Foods 1030 Lessons

Why Snack?

Healthy snack choices come from the four food groups of Canada’s Food Guide. 

Think of healthy snacks as mini meals. Smart snacking is part of a healthy diet. Snacks that offer nutritional goodness are vegetables, fruit, yogurt, cheese, milk puddings, nuts, seeds, whole grain breads, crackers, and unsweetened cereals - basically, foods from the four food groups. The golden rule is to include foods from two of the four food groups at snack time. Good examples are fruit with yogurt or celery with hummus (a dip made with beans).

Something else to consider is eating foods in their original form, meaning, not packaged, preserved, fried, etc.