A Healthy Breakfast And Healthy Snacking - How to get it right - Nuffield healthscore™

Hi, I'm Natalie Braithwaite, I'm a Nuffield Health nutritional therapist today I'm going be giving you hints and tips on small changes you can make to your breakfast and snacks using the HealthScore nutrition coach. For people just starting out on the road to healthy eating I think it's really important take one step at a time. Sometimes people try to cut out whole food group from their diet when they're trying to lose weight or eat more healthy thinking that will help them with their goals but this is not achievable long term. it's really important to make smaller changes that you can maintain and introduce into your lifestyle as part of your daily diet. If you are not having breakfast it's more likely that you'll be hungry by mid-morning and make poor food choices or over-eat at lunchtime so breakfast is really important. Make sure when eating breakfast to include things like protein and fat which are sometimes left out of a normal breakfast, moving away from the sugary cereal type breakfast. it is important to include protein or good fat as it helps slow down the release of sugar from your breakfast, which mean it will sustain you longer until lunchtime. Some good ideas could be whole grains toast with avocado, something that people don't always think about for your good fats. Maybe looking at oats porridge which most of us know is quite healthy try and choose whole jumbo oats instead of refined oats porridge which will release it sugar quicker into your blood stream adding things like fruit and natural yogurt can really make a good breakfast. The best ways to snack healthy is to have a healthy snack. It sounds simple but if you don't have it you are not going to eat it. So maybe carrying snacks with you could be helpful a handful or two of mix nuts and seeds for your protein part of your snack mixed with some dried fruit if it agrees with you. When purchasing your dried fruit remember to choose fruit that is preservative free so your apricots for example should be dark brown and not bright orange. Another good tip for snacking is to make sure it is convenient you do not want to have loads of food at your tables and you do not want to be carrying around bags and bags of food with you. So try and choose food that is in ready pre-wrapped in a bag or a container something like oatcakes and hummus would be a good option for protein and carbohydrates.