Reasonable Snack

[vavavroom]

Let's see if we can make a list with reasonably healthy snacks. Reasonable means different things to different people, so this will be fun.

A kale snack. Grocery Outlet has it occasionally for $2.99. Check the nutrition label for ingredients and nutrition. Not bad at all. If you like kale you should like its taste.

If you are on blood thinners (Aspirin does not count), do not eat this. The high Vitamin K content will affect your clotting factor (INR) and you might bleed profusely if you cut yourself or if you have a stroke etc.

 

[Kira]

Does the edible have to be in a sealed bag to count as a snack?

No head butting here. A list of "better" store bought items is a GREAT thing.

If so, put me down for plain and cocoa dusted almonds.

 

[Leo99]

My wife will snack on a handful of almonds and a string cheese. I'll go for carrots and hummus.

Thanks for posting kale warning. I didn't know kale was harmful with blood thinners.

 

[OilMagnate]

So Kale, or vitamin K, can kill you.

Got it.

I knew I didn't eat it for a reason.

 

[Leo99]

Does the edible have to be in a sealed bag to count as a snack?

No head butting here. A list of "better" store bought items is a GREAT thing.

If so, put me down for plain and cocoa dusted almonds.

Those cocoa ones are very good and low to no sodium. They have less sodium than the low salt almonds.

 

[Kira]

Ahh, you're shooting for a hundred too, I see.

 

[Malo83]

Like roasted sunflower seeds with no salt.

 

[Quattro Pete]

I tried snacking on some raw swiss chard once. Throat burn was pretty intense for a few hours. Apparently it's the oxalic acid? Lots of vitamin K, too.

 

[mrsilv04]

My boss used to try to pawn dried seaweed off on me. Came in thin little sheets, about 2" by 4", and had the same thickness as the fancy paper that you print resumes on.

No thanks.

 

[Passport1]

You'll be able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound movement after a bag of these;

 

[skyactiv]

An apple a day keeps the DR away.

 

[paulri]

Lately I've taken to buying yogurt, and then a crunchy, low sugar, granola-ish cereal, and mixing the two for my homemade parfait.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Lately I've taken to buying yogurt, and then a crunchy, low sugar, granola-ish cereal, and mixing the two for my homemade parfait.

That's what I have for breakfast most days, with some blueberries on top.

 

[vavavroom]

Does the edible have to be in a sealed bag to count as a snack?

No head butting here. A list of "better" store bought items is a GREAT thing.

If so, put me down for plain and cocoa dusted almonds

It should be a commercial product rather than for example an apple. The point of the thread is to list some commercial snacks that aren't terribly bad for you.

 

[vavavroom]

You'll be able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound movement after a bag of these;

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You may have to leap and run if prunes give you the runs!

 

[vavavroom]

My wife will snack on a handful of almonds and a string cheese. I'll go for carrots and hummus.

Thanks for posting kale warning. I didn't know kale was harmful with blood thinners.

Most dark leafy greens are high in vitamin K. Vitamin K does affect clotting (it slows clotting). Coumadin (Warfarin, Jantoven), developed as a rat poison and prescribed as a blood thinner, must be carefully titrated based on a patient's Vitamin K intake. That means repeated trips for INR blood tests and the patient must commit to a steady intake of K. If the blood thinner dosage is adjusted, Vitamin K is safe. You can't do this without repeated INR tests and without committing to eating x amount of kale/spinach. asparagus, cruciferous vegetables. If you are not on a blood thinner, Vitamin K is perfectly safe and actually essential for good health.

 

[vavavroom]

My boss used to try to pawn dried seaweed off on me. Came in thin little sheets, about 2" by 4", and had the same thickness as the fancy paper that you print resumes on.

No thanks.

I love seaweed. It's great in miso soup, a good topping for tofu, pasta, rice, sushi. As a snack it's probably a bit too high in iodine to eat daily in a larger quantity. Spirulina is however free of or low in iodine, chlorella contains a bit more. I take the latter two as supplements and my thyroid is doing fine.

 

[NYEngineer]

I will usually snack on hummus and whatever kind of chip or cracker or carrot stick I happen to have handy. Right now, I just got to work at the beginning of a double shift. I'm snacking on a sharing size bag of peanut M&M's and coffee.

 

[vavavroom]

So Kale, or vitamin K, can kill you.

Got it.

I knew I didn't eat it for a reason.

Your loss. Kale is one of the healthiest foods you kan konsume.

 

[vavavroom]

An apple a day keeps the DR away.

This will be a very long thread if we list every natural food that can be eaten as a snack vs snack foods! Let me continue where you left off: escargot