The concept of ‘clean eating’ can be pretty vague. It is a pretty large umbrella term, but it boils down to eating natural foods and avoiding processed or manmade foods. It is not too difficult to eat clean, you just need to pick the right foods. This can be pretty easy when you’re at home cooking for yourself, or when you have to choose the best restaurant. You can just make sure that the restaurant is serving whole natural foods and excluding processed foods. The real challenge to eating healthy comes from snacking. It can be difficult to avoid snacking when trying to eat healthy. People just get hungry throughout the day, that’s just natural. Most people don’t want to put too much work into making healthy snacks. This can be way too time consuming, which leads to people going to the store to buy premade snacks. But you can actually get great premade snacks that are natural in nature…nuts!
Nuts are top tier snacks, because they can be eaten raw without any preparation and they have lots of health benefits. Most importantly, nuts are the epitome of clean eating. They are natural, have no extra additives, and are nutrient dense. You can’t do much better than a good box of nuts between meals.
Some of the best nuts to include in your snack menu are below:
Almonds
Almonds not only have lots of protein and fiber, they have the ability to improve your cholesterol levels. Specifically, they lower your “bad” LDL cholesterol levels and raise your “good” HDL cholesterol levels.
Pistachios
These are great nuts to eat because they have lots of fiber and protein, but they are naturally designed in a way that helps you to pace yourself. Having to shuck the pistachio shells is a great way to prevent overeating.
Walnuts
Walnuts are great nuts to include in your diet because they are so versatile. They just work well with so many different dishes that you can eat them in just about any way you like
