A Spoonful of Nutrition
Healthy Snacks While Traveling
We hope you all are enjoying your summer vacations with your families!
Whether you travel by foot, bike, car or plane it can be hard to stick to a good nutrition strategy while away from home. Planning ahead is essential and can save you from hitting up fast food when in a pinch. When appropriate, bringing your own snacks is recommended. Be sure to pack something from each food group for better macronutrient balance which ultimately keeps you satisfied longer.
Non-perishable snack ideas:
- Nuts, trail mix, nut butter – be sure to get natural or with no added ingredients. Nuts & salt…that’s it!
- Beef jerky – we like Paleovalley and Country Archer
- Popcorn – Air-popped is best like Skinny Pop
- Dried roasted crunchy edamame – Give The Only Bean a try!
- Roasted chickpeas – Give Biena a try!
- Rice cakes and/or whole grain crackers
- Oatmeal in a cup
- Protein shakes – New Direction, Orgain, Ensure
- Protein bars – Look for high fiber, low sugar bars like New Direction & Lara Bars
Slightly perishable snack ideas:
- Veggie slices: Carrots, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, cauliflower, broccoli bites, bell pepper slices
- Fruit: Bananas, apples, pears, oranges, grapes & more!
- Olives
- Yogurt: unsweetened
- Cottage cheese cups
- Hard-boiled eggs
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Damian Bramer, Nutritionist
Damian earned her bachelor’s in nutrition science from UC Davis, California and is a certified nutrition consultant. She provides nutrition guidance and education for people who suffer from a wide array of conditions such as autoimmune disease, degenerative diseases, mental illnesses, diabetes, cancer and most recently obesity. She has also provided support for specialty groups such as athletes, adolescents, and the elderly.
She believes the best way to maintain good health is to adopt eating and lifestyle habits that are sustainable for the long term. These habits should not only be manageable but enjoyable to you as well. They should support your individual energy requirement, optimize your digestive health, lower inflammation, and keep your blood sugar balanced.
Strengthening the body’s systems and improving the quality of life with whole foods nutrition is the common goal for all her patients.