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Snacking has traditionally been seen as a bad activity. It has always been considered that all that a person needs is three full meals a day and the human digestive system was seen more as a gas tank to be filled. This concept would have probably made sense in older days when work timings were shorter and there was a better work-life balance; however, in today’s world, meal times are nowhere near a certainty and sleep cycles are highly erratic. All this places a great deal of stress on the body to have adequate fuel to meet the challenges.
Snacking is therefore a good fuel stop for your body but this should not be considered another filling up exercise.
Snacking should in fact be done correctly and in the office, this has great ramifications if not done correctly. The biggest criticisms of snacking lie actually in what we eat when we do snack; nine times out of ten, we end up eating unhealthy fat and sugar filled foods. This is especially true in the office environment and is only compounded by bad cafeteria food.
Therefore, the question is, “what is a good snack during office hours?” The point of snacking is to simply get a small energy boost or to keep the hunger pangs at bay. For this very meager nutritional requirement, you actually needn’t snack on anything more than salads. This works well for an overall health plan as well.
Salads are one of the least indulged foods and using this as a snack is a good way to get all those micronutrients and essential proteins that you need. For that matter, even a small bowl of yoghurt is a good way to get rid of hunger pangs in the office.
Other interesting and beneficial ways to improve health and keep away hunger pangs is to have whole wheat products.
This has a dual purpose. Wheat tends to require more water to digest and therefore tends to expand when in the stomach. Additionally, eating whole wheat and bran will allow you to increase the amount of fiber in your system. Fiber is what will keep constipation at bay if you are one of those people who ingest a lot of meat and few fibrous vegetables. Fiber forms a water-laden carriage that is non-digestible and will act as a medium to carry waste material in the colon. This will ensure that you do not have too much trouble during bowel movements.
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