10 Healthy Snacks to Get Through Your Studies

“The right snacks can boost your ability to focus, make you more productive and help keep your mind sharp. Plus they won’t lead to a sugar crash followed by an emergency nap (unlike way too much ice cream).”

Put aside the all-dressed chips, poutine, Nanaimo bars, and Timbits — they may be yummy, but for your brain, healthy study snacks are much better.

This is our list of the ten best nutritious and inexpensive snacks for all the undergraduates, postgraduates and high school students who need something to munch on while studying:

1. Almonds:

Almonds are a healthy yet satisfying snack. A handful of them can give you a quick boost in energy while you are studying but stick to buying the unsalted kind and add salt at home (otherwise, you will eat more salt than it is needed). If you are not a lover of almonds, peanuts, cashews, walnuts even pistachios are also good options.

2. Dark Chocolate:

For all the chocoholics out there, here is a snack for you.

Dark chocolate is filled with antioxidants and natural stimulants. It helps to improve the blood flow to your brain and helps you to concentrate better at studying. It enhances the development of mood-boosting endorphins in your body so that you stay happy.

Also note, this is a sweet snack to enjoy.

3. Popcorn:

Popcorn is not only for cinemas! Making popcorn yourself on the stove is easy or if you have a popcorn maker. Drizzle over a bit of olive oil or brush on some cinnamon if you want to add some flavor to it. You can also go for sugar and cinnamon if you want something special. It is much healthier and tastier to make popcorn like this than using microwave popcorn.

4. A Bowl of Fruit Salad:

It is time for the fruit bowl now.

Apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, pineapple chunks, and many other fruits from the back of the cupboard and that slightly bruised banana that you don’t know what to do with. These ingredients will help you to make a delicious bowl of fruit salad. These should give your brain an energy boost and flush the body with vitamins, nutrients, and fiber. Furthermore, with this snack, you can save yourself time: make a bigger batch, and the next morning you will have enough for your breakfast too.

5. Greek Yoghurt:

If you need a more satisfying snack, this would be perfect for the all-nighters.

It is higher in protein than regular yogurt (it provides twice as much per serving!), which helps fill up the appetite and reduce the belly. It also contains gut-friendly probiotics and the calcium required for bone building. Try adding a honey drizzle or some of your remaining fruit salad to enhance the flavor.

6. Frozen Grapes:

This snack needs to be prepared overnight, so you will have to plan. Buy a bunch of grapes, put them in a Ziploc bag, and later in the freezer — they’re going to be ready for you to eat while you are studying the next day. Hang up on refreshing and delicious frozen grapes while you are studying, and save the ice cream and popsicles for post-exam celebrations (when you no longer have to use your brain).

7. Vegetables or Hummus:

You can snack on veggies, but hummus is a better option.

Hummus is high in protein, calcium, and Omega 3 fatty acids, which stimulate the brain. That makes this the perfect partner for veggie sticks packed with nutrients and fiber! Add carrots, cucumber, red pepper, celery, sugar snap peas to your hummus.

8. Trail Mix made at home:

Seeds of pumpkin, cashews, sunflower seeds, pecans, almonds, dried cranberries, raisins. Or any other mixture of dried fruits, nuts, and seeds that takes your fancy away! You can store the trail mix up to a month in an airtight container (such as a Ziploc bag or a mason jar), so make yourself a large batch to have on hand. Creating your trail mix is better than what you get from the store. It is normally loaded with salt and hydrogenated oils, plus the dried fruit is covered with added sugar and is expensive too.

9. Mini Apple Sandwiches:

This is a lovely mix of two fantastic snacks: apples and peanut butter. Cut the apple into slices and sprinkle a touch of peanut butter over each. You can make cute mini-sandwiches if you want to be fancy and upload it on Instagram.

10. Roasted Chickpeas:

If you are hunting for a salty, crunchy option, then that’s it. Chickpeas are full of protein and carbohydrates (unlike potato chips) and shockingly delicious as you roast them in the oven for 45–60 minutes with salt and chili powder. You can also start using garlic and parmesan, or honey, and cinnamon.

This article provides you with 10 different foods that help you to concentrate while you are studying. Read the full article here.