Stop before you eat that snack!

Stop before you open that 100-calorie pack of cookies, know this: despite its small size, these processed snacks can make you hungrier. They contain artificial sweeteners and these types of sugar can stimulate your appetite. Choose one of these healthy alternatives:

• apple with 2 tsp of peanut butter
• 10 unsalted almonds or cashews
• 1/2 a small avocado
• a 7-grain waffle with 2 t. nut butter (almond, cashew, peanut)
• 2 cups of unbuttered popcorn
•  a string cheese with 4 whole-wheat crackers 
• carrots with 1 T. hummus
• rice cake with 2 t. peanut butter 
• any piece of fruit (even a banana)
• celery with peanut butter

What healthy snacks will you choose?