Want To Lose Weight? Snack Between Meals Conventional wisdom has
it that snacking causes weight gain. This isn't necessarily true
If you were told that it isn’t healthy to eat between meals,
then that’s what you were told. But some 75 percent of the
population eats at least one snack a day, and snacks can be
nutritious and beneficial, just as they can be damaging and
fattening. It’s all a matter of how much and what you eat.
Whether your motivation is to snack, to binge, or to quell a
feeling of hunger, a snack can be useful if it is small, planned
out, and nutritious, and if you exercise portion control. That’s
why it’s so important to choose the right snack. Snacks have
several benefits: • They reduce hunger before the main meal. •
They lead to more moderate eating at the main meal. Without
snacks the main meal will be larger, overloading the digestive
system and causing a distressing feeling of excessive fullness
as well as fatigue. A snack makes it unnecessary to store food
from one meal to the next, sinc