Nutrition
The Indian Council of Medical Research recently submitted a report stating that more than fifty percent of women (particularly pregnant women) and children suffer from the deficiency of iron. Most of them are anemic and suffer the deficiency of Vitamin D because of poor diet and lack of nutrition. According to a nutritionist, during pregnancy and menopause and also during every monthly cycle, a women’s body goes through a lot of effort and hence, it is vital to maintaining a dietary balance by consuming nutrition-rich foods. Whole grains, diary products, fish, flax seeds, green leafy veggies, ginger, garlic, oranges, amla etc are good for regulare consumption.
Unlike other items, some food items should not be stored in a fridge as soon as you shop them home. For example, tomatoes will not ripen if stored in a fridge and will lose flavour. Storing Potatoes in the fridge will turn their starch into sugar and spoil their texture and become sweet and faded when cooked. Ripe bananas can be stored in the fridge but if they are put in while they are green and hard, they would not ripen. Onions and Garlic should also be stored in a dry place and not in a refrigerator.
It may come as a surprise to you but few food items that we consume regularly considering healthy are avoided by the nutritionists like Canned soup, smoothies, popcorn and a can of Cola. According to the Daily mail, Canned soup contains plenty of salts. The popcorns are now popular in butter and chocolate form instead of being available in plain whole grain form. A small can of Cola gives you seven teaspoons of sugar. Their regular consumption leads to substantial weight gain and increased risk of Type II diabetes and heart diseases. They can also cause decaying of your tooth.
Unbelievable! Did you know the noise we make while eating influences our eating habits and quantity? Yes, it's true. It does. It turns out that more the person is aware of his bites, chomping, crunching or simply chewing, the lesser he consumes. Sound is now typically labelled as on of the forgotten sense for food. To verify this, an experiment was conducted on few people who were made to wear headphones and listen to loud music while eating. it was observed that those who were listening to low sounds consumed more.
According to science, our stomach tends to know when we will eat and starts releasing digestive juices at that time and if you drink water at the very same time, the digestive juices are diluted in the water and it hinders them from breaking down food. As a result, less juice is supplied to digest your food and undigested food gets leaked into the system which leads to heartburn and acid reflux. Drinking water during meals also increases insulin levels of your body. The healthy way is to have a glass of water thirty minutes before a meal.
Yogurt is made with milk which is full of protein and other nutrients like potassium, vitamin B12 and calcium. It also comes with probiotics which are living organisms, also known as good bacteria, that help in digestion and boost immunity. Hence, you must have heard, a bowl of yogurt is healthy for you. According to a study, it was found that consuming yogurt helped women greatly in reducing the risk of high blood pressure. Women are recommended to consume at least four servings of yogurt in a week for good health.
Lima beans may possibly help men live longer if the research of an agency on male fruit flies proves right. According to their research, an oral dose of prunetin which is usually found in Lima beans, if given to the male fruit flies, it extends their lifespan, increases fitness levels and also helps to improve their glucose balance. This was not applicable to female flies. As females live longer when compared to their male counterparts, apparently prune tin feminises the male flies via its estrogenicity. Thus, they have concluded that it can ensure a longer life to Men.
All diabetes affected people and all those innocent lives who have been compromising on consuming rice will be glad to know that there is way out of it. the researchers of Chhattisgarh have been able to identify a high yielding variety of white rice which is proven to be very low on Glycemic Index [GI]. GI measures how much the food affects the blood sugar levels. According to the TOI, it is not only for the people who are suffering from diabetes or for those who are at the risk of the disease, it is also good to be included in the regular diet by average consumers.