I consider myself a pretty fit person. I’ve competed in contact sports since I was a pre-teen, and I’ve always been above average in both strength and conditioning. But that’s not always because I’m doing everything right, sometimes I’m these things in spite of what I’ve been doing. Like my terrible habbit of eating too many snacks
I can safely say that while I’m fit, I’m nowhere near where I want to end up. And one of my biggest obstacles to reaching my goals is my tendancy to snack. I’ll start off a cut or a bulking cycle amazingly. Muscle is packed on, fat is shred off, but after about three weeks my kryptonite kicks in. Either I cave and buy some chips at the store, or I hoover up something someone else has left around the house.
Today’s subject is gonna be the dangers of a snack and how to avoid them, for both your benefit and mine.
The Dangers of Snacking
A snack can provide a quick fix when the hunger or boredem creeps up. But unfortunately, these same snacks have some pretty bad negative drawbacks on your health.
To start with, frequent snacking can hurt your oral health. The sugar left in your mouth from eating sugary snacks, especialy when you can’t brush right after you finish your snack. This provides a breeding ground for bacteria, which leads to tooth decay.
Then there’s the blood sugar problems that can come with snacking. Eating too many sweet snacks when you’re hungry destabilizes your blood sugar, causing it to go up and down unaturally, evne if you are not diabetic. Overconsumption of sugary snacks, which includes sweet drinks, may lead to the onset of hypoglycemia, commonly known as low blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, which is also referred to as high blood sugar.
And at the end of the day, like most indulgences enough snacks can make a hit on your walet. Although snacks vary by price, making unplanned snack purchases on a regular basis could take a big bite out of your pay. Nutrition counselor Penny Klatell, Ph.D., R.N., writes that Americans use around 12 percent of their food budgets to purchase snacks at the supermarket, and the figure increases exponentially if you purchase snacks at pricey coffee shops and convenience stores.
Ways to Avoid Snacks
One of the easiest ways that you can curb snacking is to plan your meals. Studies have shown that when we are trying to maintain or lose weight, stabilizing blood sugar by eating every few hours is key. Skipping meals can cause you to become overly hungry and lead to snacking.
And another thing you honestly should do, even if you aren’t super focused on shedding pounds, is to track your snack calories. Usually, we should be allowing about four hundred calories for snacks. But for people who are in the business of losing weight, two hundred would be better.
The final, and likely most simple tip for avoiding snacks, is to control how many are around you. If you find that you’re having a serious issue with self control, then don’t keep snacks in the house. It’s not enjoyable to deprive yourself of food you love, but it’s not worth keeping around at the expense of your help.
