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Nov 09 2007

3 Weight Loss Tips – Healthy Celery Snacks

Celery is a fantastic vegetable providing both fiber and natural water content. Celery is about 95% water, very alkaline and can be easily eaten anywhere, anytime as a handy weight loss snack.

Being both alkaline and of high water content, celery is perfect for smokers who have decided to quit and want to make sure their blood and body chemistry stays on the alkaline side. Those people removing the habit will often release enough toxins into the blood that it starts to become acidic and celery is a great way to balance that out. If you’ve just quit, keep celery handy and snack on it often.

3 Weight Loss Tips Using Celery

Celery can be eaten combined with almost anything. Here are 3 of my personal favorite celery snacks

1. Celery Stalks and Hummus – While I’m preparing a meal, I often snack on celery and hummus. Hummus is a dip made with Chick Peas (Garbonzo beans, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and often cayenne pepper. Darlene will be posting a Hummus recipe soon. Taken with you to work, Hummus can be eaten with celery, carrots, sliced peppers or any other raw vegetable or whole grain crisp bread crackers like Ryvita crackers (www.ryvita.com). Opt out of the wheat crackers and choose whole grain rye instead. High in fiber, low in calories and great with Hummus. I like the sesame rye crackers which contain only whole grain rye, sesame seeds, salt and that’s it.

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Written by Rob · Categorized: Health, Weight Loss · Tagged: 3 Tips Friday, Almonds, Celery, Eggs, Healthy Snacks, Snacks, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips

Aug 26 2007

Quick tip : Have healthy snacks on standby when you drink coffee

If you enjoy a cup of coffee every now and then, ask yourself this :

Do you feel hungry after drinking it?

 

This seems to divide people, with some claiming that the last thing they want is food; and others (including me) reaching for the nearest source of carbs.

BananasIf you find yourself in this second group, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to quit drinking coffee (although a bit of moderation here is definitely a good thing); just understand it. Before you fill the cup, make sure there’s some healthy food nearby. Bananas are great.

Stay tuned

Also appearing on the site this week :

Ab wheelHealthy Asian Cooking II : Cooking with green tea
Fitness gadget : the Ab Wheel
Book review : Light on Yoga

Written by Scott Bird · Categorized: Exercise, Health · Tagged: Coffee, Health, Quick Tips, Snacks

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