| Choose the right snack for late night | | | | avoid foods that cause big swings in blood sugar. |
| Have you ever been hungry late night and you're | | | | Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a family physician in Flemington, |
| on diet? Of course, you're not alone. | | | | N.J., and author of the nutrition book "Eat to Live," |
| Your stomach is crying to something at midnight. | | | | also says that eating food that is low in nutrients, |
| Iit turns out that snacking isn't bad for you and is | | | | such as candy bars, causes a person to eat more |
| actually serving a biological need. "By snacking you | | | | because the body still needs to meet its nutritional |
| are fueling your body and maintaining your energy | | | | needs. |
| level, blood sugar level, and appetite level," says | | | | Here are the healthy choices for the snack in the |
| Dana Ellis, a dietician at the UCLA Medical Center in | | | | next time: Instead of sugary treats, dieticians |
| Los Angeles. | | | | recommend |
| But when you're hungry late night, you should | | | | - fruits and vegetables such as melon, apple, |
| avoid unhealthy snack such as candy, potato | | | | peach or orange, banana, along with food that |
| chips, cookies. They can cause your blood sugar | | | | contains good fats like omega-3, lean protein and |
| levels to quickly peak and just as quickly, drop. | | | | fiber. |
| That in turn, makes the craving worse and | | | | - nuts (for example rasin, sunflower) for lean |
| makes you lethargic, moody and probably | | | | protein and healthy fat, while hummus provides |
| intolerable, says Dr. Arthur Agatston, author of | | | | fiber and is tasty. |
| The South Beach Diet, who says it is crucial to | | | | |