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Healthy snacks for Children

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 30, 2008 in Food, Kids Diet

Parents are very much confused about what snacks one can give their children. Children need a snack which should be high in energy and fats and adequate in proteins. But children are bombarded with a lot of unhealthy snacks such as chips, colas, candies, instant noodles etc. Remember that children model their parents, teachers, and [...]

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Beer & Kidney Stones

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 29, 2008 in Food, Health

This one’s for the guys: Stout, porter, or other hops-heavy beers can help prevent calcium deposits from forming in your kidneys. That’s a good thing, since calcium deposits eventually turn into painful, jagged asteroids of pain called kidney stones. Researchers in Finland tracked 27,000 men and found that every glass of beer they drank daily [...]

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The Power Nut- Almond

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 27, 2008 in Food, Health

A lot of information has been published about the benefits of nuts. Let me introduce to you one of them and what I am going to tell you are about almonds. Lets first talk about macro nutrients like proteins. Almonds are high in protein. One ounce (30g) contains 12% of our daily protein needs. Although [...]

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Garlic-Flavoured Yoghurt- Beat Cholesterol

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 26, 2008 in Food, Health

Yogurt 500 gm / 1.1 lb Garlic paste 1 tbsp Cumin powder, roasted 1 ½ tsp Red chilli powder ½ tsp Black pepper powder ½ tsp Salt to taste Black rock salt ½ tsp Method : Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl using a whisk or an eggbeater. Serve as an accompaniment to [...]

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Bottle gourd- Guard against diseases

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 18, 2008 in Food, Health

Lauki, dudhi or bottle gourd holds pride of place in the Indian Ayurvedic medical system. Here is why our ancestors included it in their regular diet, and why it still makes sense to do so. Lauki is 96.1% water, so is light on the stomach and aids digestion. A 100 gm serving of lauki contains [...]

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Beat the Breakfast Blues

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 15, 2008 in Food, Health

On a busy morning, breakfast is the last thing anybody can think off. There is usually no time to catch up with breakfast or no time is made available for breakfast. If I tell you the innumerable benefits of eating breakfast then I am sure you will beat away the breakfast blues. Breakfast is a [...]

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Benefits of Soy Milk

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 9, 2008 in Food

As the taste of commercial soy milk improves more and more people are drinking it as enjoyment. But many people drink soy milk for the added health benefits. So what are the benefits of drinking soy milk as compared to cow’s milk? Benefit 1: Soy milk contains only vegetables proteins Vegetable proteins have the advantage [...]

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What are White Oats?

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 8, 2008 in Food, Health

Oats, like any other varieties of grains, belong to the Graminae family (grasses)’s called ‘Jai’ in Hindi. They are derived from natural whole grain. Oats are excellent source of soluble dietary fibre. They are derived from natural whole grain. Oats’quality is enhanced further, by mixing it with Oat Bran.This fibre helps lower blood LDL cholesterol, [...]

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Curb Cravings With Green Tea – Helps the Body Burn Fat

By Sanjana - Dietitian on May 28, 2008 in Food

Green tea has a long history of healthful benefits and its qualities are significantly more effective than black tea. Both teas come from the carnellia sinensis plant but green tea leaves are steamed rather than fermented like black and oolong teas. This prevents a powerful anti-oxidant, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), from being oxidized and therefore diminished. [...]

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