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This month, I want to get into the nuts and bolts of how to live a Clean lifestyle right now,
without having to overhaul your entire life. Practical suggestions that can help you make positive changes and feel better.
Today, I want to start with a question I receive all the time:
What are the best clean snacks for when I’m on the go?
I asked my team to put together some suggestions that require no prep and no refrigeration.
Fruit is the golden child of on-the-go snacks. It’s already packaged in its skin and most varieties travel well in a purse or backpack. Apples, bananas, oranges, pears, plums, work great. Even grapes, cherries, and berries, although more fragile, stay tasty and fresh without refrigeration.
I’ve found that people often overlook fruit as a snack because it seems plain and a little dull. I’d ask you to reframe that perspective and see fruit as gifts from nature, containing a balance of fiber, sugar, and nutrients. Making a habit of having fruit for your snack instead of normal processed food will do wonders for your health and your weight.
Feel free to have more than one piece of fruit. Try one or two bananas with a pear, orange, or berries. Adding a small handful of nuts will help satisfy and slow the release of sugars from the fruit.
Tip: If you’ve never used macadamia nuts as a snack, give them a try. They are very low in pro-inflammatory omega-6 fatty acids and taste great.
This is a classic healthy snack and for good reason. Watery plant foods like veggies work well to balance out the richer hummus. I’ve included this snack here because hummus can last most of the day without refrigeration and is easy to keep in a backpack. For veggies, I stick with carrots and celery because they travel well.
If you’re prone to overeating hummus (as many of us are), focus on eating more veggies.
Tip: Our Clean Cooking Oil guide talks about the health benefits of reducing certain vegetable oils. Hummus companies often use canola, soy, or vegetable oil. Keep an eye out for no oil or olive oil-based hummus.
There’s nothing like a tiny container of whole food to settle your appetite. Baby food is a great snack used by a few of the Clean Team when they travel. There are lots of options. Look for single ingredient varieties like sweet potato or pear, preferably organic and in glass.
While jerky may call to mind camping, ranchers and gas stations, it can be a useful and tasty protein source when you’re on the go. There are lots of new varieties that use organic meats without nitrates and sugar and are often the same price as commercial brands.
Less filling than fruit, nuts, and hummus but very worthy of a mention. Here I recommend Dark Chocolate that is 70% or higher (preferably higher). When the chocolate has a higher percentage, this means it has more antioxidants, generally less sugar, and no dairy.
When you’re on the go, you won’t be able to blend a shake, but a shake mix added to your shaker bottle with water can do the trick. If you have ever tried this, you know that shakes taste much better when you blend in fruit and coconut or almond milk. But when you’re hungry, this simple snack can be a lifesaver.
Tip: When using a Shake Mix with water, add Clean Reds to make it taste great.
Honorable Mentions
Here are a few more honorable mentions.
- hardboiled eggs (not allowed on the Clean Program)
- cheese (not allowed on the Clean Program)
- avocado
- canned fish (sardines, oyster- make sure to eat outside!)
- Gluten-Free Crackers
Final Thoughts
The key to improving the quality of your snacks and the quality of your health is to eat whole foods. For many people, some whole foods work better than others (i.e. dairy, eggs). That’s why I always recommend that you test these foods to see if they work for you.
The best way I know to do this is to complete the Clean Program and then follow the Reintroduction Process.
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