Nutrition
Recipe of easy and health-giving Tomato Cucumber salad is here!
A proper salad made with fresh vegetables and ingredients is a nutritious meal for sure. Another added advantage is that one can be very creative while preparing them. So, we bought this recipe of easy, nutritious and filling tomato cucumber salad for you. Read on and try it for sure.
Ingredients:
Cucumber – 50g (diced)
Tomatoes – 50g (deseeded & diced)
Onions -20g (sliced)
Fresh Herbs
Home grown micro greens
(optional)/Shepu/coriander
Olive oil – ½ tbsp
Vinegar – ½ tbsp
Pepper – a pinch
Salt – a pinch
Process:
- Take a bowl and add chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and fresh herbs. Keep it aside.
- In another small bowl, make salad dressing by using olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
- Mix the mixture thoroughly.
- Pour this salad dressing over the vegetables and toss to mix.
- Now, serve with any starter or just like that.
Nutritional Facts:
Energy – 26.26 K.cal
Proteins – 1g
Carbohydrate – 5.3g
Fiber – 4.8g
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
Nutrition
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
- Sunflower seeds that we eat.
- Sunflower seeds used to extract oil.
These seeds can be eaten as a snack or they can be added to:
- Mukhwas
- Nutrition bars
- Bread
- Muffins
- Yogurt
- Stir-fries
- salad
Benefits of sunflower seeds:
- Supports your immune system
- Boosts your energy level
- Improves your heart health
- Reduces inflammation
- Reduces cholesterol
- Manages diabetes
- Reduces the risk of cancer
- Helps in weight loss
- Boosts brain function
- Helps in the treatment of Anaemia
- Its good for skin
- Helps to detox your body
- Helpful during pregnancy
Nutrition
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:
- Rich in antioxidants
- Boosts heart health
- Improves digestion
- Increases energy and alertness
- Good for your skin
- Reduces inflammation
- Fights off cold
- Good for your teeth
- Soothes headaches
- Soothes period pain
- Soothes your sore throat
- Soothes nausea
- Reduces muscle pain
- Boosts your immunity system
- Good for your brain
Nutrition
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:
- soy
- Nuts
- Oats
- Beans
- Fatty fish
- Vegetable oil
- Fiber supplements
- Eggplant and okra
- Barley and other whole grains
- Food fortified with sterols and stanols
- 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:
- Keeps blood pressure in check
- It helps arteries stay flexible and responsive
- It is good for bones
- It is good for digestive health
- It is good for vision
- It is good for mental health
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