Energy-Boosting Snack Ideas • total body nourishment

Snacks. Who doesn’t love ‘em? So let’s talk about healthy, energy-boosting snack ideas.

Not all snacks are created equal. When you’re reaching for a snack, you want to think about a handful of different things:

Is there protein in this snack?
How much energy will this snack provide?
Does this snack have artificial ingredients?
Is this snack a whole food?
Does this snack have tons of sugar?

You want your snack to provide a steady energy that will last you between meals rather than a boost of energy that will only last you a short while. Because what goes up must come down! Aka: the dreaded energy crash.

Look at snacks in two categories: nutrient dense or calorically dense. An example of a nutrient dense snack would be an apple with almond butter. An example of a calorically dense snack would be a bagel with cream cheese. You get the picture? You want the snack to have more nutrients than it does calories. There aren’t many nutrients in a bagel and cream cheese, but you get tons of nutrients from an apple with almond butter.

A nutrient-dense snack will keep your blood sugar stable, which is the key to energy. When your blood sugar is stable you have a steady, strong energy rather than a wired, hyper energy. The latter doesn’t last long.

Below you will find 25 nutrient-dense snack ideas so you can always have healthy, energy-boosting snacks at your fingertips.