Should I eat on a road trip?

We feel snacks are an essential part of any long distance road trip. And we never leave home without them! Sometimes you need a little energy boost, sometimes you need to stabilize your blood sugar, and sometimes you need to munch on something just to stay alert and keep blood flowing to your brain.



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Bringing your own snacks can help you resist fast food or convenience store items when you're on a road trip. Healthy choices include string cheese, cheese sticks, fresh fruits, nuts and protein bars. Snacks keep you full, provide nutrients and stop you from skipping meals, preventing overeating later.

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  • Pack snack bags with fresh veggies: carrots, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, baby carrots or sugar snap peas. You can buy single-serving ranch or hummus dippers, too.
  • Trail mix and nuts. Caution here – overeating these are so easy. ...
  • Popcorn. ...
  • Granola bars or energy balls. ...
  • Cheese and meat sticks.
  • Chickpea “nuts.”


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Eat a good meal before flying It's extremely important to eat a good meal before you fly. Getting on a plane with an empty stomach is guaranteed to make you feel nauseous. However, it's important to watch what you eat. Stay away from greasy, spicy, and salty foods as well as alcohol.

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3. A short period of indulgent eating won't make a huge difference. We actually have much more flexibility and much more wiggle room than we've been taught to believe, Fonnesbeck said. One meal, one snack, one day, one month, isn't going to make that big of a difference.

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This happens! On vacation you may find yourself eating more for pleasure than hunger and that's alright. The timing of when you eat may be affected by what other plans you have, so eating may be dictated by convenience more so than hunger as well. Take your time to mindfully enjoy the meal/snack and move on.

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