid?
Limit sugary salty, snack foods such as crisps, cakes, pastries, biscuits, sweets and chocolate to once a week.
Limit take-away foods such as pastries, pizza, fried fish, hamburgers, hot chips and creamy pasta dishes to once a week. Healthier take-away choices include sushi or sashimi, Asian stir-fries (ask for low salt), tomato based pasta dishes, grilled fish, chicken and lean meat.
Healthier snacks ideas:Healthy snacks include a piece of fresh fruit, a handful of dried fruit, up to a cup of canned fruit or a handful (30 grams) of plain unsalted nuts. Other choices include rice cakes and non-confectionery bars, such as plain nut bars, seed bars and cereal bars that heave earned the Heart Foundation Tick.
Feel like…….. Try instead……
Sweets Fresh or dried fruit
Crisps and dips Toast, rice cakes or breadsticks
Roasted salted nuts Plain unsalted nuts
Sugar coated cereal Wholegrain breakfast cereals
Chocolate biscuits Plain biscuits
Full fat yoghurt Reduced, low or no fat yogurt
Cupcake A slice of raisin toast or Tick cereal bar
Ham and cheese sandwich Boiled egg
Healthy Heart Tip:
Keep biscuits, cakes, chocolate and crisps as a treat rather than a regular part of your diet and choose lower fat options. Avoid giant sized cookies and muffins or share them with a friend!
Which snacks should I avoid?
Limit sugary salty, snack foods such as crisps, cakes, pastries, biscuits, sweets and chocolate to once a week.
Limit take-away foods such as pastries, pizza, fried fish, hamburgers, hot chips and creamy pasta dishes to once a week. Healthier take-away choices include sushi or sashimi, Asian stir-fries (ask for low salt), tomato based pasta dishes, grilled fish, chicken and lean meat.
Healthier snacks ideas:Healthy snacks include a piece of fresh fruit, a handful of dried fruit, up to a cup of canned fruit or a handful (30 grams) of plain unsalted nuts. Other choices include rice cakes and non-confectionery bars, such as plain nut bars, seed bars and cereal bars that heave earned the Heart Foundation Tick.
Feel like…….. Try instead……
Sweets Fresh or dried fruit
Crisps and dips Toast, rice cakes or breadsticks
Roasted salted nuts Plain unsalted nuts
Sugar coated cereal Wholegrain breakfast cereals
Chocolate biscuits Plain biscuits
Full fat yoghurt Reduced, low or no fat yogurt
Cupcake A slice of raisin toast or Tick cereal bar
Ham and cheese sandwich Boiled egg
Healthy Heart Tip:
Keep biscuits, cakes, chocolate and crisps as a treat rather than a regular part of your diet and choose lower fat options. Avoid giant sized cookies and muffins or share them with a friend!
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