Nourish Noshes

It’s 3:00 and you think you need a little something. Maybe a latté, an energy bar, a cookie, or that 100-calorie pack of whatever. Or maybe, it’s just a habit that you made or told to make way back--”to keep your metabolism high.” But here’s the thing, snacking (and or grazing) isn’t making your metabolism run faster, and it’s usually not eating to satiety. In fact, it’s often something you ate because you were bored, or tired, or stressed out and in that case, that little snack might actually make you hungrier later. It may also prevent you from burning fat and keep your blood sugar dangerously high. Snacking and grazing may actually be making you fatter, setting you up for diabetes, and causing you unnecessary pain and discomfort. When we eat full meals that include a mix of whole food protein, carbohydrates and fats, we turn off hunger hormones, level out our blood sugar, and nourish our bodies on the cellular level. This is satiety. You’re sending signals to your body that it’s finished eating and can go