What are some heart-healthy snacks?

When it comes to heart-healthy snacking, there are bounty of tasty alternatives. Here are a few thoughts to consider:

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1. Munchies that Crunch:

• Cut apples with a tablespoon of low-sodium shelled nut butter.
• Pears plunged in fat-free or low-fat bungalow cheese.
• Vegetables (like carrot and celery sticks, chime pepper cuts, zucchini or cucumber rounds) matched with hummus or tzatziki sauce.
• Broiled chickpeas.
• Air-popped popcorn or whole-grain wafers.

1. Reconsider Your Drink:

• Pick plain or shining water with included citrus or cucumber cuts.
• Select fat-free or low-fat dairy drain, plain soy drain, or unsweetened oat or nut drain.
• Unsweetened tea or coffee.
• 100% natural product juice or low-sodium tomato/mixed-vegetable juice.

1. Other Straightforward, Sound Snacks:

• Whole-grain toast with low-sodium shelled nut butter or other nut butter.
• Fat-free or low-fat cheese.
• Natural product and veggie smoothies.
• Canned exceptionally low-sodium fish or salmon with whole-grain wafers.
• Prepared or crude apples sprinkled with cinnamon.
• Unsweetened dried natural products like raisins, dates, and figs.
• Solidified bananas or grapes.
• New natural product serving of mixed greens with herbs like mint or new gingerroot²³⁴⁵.

Feel free to blend and coordinate these alternatives to make fulfilling and heart-healthy snacks! 😊