Is Trail Mix Healthy? A Health Expert Explains.
This on-the-go snack can be made with an endless variety of ingredients. It's a popular choice for lunch boxes—but is trail mix as healthy as you think?
Samantha Markovitz, NBC-HWC
Follow:
Samantha Markovitz, NBC-HWC
Experience
Samantha Markovitz, NBC-HWC is a Mayo Clinic trained, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and the author of "Type 1 Diabetes Caregiver Confidence: A Guide for Caregivers of Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes". Her words have appeared in Rite Aid Wellness+, U.S. News and World Report, Prevention, Diabetes Daily, and other publications, both wide-reaching and niche. Samantha is passionate about empowering individuals and families to live well and thrive, managing challenges and achieving their goals. As a person living with type 1 diabetes, she is uniquely qualified to provide content that relates to life with T1D. Education and experience also support writing about type 2 diabetes, chronic illness, caregiving, and other health topics such as wellness, weight loss, nutrition, mindfulness/mindset, fitness, and more.
Taste Recipes Editorial Policies
Taste Recipes, a Trusted Media Brand, has been a reliable source for recipes, cooking tips and entertaining advice for more than 30 years. Every month, our content inspires well over 20 million home cooks to get creative in the kitchen. Each one of our 40 thousand recipes has gone through a rigorous testing and approval process to ensure we’re sharing the very best. Every snack, ingredient and product we recommend is tested by our team of culinary experts and professional product testers—the best of the best earn our Test Kitchen-Preferred seal of approval. Learn more about Taste Recipes and our Test Kitchen and editorial teams.
Articles & Recipes
