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Cook with Bok Choy

By Sanjana - Dietitian on October 4, 2011 in Food, Health

Bok choy is a wonderful vegetable to be added to various recipes. We have seen its benefits in the article http://nutrihealth.in/food/health-benefits-of-bok-choy/. So lets have a look at the recipes Bok choy soup Servings- 1 Ingredients bok choy- 50g washed and cut longitudinally low sodium soy sauce- 1 tsp chicken stock- 1-2 cups chopped garlic- one [...]

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Health Benefits of Bok Choy

By Sanjana - Dietitian on October 3, 2011 in Food

The latest addition to my vegetable section in my refrigerator is bok choy. I just could not resist the vibrant green color and I had to try it out. Although it is part of the chinese cuisine, it can still be used in Indian cooking and has lot of health benefits. It belongs to the [...]

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Tips to choose a healthy breakfast cereal

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 5, 2011 in Food

My usual weekly trip to the supermarket made me realize the wide choice of breakfast cereals displayed on aisles. It is such a wonderful, attractive display and innumerable choices of flavours, tastes, combinations etc to choose from. How can we forget the “claims” such as lose weight in two weeks, reduce cholesterol, get smarter with [...]

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4 Foods that weaken your bones

By Sanjana - Dietitian on May 4, 2011 in Food, Health

A lot of emphasis is given to foods that promote healthy bones and the importance of intake of calcium supplements, but have we ever given a thought on few of the foods that can hamper all our efforts. Lets have a look at 4 commonly consumed foods that can weaken our bones. Salt- Salt is [...]

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Multigrain: Real or fake

By Sanjana - Dietitian on March 4, 2011 in Food

Eating whole grains is necessary to get our much needed carbohydrates, the major source of fuel for our body. If you drop into a supermarket, it gets very confusing to chose the right grains. the latest trend seen is “multigrain”. Now is it for real? Do not confuse this term for whole grain. Let me [...]

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Healthy Nutribar Recipe

By Sanjana - Dietitian on February 17, 2011 in Food, Health

Commercially available Nutribars are bad for your health. Here is a quick and healthy recipe to make your own healthy nutribar Ingredients Nuts like groundnuts(peanuts), crushed almonds and walnuts-1 cup Seeds like sesame seeds, watermelon seeds, toasted flaxseeds- 1 tbsp each Ground cardamom- 1/2 tsp Jaggery- 1/2 cup Method Melt jaggery in a pan. Mix [...]

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Goodness of Cheese

By Sanjana - Dietitian on February 16, 2011 in Food, Health

My clients give me surprised looks when I tell them that cheese is allowed in their diets. Cheese has been in the news for causing weight gain, acne, heart disease etc. All this is not true. If you have read the book by Dr. Spencer Johnson “who moved my cheese”, which is a book on [...]

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Facts and Consequences of not having Breakfast

By T S Sundaram on February 13, 2011 in Food, Guest articles

Breakfast tends to have the least priority these days in the daily chores of a family. Missing out of this essential morning meal will certainly hinder the growth of children in the family as also other elder members of their health gradually. Skipping breakfast is becoming a common trait among modern urban families everywhere. Why is [...]

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ORGANIC FOOD –Is Good, Does Good and Tastes Good

By Ashish Kataria on February 5, 2011 in Food, Guest articles

Farming practices used before the 1900′s are classed as organic. It was only after this that added chemicals such as urea and DDT were brought into farming – previous to this, farmers didn’t have the knowledge and simply put, were happy enough with things as they were; as most of us today would be. After [...]

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