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Here’s is the recipe for healthy Wheat Rawa Upma

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Here's is the recipe for healthy Wheat Rawa Upma

We all know that upma is quick to prepare and offers plenty of health benefits. The healthiest upma is often prepared with fresh and low-fat ingredients. Not just that, upma fills you up with fewer calories. And this leads weight loss along with getting required nutritional values to your body.

So, we have come up with this healthy wheat rawa upma for you!

Ingredients:

Wheat rawa –  30g

Onions – 50g

Carrots- 2 large carrots

Green beans – 20 gm

Curd – 50g

Coriander leaves few sprigs

Salt as per taste

Oil – 1 tsp

Turmeric – a Pinch

Process:

  1. Take a deep pan and heat oil and then, add onion, chopped carrots and green beans.
  2. Cook until transparent.
  3. Now, add turmeric, salt and wheat rawa.
  4. Sauté well.
  5. Add water and cook until it thickens.
  6. Now add beaten curd to it.
  7. Cook for another 3 minutes until the all flavours are mixed well.
  8. Wait till the mixture turn into the right consistency
  9. Garnish with coriander leaves
  10. That’s it. Serve it hot!

Nutritional facts:

Energy – 202 K.cal
Proteins – 6.2g
Carbohydrate – 30.2g
Fibre – 2.7g

For further information and consultation:

Doctor name: M.Lakshmi Tejasvi
Specialization: Sports Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition
Degree: Masters in Clinical Nutrition, Certified in sports Nutrition, certified in Autistic Care nutrition, Nutritigenetics and P.G Diploma in healthcare management

For any queries , kindly email to drtidybiz@gmail.com

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Here are some benefits of sunflower seeds

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Here are some benefits of sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds:

Sunflower seeds are full of nutrients, including  phosphorous, magnesium, copper, potassium, selenium, iron, manganese, zinc, and vitamins B-6,B-1 and E. Around 2000 seeds are extracted from large sunflower heads .Usually there are two types of sunflower seeds, they are

  1. Sunflower seeds that we eat.
  2. Sunflower seeds used to extract oil.

These seeds can be eaten as a snack or they can be added to:

  1. Mukhwas
  2. Nutrition bars
  3. Bread
  4. Muffins
  5. Yogurt
  6. Stir-fries
  7. salad

Benefits of sunflower seeds:

  1. Supports your immune system
  2. Boosts your energy level
  3. Improves your heart health
  4. Reduces inflammation
  5. Reduces cholesterol
  6. Manages diabetes
  7. Reduces the risk of cancer
  8. Helps in weight loss
  9. Boosts brain function
  10. Helps in the treatment of Anaemia
  11. Its good for skin
  12. Helps to detox your body
  13. Helpful during pregnancy
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How healthy is chai ?

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How healthy is chai ?

Chai:

With few exceptions, the base of chai is a black tea. There are many variations of black tea, but assam is the most common in chai, as it has a strong, full-bodied flavor. Chai includes milk and spices like cardamom,ginger, star anise and cloves. For sweetness white sugar or jaggery or unrefined cane sugar, is also used.

Benefits of chai:

  1. Rich in antioxidants
  2. Boosts heart health
  3. Improves digestion
  4. Increases energy and alertness
  5. Good for your skin
  6. Reduces inflammation
  7. Fights off cold
  8. Good for your teeth
  9. Soothes headaches
  10. Soothes period pain
  11. Soothes your sore throat
  12. Soothes nausea
  13. Reduces muscle pain
  14. Boosts your immunity system
  15. Good for your brain
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Here are some foods that lowers cholesterol

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Here are some foods that lowers cholesterol

Lower  LDL cholesterol diet:

Fats floating through your bloodstream can be improved by taking food that lowers the LDL cholesterol diet. Adding foods that lowers LDL cholesterol to the diet is the best way to control cholesterol.

Foos that lowers LDL cholesterol are:

  1. soy
  2. Nuts
  3. Oats
  4. Beans
  5. Fatty fish
  6. Vegetable oil
  7. Fiber supplements
  8. Eggplant and okra
  9. Barley and other whole grains
  10. Food fortified with sterols and stanols
  11. Apples, grapes, strawberries,citrus fruits

Instead of focusing on one or two it is advisable to have several foods to lower cholesterol  in different ways. It is the expansion of variety of foods that you usually have but it is a natural way to lower cholesterol and it also avoids the risk of muscle problem and other side effects.

There are other benefits also, they are:

  1. Keeps blood pressure in check
  2. It helps arteries stay flexible and responsive
  3. It is good for bones
  4. It is good for digestive health
  5. It is good for vision
  6. It is good for mental health
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