Natural Brown Bag Lunch Tips
5 Healthy, Easy Tips
Natural Brown Bag Lunches
5 Fun Tips to keep your Brown Bag Healthy!
Brown Bagging it? Me, too! Taking your own lunch can help you to choose healthier foods and avoid the fast foods.
1. Choose high fiber breads. I like the double fiber bread. I choose Double Fiber by Oroweat, but you can look around for something comparable. Each slice is about 70 calories (10 calories from fat), no trans fat, no cholesterol and 160 mg of sodium. Each slice has about 6 grams of dietary fiber and 4 grams of protein. Two slices would be about 12 grams of fiber!
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2. Have you tried broccoli sprouts on your sandwich? Broccoli sprouts are a wonderful choice to top your sandwich! Broccoli is high in antioxidants, and broccoli sprouts are even higher in the antioxidant sulforaphane than what is found in mature broccoli! In fact, the sprouts have more than 50 times the amount of sulforaphane than mature broccoli. Researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have found that sulforaphane has strong anti-cancer properties.
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3. Try low fat or non-fat mayonnaise in small amounts if you like Mayo on your sandwich. I also like spiced mustard with horseradish. It adds a bit of spice to my lunchtime.
4. Cherry or grape tomatoes are a great substitute for a bag of chips in your natural brown bag lunch. I take a handful of the little ones with me and do my best to avoid chips. If I have chips, I choose the baked variety. This is one way to limit the fat and cholesterol.
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5. Try some high powered fruit and/or vegetable drinks. Watch out, though. Some are super high in sodium (salt). Avoid the sodas. This is easier said than done for many of us, I know. I enjoy drinking diet sodas, and yet I know they are not healthy for me. How can something filled with chemicals, caffeine and who knows what else be good for you? More to follow about sodas.
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