Nutritionists reveal 4 crispy fit snacks (not just dried fruits!)

ANDforget the package chips and other extremely sweet or salty snacks. Nutritionists ensure that the best options for snacks should be “rich in proteins, fibers and other important nutrients.”

These experts reveal to Very Well Health the fit snacks they eat when they want to eat something crispy.

From now on, you can also enjoy it, but without ingesting so many calories.

Know what are the essential snacks in the day-to-day of these nutrition experts.

Sweet potato chips

For nutritionist Kierra Brown, the ideal snack should have in its composition a plate of sweet potato chips to take to the oven or to airfryer. In addition to crispy, salty and easy to cook, you can either eat this snack in isolation or combine with a sauce, paste or cheese. Note that these potatoes have less calories than traditional supermarket fries.

In addition, at home you can better adjust the quantities to your needs and even mix linseed and chia seeds to add ingredients and even aromatize with herbs of your choice.

Toast almonds with apples

For the nutritionist Maggie Moon, the ideal snack is made up of some toasted almonds and lightly salted to accompany with apple slices “The crispy and nutty flavor of almonds complements the crispy freshness of a good apple,” he describes.

In addition, it refers to the “balance of fibers, vegetable proteins, healthy fats for the heart and fast and slow energy sources for a snack that satisfies and nourishes the whole body”. 

Roasted chickpea

Suzanne Fisher, prefers to invest in a more satiating fiber source:

“Roast chickpeas should be one of my favorite healthy crispy snacks. I love this because it satisfies that desire for something salty, crispy and full of flavor. The grain also provides a good balance between plant protein and fiber, which makes them more satiating and satisfying.”.

Learn here to make this snack healthy.

Pistachios

Besides crispy, you can also give them a special touch to make them slightly sweeter or salty, but without exaggerating!

In addition to satiating the soul, according to nutritionist Roxana Ehsani, pistachios also carry three important nutrients: Unsaturated fats, fibers and plant proteins. 

Don't you know how to consume them? This nutrition expert leaves some suggestions that can help satiate without ingesting as many calories and without losing in the amount of dried fruits that eat daily:

• Add them to a bowl of yogurt, oatmeal or chia pudding
• Add them to a salad, sandwich or wrap
• Use them as a crispy crust for a salmon or chicken
• Beat them into a food processor until they reach a consistency similar to that of a dried fruit butter, and spread it over a slice of toast or eat it like topping apple slices

“ Pistachios are a source rich in antioxidants, contain lutein for eye health and still contain melatonin, which can help improve sleep quality.”