These foods digest more slowly than refined carbohydrates, which helps maintain stable blood glucose levels
Since snacks will help fuel your body and provide important nutrition between meals, they should have similar nutrients to what you would eat during breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but in slightly smaller portions
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Large meals can overwhelm your digestive system
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