Small energy boosts for any time of the day (and night)!

Probably every one of us needs refreshing energy from time to time, especially in stressful jobs, whether at home with the kids or the office. Everyone of us has already gone through hard energy times.

There the chocolate or candy bar from the secret drawer, or the juicy piece of cake from the bakery around the corner is just right. But wait - STOP! - You actually wanted to lose pounds and you don't want put the back on your hips because of the the desire for sweets, right?

If your body screams for sweets for your second breakfast, after the (probably too heavy) lunch, for coffee or after dinner in front of the TV, then give your body something sweet, but nothing that is sweet and fat at the same time!

The solution: Fresh or dried fruits

For such moments I highly recommend ripe fruits and dried fruits without added sugar. They contain a lot of fruit sugar and hence are sweet, have energy and bring down your desire, contain no fat and far fewer calories.

The advantage of dried fruit over fresh fruit is that this was made ​​more durable by drying and thus can endure until moment X in the secret "sweets" drawer. Dried fruit also as a higher concentration of grape and fruit sugar, minerals, fiber and phytochemicals. The drawback of dried fruits is that it doesn't have the amount and variety of vitamins anymore as fresh fruit.

Our tip: Have 1-2 servings of ripe fruit available daily and if your appetite for something sweet gets stronger then grab your dried fruit instead of chocolate and other things.