Snacking can be healthy if you’ve got the right options on hand. Dietitians Sharon Madalis and April Rudat offer some trucker-specific snack suggestions in their book, “Truck Drivers: Stop Your Job From Killing You! The Dietitians’ Guide to Smart Eating and Healthy Living for Truckers.”
A refrigerator or cooler is needed for these items.
Here’s what the dietitians suggest you bring with you for healthier snack options while you’re on the road:
- String cheese
- Reduced fat cheese
- Light cheese bites
- Single-serving containers of cottage cheese
- Fat free of low fat 1% milk
- Light yogurt
- Portable yogurt
- Drinkable yogurt smoothies or shotes (less than 100 calories and three grams fat)
- Healthy cold meat (turkey, chicken, lean ham, lean roast beef)
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Baby carrots or other cut vegetables (cucumbers, celery, pepper strips)
- Low fat dips and salsas
If none of that sounds appetizing to you, Madalis and Rudat offer guidelines for reading labels to find healthy snack choices.
A healthy snack will have, per serving:
- Less than 150 calories
- 5 grams of fat or less
- Less than 25 grams of carbohydrate if you have diabetes
- If you have pre-diabetes, choose sugar free foods when possible
