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      Mayo Clinic: "Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes"
    
      Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: "Carbohydrates and Blood Sugar"
    
      Mayo Clinic: "Added sugars: Don't get sabotaged by sweeteners"
    
      U.S. National Library of Medicine: "Facts about trans fats"
    
      Columbia University Irving Medical Center: "Healthy Snacking for Weight Gain"
    
      Cleveland Clinic: "High-Calorie Foods and Snack Ideas to Gain Weight"

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Learn how to fill your plate with healthy, nutrient-dense foods by logging your meals on the MyPlate app. Download now to fine-tune your diet today!

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Protein-rich foods to add to your diet include:

Lean meats like chicken breast and ground turkey Fish Soy products like tofu and tempeh Beans Lentils Eggs Nuts, seeds and nut butter

  • Lean meats like chicken breast and ground turkey
  • Fish
  • Soy products like tofu and tempeh
  • Beans
  • Lentils
  • Eggs
  • Nuts, seeds and nut butter

Here are a few of our favorite recipes (feel free to add in protein powder to amplify the amount of protein):

The Superfood Energy Bar (290 calories) Homemade Natural Energy Bar Recipe (153 calories) Hemp Hearts and Coconut Bar (218 calories) No-Bake Granola Bars (213 calories)

  • The Superfood Energy Bar (290 calories)

  • Homemade Natural Energy Bar Recipe (153 calories)

  • Hemp Hearts and Coconut Bar (218 calories)

  • No-Bake Granola Bars (213 calories)

       Mayo Clinic: "Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes"
    
       Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: "Carbohydrates and Blood Sugar"
    
       Mayo Clinic: "Added sugars: Don't get sabotaged by sweeteners"
    
       U.S. National Library of Medicine: "Facts about trans fats"
    
       Columbia University Irving Medical Center: "Healthy Snacking for Weight Gain"
    
       Cleveland Clinic: "High-Calorie Foods and Snack Ideas to Gain Weight"