A power snack is a term used to describe any small portion of food that boosts your energy level while you're on the go. This snack is meant to be nutritious, and should provide energy to the brain and muscles, boosting alertness and curbing hunger. Foods that are high in fiber, protein, and complex carbohydrates are preferable. For example, fresh fruit

Fruit

In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...

, peanuts

Peanuts

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...

, beans, and cheese

Cheese

Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....

are often used as convenient power snacks.

External links

• http://www.webmd.com/solutions/sc/snack-healthy

• http://www.snac.ucla.edu/pages/Resources/Handouts/HOSnackAttack.pdf