This includes coconut oil, low sugar or sugar-free yogurt, avocado, bananas, hemp seeds, and even shredded coconut. Many different high calorie foods are all still healthy for you. Just choose around 4-5 dense foods per smoothie, and remember not to forget your greens too!
Move over potato chips – there’s a new snack in town! Vending machine chips had a good run, but they’re filled with saturated fat and other unpronounceable ingredients. Even though I know they’re bad for me, I still reach for those processed chips all too often. They seemed to be...
A similar fear as the fruit dilemma has revolved around the amount and type of fat in the raw, vegan diet. Like with the sugar above, I have found this to come from two main areas. First, our mainstream society has had a love-hate relationship with fat, and for decades we have...
It was once thought that people with diverticula (small, pouch-like structures that can form in the colon's muscular wall) should avoid nuts and seeds, but experts now know it's not necessarily the case. Nuts like walnuts provide the fiber that's important for gut health and maintaining re...
9. Chia Seeds Chia seeds offer high levels of protein and fiber in combination with an acceptable calorie load. A 28 g serving provides 10.6 g of fiber, 4.4 g of protein and 137 calories. Obviously, 137 g is a lot more energy than the other foods on this list provide. However, nobod...