Afternoon or Evening Carbohydrate Snacks
- Carrot, celery or jicama sticks.
- Salads containing the above— can also include pickled beets or small amount grated raw beets. Because of the stronger forces needed to digest raw foods, salads make a better afternoon than evening or bedtime snack. Dressings for afternoon salads should have a mildly sweet, rather than salty or spicy taste.
- Cole slaw or carrot salad with raisins. Dress mildly sweet or sweet-sour.
- Small portion oatmeal or granola. Can use almond milk, rice milk, or other grain drinks with these (less protein than cow’s milk).
- Brown rice or other whole grain with above beverages. Can cook a little further to make puddings, and garnish with nut pieces, currants, raisins.
- Whole grain toast, possibly with a small amount honey. Whole wheat and sprouted wheat raisin breads are also available and delicious!
- Oatmeal or other whole grain cookies. Try various brands to find lightly sweetened ones. Consider recipes from cookbooks listed below, or adapt conventional recipes to appropriate sweetness levels. (Tip: whole wheat flour tends to be on the heavy side. Alleviate by using part brown rice flour or whole wheat pastry flour, which are lighter.)
- Banana, zucchini, pumpkin or carrot breads made with whole grain flours.
- Whole grain scones.
- Whole grain cakes. Here are some basic tips :
Use raisins, currants, or nut pieces for a creative flourish.
Find a flour mix that lets whole grain baked goods be light in the stomach and pleasant in the mouth.
Sweeten lightly, moderately— but remember this principle which applies to all cooking and eating :
If it doesn’t taste terrific, go back to the drawing board !
Small portions. Have just a small piece, and add a slice or two of fruit.
The aim of these snack recommendations is to work with the body’s natural rhythms of glycogen storage and gall production. To eat protein and fatty foods early in the day (before about 3 p.m.), and carbohydrate foods in the later afternoon and evening (after 3 p.m.), makes use of these rhythms. There can be small exceptions, but strengthening the rhythms lets us both be and feel healthier.
- Carrot, celery or jicama sticks.
- Salads containing the above— can also include pickled beets or small amount grated raw beets. Because of the stronger forces needed to digest raw foods, salads make a better afternoon than evening or bedtime snack. Dressings for afternoon salads should have a mildly sweet, rather than salty or spicy taste.
- Cole slaw or carrot salad with raisins. Dress mildly sweet or sweet-sour.
- Small portion oatmeal or granola. Can use almond milk, rice milk, or other grain drinks with these (less protein than cow’s milk).
- Brown rice or other whole grain with above beverages. Can cook a little further to make puddings, and garnish with nut pieces, currants, raisins.
- Whole grain toast, possibly with a small amount honey. Whole wheat and sprouted wheat raisin breads are also available and delicious!
- Oatmeal or other whole grain cookies. Try various brands to find lightly sweetened ones. Consider recipes from cookbooks listed below, or adapt conventional recipes to appropriate sweetness levels. (Tip: whole wheat flour tends to be on the heavy side. Alleviate by using part brown rice flour or whole wheat pastry flour, which are lighter.)
- Banana, zucchini, pumpkin or carrot breads made with whole grain flours.
- Whole grain scones.
- Whole grain cakes. Here are some basic tips :
Use raisins, currants, or nut pieces for a creative flourish.
Find a flour mix that lets whole grain baked goods be light in the stomach and pleasant in the mouth.
Sweeten lightly, moderately— but remember this principle which applies to all cooking and eating :
If it doesn’t taste terrific, go back to the drawing board !
Small portions. Have just a small piece, and add a slice or two of fruit.
The aim of these snack recommendations is to work with the body’s natural rhythms of glycogen storage and gall production. To eat protein and fatty foods early in the day (before about 3 p.m.), and carbohydrate foods in the later afternoon and evening (after 3 p.m.), makes use of these rhythms. There can be small exceptions, but strengthening the rhythms lets us both be and feel healthier.
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