Diet: can I buy or make my own candy?

How many times have you wondered if a little sweet can “fit” in… diet program? And how many times you have been deprived of the sweet taste or have you succumbed to the sight of a fresh, with the result then κατακλύζεστε with guilt and negative feelings?
Don’t fall into this trap! You don’t even have to deprive yourself or feel guilty. And this why sweets can have a place in a balanced diet, even in a weight loss program, it is sufficient to observe the measure in your daily diet to take care of to make it more “smart” options.
Do you know why you love the sweet taste?
There are many reasons why we love the sweet taste. Except that the man in the course of evolution, is always looking for inherently sweet flavor, most foods are at the base of the Mediterranean Diet, such as fruits, cereals and yogurt have a sweet taste and/or texture. You don’t need to blame yourself because you like “sweet” food. However, it is up to you to take care of to make it more balanced choices of sweets that will contain those quality characteristics that will “allow” you to enroll in your diet without guilt and without burden yourself with excess calories and fats.
Sweet alternatives
Buy it or build it yourself homemade desserts with simple and easy ways by choosing the appropriate raw materials and creating desserts with 200 calories or less, so that they can be safely your afternoon snack!
Let’s see some ideas:
1. Cereal bar: Buy or make your own cereal bars with oats, tahini, nuts and dried fruit. A snack which will not exceed the 130 calories!
2. Cool popsicles: Puree a variety of fruit, add a little lemon juice, honey or some sweetener, and put the mixture in the freezer. Enjoy any time of the day by adding 3 – 4 pieces of dried fruit or dried fruit. The total caloric value of 1 large glass not to exceed 200 calories.
3. Energy smoothies: Take the blender and take advantage of a θρεπτικότατου and enjoyable at the same time snack. Beat 100g low-fat yogurt, 2 fruits of your choice, 5-6 hazelnuts and a little honey.
4. Homemade rice pudding: Make your own rice pudding with semi-skimmed or skimmed milk and cinnamon and use a sweetener from the plant stevia, or other sweeteners.
5. Grilled fruits: Bake in your oven pear or apple, garnish with a little honey and cinnamon and enjoy a healthy, delicious brunch or afternoon snack.
6. Wholemeal bread with honey, tahini and cinnamon: A snack of high nutritional value that will fill you up… sweet!
And if you lose in quantity?
In fact, the diet can be more easily understood if it is symbolize with a mathematical equation. When you hire through your diet fewer calories than you spend daily your body (negative energy balance), then gradually comes the reduction of body weight. Therefore, if you happen to or feel the need to eat some sweet in greater quantity, and even then there is a solution… be sure to reset the balance by burning the extra calories through exercise or balance by consuming less quantity of the food.
Did you know that?
The low-calorie sweeteners (such as sweetener from the plant stevia, aspartame, acesulfame-K, cyclamate) are approved ingredients that impart a sweet taste with minimal to zero calories, because of the multiple sweetness compared with sugar. What you need to remember is that – with the exception of light refreshments and some cold beverages – and many other products with sweeteners attach, although fewer calories, but not zero. For this reason, you need to consume in moderation and avoid the excesses.
Extra Tip!
Don’t forget to read the food labels and compare different products as to the caloric content per serving.