About Healthy Monday: Snack Healthy!

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Healthy Monday From Elizabeth Scott, M.S., your About Healthy Monday Editor A healthy diet can add years to your life, help you to manage stress, and empower you to function optimally. (Some food for thought: here are some of the negative effects of an unhealthy diet, and here is some interesting research suggesting that even Elizabeth Scott Choosing Healthy Snacks: Ideas From a Nutritionist Here are some quick, tasty, and nutritionally-balanced snack ideas from Shereen Jegtvig, About.com's expert in nutrition. (You'll also find ideas on what to do if you crave something a little less-healthy once in a while.) Read more Search Related Topics:  healthy snacks  healthy cooking  fruit and vegetables Low-Carb Snacks: Quick and Easy IN the words of our own Laura Dolson, About.com's expert in low-carb diets, "It's important to have access to nutritious low-carb snack food so that if you get hungry between meals you won't reach for crackers and chips." Here are some snacks that are healthy, quick to prepare, and low in carbohydrates, along with some quick guidelines to follow in generating your own ideas. Read more Search Related Topics:  low carb snacks  low carb food lists  Healthy Snacks for Kids As any parent knows, what we feed our children can affect their growth and development in the log run, and their behavior day-to-day. Here are some ideas that parents and kids with both appreciate, from Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com's expert in pediatrics. Read more Search Related Topics:  child nutrition  eating healthy foods  junk food Healthy Monday Tip: Avoid These Snack Mistakes Most of us know enough to avoid potato chips and bon-bons if we want a healthy snack. However, there are several other snacking mistakes people make, not realizing that they are making less-healthy choices than they could be making. Here are four less-obvious mistakes to avoid. Read more Related Ads Healthy Diet Food Easy Healthy Meals Healthy Fruit Snacks Snack Ideas for Kids Get Healthy Featured Articles Skip The Drive-Thru Tonight Keep Germs At Bay Walk Off Those Last Few Pounds Kick A Bad Habit Make Today A Meatless Monday Find More Support For Your Life And Your Health   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> About.com is a proud participant of Healthy Monday SM, a national public health campaign aimed at helping Americans initiate and maintain sustainable health behaviors to reduce risk factors associated with the leading causes of preventable disease and mortality. Healthy Monday is a project of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Healthy Monday newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com   More Healthy Eating Resources About.com Nutrition About.com Low Carb Diets About.com Low Fat Cooking Advertisement