Healthy Snacks.... for MEN.

I didn't know there were foods that were gender related. I have no idea what man food is and female food is. Food is food.

I never specified food as being gender related, simply looking for snacks that a man would prefer to eat. I was hoping to hear from other men who might have a favorite type of snack they like to eat.

It's really not our fault that you don't understand how your belief that men have snacks they prefer that women may not is gender-related and indicative of an inherent gender bias in your thought process that is both wrong and misplaced. We get it - you don't mean anything by it, you don't want 'dainty' things like rice cakes for 'your man' and you wanted guys to chime in with what they liked. It doesn't make our attempts at pointing it out wrong.

Food is food. People like different things. It isn't based on gender. Seriously. So what you really needed to do was say that your boyfriend wants heartier snacks, give examples, and give examples of what he doesn't like (or what you think he wants and won't want), and then ask for other snacks in a similar vein. What you DID was separate foods out by what 'men approve' of to eat for themselves as if what women approve of for themselves is so different.

Trust me - I think we all get what you meant by now. Restating it multiple times won't help. Whether or not you get what we're saying remains to be seen, but restating it multiple times now won't help any more either, as you either get it or you don't.

The overarching advice by a lot of us is going to remain the same -- get his opinion, take him to the store so he can see different options and make choices, try lots of different things. And you will also get, as you already have, several specific suggestions of snacks we like. If you hadn't tried to make it all 'man-approved' you may have had even more suggestions without a lot of 'bwah?' comments by people like me.

We haven't even gotten into the debate of what you mean by 'healthy' as that is a broad definition and we all vary widely and debate it frequently here on mfp!

And all that said...some good snacks that I find filling for during the day include roasted edamame seeds, smoked gouda slices, kroger bourbon chicken breast, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, apples, bananas, popcorn, havarti, pumpkin seeds, fage 2% blueberry greek yogurt, carrots, cucumbers, etc.

I didn't know there were foods that were gender related. I have no idea what man food is and female food is. Food is food.

I never specified food as being gender related, simply looking for snacks that a man would prefer to eat. I was hoping to hear from other men who might have a favorite type of snack they like to eat.

It's really not our fault that you don't understand how your belief that men have snacks they prefer that women may not is gender-related and indicative of an inherent gender bias in your thought process that is both wrong and misplaced. We get it - you don't mean anything by it, you don't want 'dainty' things like rice cakes for 'your man' and you wanted guys to chime in with what they liked. It doesn't make our attempts at pointing it out wrong.

Food is food. People like different things. It isn't based on gender. Seriously. So what you really needed to do was say that your boyfriend wants heartier snacks, give examples, and give examples of what he doesn't like (or what you think he wants and won't want), and then ask for other snacks in a similar vein. What you DID was separate foods out by what 'men approve' of to eat for themselves as if what women approve of for themselves is so different.

Trust me - I think we all get what you meant by now. Restating it multiple times won't help. Whether or not you get what we're saying remains to be seen, but restating it multiple times now won't help any more either, as you either get it or you don't.

The overarching advice by a lot of us is going to remain the same -- get his opinion, take him to the store so he can see different options and make choices, try lots of different things. And you will also get, as you already have, several specific suggestions of snacks we like. If you hadn't tried to make it all 'man-approved' you may have had even more suggestions without a lot of 'bwah?' comments by people like me.

We haven't even gotten into the debate of what you mean by 'healthy' as that is a broad definition and we all vary widely and debate it frequently here on mfp!

And all that said...some good snacks that I find filling for during the day include roasted edamame seeds, smoked gouda slices, kroger bourbon chicken breast, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, apples, bananas, popcorn, havarti, pumpkin seeds, fage 2% blueberry greek yogurt, carrots, cucumbers, etc.