Let's Get Nutty!!

Here’s the scenario…. You’re out driving around, running errands, it’s 10AM, you ate breakfast at 6:00AM, and now four hours later you’re starving…. So what do you do?? Do you run into a Starbucks, grab a huge vanilla latte and a bagel? …BUZZT…WRONG! Do you go through a drive-thru and pick up a sausage and cheese crap breakfast sandwich (oops, sorry! =/) …BUZZT….VERY WRONG!!! Or a 7-11 run for a disgusting (oh sorry again!...not!) hot dog and bag of cheetos with that Monster….BUZZT, BUZZT, BUZZZZT!!! NO!!  These foods are rotten fuel! 

Foods like this have no power and no purpose, other than to make you bloat up, crash and burn, and leave you wanting more of it rather quickly!

             

   ---ALWAYS BE PREPARED! ---

What you do then, is keep with you a small container of nuts! Not peanuts, but energy rich, nutritious nuts such as; Walnuts, Pistachios and Almonds.

My mid-day snack yesterday. I only had 10 and was perfectly content! 

Keep in mind that although these nuts are super nutritious, they’re also high in fat calories. However, the type of fat in these nuts are HEALTHY FATS.  Typically I’ll have about 5 to 10 almonds and will keep a package with me if I’m out and about for a midmorning snack. The high fiber and calories will make you feel content with such a small serving.

Here’s what you get:

Muscle Almonds:

23 Almonds = 162 Calories (but really we don’t need to eat that many !)

14 grams of Fat / Monounsaturated

1 gram of Saturated Fat

6 grams of Carbs with 3 grams of that being FIBER!

6 grams of Protein

Muscle Walnuts:

7 halves is approximately 92 calories

9 grams of Monounsaturated Fat

1 gram of Saturated Fat

2 grams of Carbs with 1 gram of that being Fiber

2 grams of Protein

Muscle Pistachios:

24 kernels is approximately 80 calories

7 grams of Monounsaturated & Polyunsaturated Fat

1 gram of Saturated Fat

4 grams of Carbs with 1.5 grams of that being Fiber

3 grams of Protein

All three are: an excellent source of Vitamin E, packed with B Vitamins,

A rich source of phyto-chemicals ( that contribute to antioxidant activity), Omega 3 and 6

fatty acids (brain food!), help to reduce LDL (low density lipoproteins, the “bad” cholesterol) and help to increase HDL (the “good” cholesterol). They are also great sources of calcium, manganese, magnesium, zinc, selenium, iron, copper, phosphorus, and potassium!!

So….go and grab those nuts!! ;D

~Rebecca~