Snack Your Way To A Healthier Diet

Nov 15th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Diet & Nutrition, Featured

A new study finds that those who snack between meals have healthier diets — lower sodium, more fruits, whole grains and milk — than those who just eat regular meals.

“There is a widely held belief that snacking cannot be a part of a healthy diet,” said study researcher Claire A. Zizza, an associate professor of nutrition at Auburn University in Alabama.

But the study showed that the more a person snacked, the more likely he or she was to eat both healthy snacks and healthy meals, Zizza said. “The increase was slight, but was still apparent.”

Source/Read More: MSNBC.com

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