6 Healthy Single-Serving Snacks to Stash in Your Purse
By Dr. Mehmet Oz

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Pledge Never to Be Hungry
Trying to find a nutritious snack when you're on the go is setting yourself up for failure. Instead, I make it a point to always travel with an arsenal of satisfying eats. Here, some healthy, easy single-serving snacks you can always have at the ready:
Cat Cora's Kitchen by Gaea Olive Snack Pack
Plump, briny olives—in peppy flavors like oregano and lemon or chili and pepper—get purse-friendly treatment in a bag.
Cat Cora's Kitchen by Gaea Olive Snack Pack
Plump, briny olives—in peppy flavors like oregano and lemon or chili and pepper—get purse-friendly treatment in a bag.

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Blue Diamond Almonds
A handful of almonds, dull? Not when they're laced with sinus-clearing wasabi and tangy soy sauce or rolled in a spicy barbecue mix.

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Wild Garden Hummus Dip
This creamy, carrot-friendly hummus—in six flavors, like sun-dried tomato with olive oil—doesn't need to be kept in the fridge.

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Justin's Nut Butter
Squeezing a banana-hugging portion of honey peanut butter or maple almond butter beats packing a knife and a heavy jar.

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Crum Creek Mills Brilliantly Blended Soy Nut Mix
Give peanut-blend trail mix a run for its money with chocolate, raisins, and pumpkin and sunflower seeds.

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Somersault Snack Co.'s Somer-Saults
Sunflower seeds and toasted grains go from so-so to so good thanks to zesty chili, Pacific sea salt, or a dash of ground pepper.
Dr. Katz's top 10 rules for eating right
Dr. Katz's top 10 rules for eating right
From the January 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine