Need healthy snacks for work trips?
Traveling for business can be tiring. In addition to work pressure, there's also tiredness from traveling, like jet lag, uncomfortable hotels and bad weather. Every stress induces exhaustion that may lead to poor decision-making, including snacking on junk food.
According to EmpowerHer.com, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that people who travel for business for more than two weeks a month have higher body mass index, higher rates of obesity and poorer self-rated health than people who don't. (Source: Is Weight Gain Inevitable with Your Travel Job, by EmpowerHer.com)
While you can't avoid taking business trips, you can avoid eating junk food and gaining weight. For ideas for healthy snacks for work trips, check out the following recommendations. They are tasty, satisfying, portable and will keep you fit on the road.
1. Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds
Not only are these chocolate-y and sweet, they'll give you lots of energy for life on-the-go.
2. Skinny Girl Nutrition Bar
Crunchy and sweet, this healthy snack bar comes with only 160 calories and all kinds of deliciousness.
3. Larabar Fruit and Nut Food Bars
Made with real fruits and nuts--and very few ingredients-- these gluten-free, diary-free and soy-free snack bars offer abundant energy and satisfying flavor.
4. Think Thin High Protein Bar (Brownie Crunch)
The Think Thin Protein Bars taste like real brownies. If there is such a thing as a healthy dessert, these are it!
5. Raspberry Oat Bars
Fruit-y oat bars can be enjoyed as breakfast, dessert or snack. They are tasty, versatile and good healthy snacks for the road.
6. Strawberry PB&J Gourmet Oatmeal Cups
7. Bear Naked Real Nut Energy Bars
These bars are filling and delicious, with real nuts and natural sweetener. They will give you energy but are good for taste buds too.
Get them at Bear Naked Energy Bars.
8. Seneca Apple Crisp Chips
Do you have a sweet tooth? Instead of candies, enjoy these crispy, gluten-free apple chips in sweet caramel flavor. With all-natural ingredients and little fat, they will satisfy your sweet tooth without leaving you bloated or tired.
9. Garden of Eatin' Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips
Made with organic corn and sweet potato, these sweet-and-salty chips are crunchy and flavorful. They are the perfect get-by's for chip-cravings.
10. POP! Gourmet Popcorn
Popcorn has always been a fun snack. Now they are healthy too, with the POP! Gourmet Popcorn, which are all-natural, gmo-free, gluten-free and transfat-free. They are healthy snacks for adults, but are certainly popular with kids too.
Try them at POP! Gourmet Popcorn.
12. Back to Nature Crispy Cheddar Crackers
Cracker lovers will love these crispy and slightly-salty crackers. They contain zero artificial preservatives and have no high fructose corn syrup, and are savory and fun.
13. Snikiddy Eat Your Veggies Vegetable Chips
Need more veggies on the road? No problem!
Snikiddy's Eat Your Veggies Vegetable chips are made with pure ingredients, and are low-calorie, gluten-free and gmo-free. Plus, they're lightly-seasoned with your favorite flavors like sour cream and onion or sea salt.
14. WOW Snickerdoodle Cookies
Wow indeed! The WOW Snickerdoodle Cookies are sweet and guilt-free. They are addictive though, so be careful!
15. Annie's Homegrown Bunny Grahams
Made with organic whole grain, Annie's Homegrown Bunny Grahams taste like traditional graham crackers, but without artificial ingredients. They're just the right size, coming in cute, little bunny shapes. After returning home from traveling, you can enjoy them with the kids too.
16. Terra Veggie Chips
17. Bobo's Oat Bars
These dessert-like oat bars are chewy and soft with slight sweetness and hints of lemon-y flavor. They are absolutely delightful, and you should definitely try them!
Find them at Bobo's Oat Bars.
18. Think Thin Crunch Bars
19. Endurance Tri Berry Granola
When you need a quick pick-me-up, granola makes the best snack idea.
20. Fresh Fruit Bowl
Curb your sweets-craving with a bowl of juicy, refreshing fruits. They satisfy with natural sweetness and are fat-free.
21. Sunsweet Amazing Dried Plum
Dried fruits taste like candy and have similar texture as candy, but are better for you. We recommend dried plum because they are faintly sweet and are rich in fiber.
22. Fresh Melon
23. Quaker Popped Hummus Chips
Thin and crispy, the Quaker Popped Hummus Chips encompass hummus's good flavor, as well as its density in protein and fiber. They come in an assortment of flavors but "salsa fresco" (below) is (subjectively) the best.
24. 479 Degrees 100-Calorie Popcorn
25. All Natural Quinoa Clusters
Like quinoa? Now you can enjoy this delicious, nutritious grain as healthy snack bites. Mixed with almonds and shaped to easily pop into your mouth, the i Heart Keenwah quinoa clusters are crunchy, wholesome and addictive.
That's enough healthy snacks for today.
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We hope you enjoyed today's ideas.
Safe travels to you! And we'll see you next time.