Sometimes it is not so easy to eat smart or healthy. I know. There are days when I have not planned properly and I finish swimming in a famished state. With errands to do afterwards, I have a few options. I can grab some fast food to tide me over or I can do the wise thing and grab a Univera Essentials.
Before I tell you about the wonderful benefits of Essentials, let me help you to minimize the bad effects of the junk food options. Here are 6 tips to making wise choices:
- Control the cravings. Don’t deprive yourself completely. If you are craving fries, get a small serving. Need salty chips or pretzels, get a small bag. Better yet, have some blue corn ships and salsa.
- Indulge sensibly. Treat special occasions as special and indulge yourself a bit, a bit.
- Don’t keep a stock of treats in your cabinets or refrigerator. A small amount may satisfy cravings, just don’t make it the favorite stop that any neighborhood kid would delight in.
- Mix it up. Eat something healthy before you eat the bad thing. An apple before the brownie.
- Count your calories. There are days that I have wanted to stop by that cute little cupcake shop and have just one of those beautiful little treat. But then when I realize that all the benefit of the last hour of swimming was being traded in for that sweet, I took a new route home.
- Focus on the fat content. Read the labels. Less expensive items tend to have more trans fats than those that cost a bit more. Thes may show up on the ingredients list as partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oil and shortening.
The BEST solution to that quick need for a snack is Univera’s Essentials. One is a snack, two are a meal replacement.
Too many of us eat the wrong fast, easy kind of food which is filled with empty calories. Your body requires the proper nourishment to perform at its peak. Essentials® is an advanced, conveniently packaged nutritional beverage that provides protein, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids (EFAs) all in a natural berry blend sweetened with Xylitol.
Essentials provides an excellent balance of all 20 amino acids from whey protein in a highly bioavailable, easily digested form. It’s formulated with comprehensive vitamin B blend including thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), niacinamide (B3), vitamin B6 (P5P), folic acid, and vitamin B12, as well as 4 grams of a breakthrough patented, soluble dietary fiber (Fibersol®). Essentials also contains a patented EFA complex known as H2Omega from cranberry seed oil.
The perfect snack. If you don’t have a stash of this miracle “jettson meal” yet, follow the above guidelines to say healthy.
