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Breakfast and our health

Breakfast and our health As my mother used to say when we were in a small city in 1990s “Your breakfast is very important for a good day”. The roti sabji or idli or poha that we used to feast when we were adolescents is almost an outdated start by current standards. standards. However-the  garlic bread, bread butter, biscuits,  puff-sand  coffee that is a current standard breakfast in today’s running world is no better either. What is the significance of breakfast and how can you design your breakfast recipes that are healthful, convenient, and tasty? Morning metabolism                 Our body needs energy 24 x 7 and our metabolism keeps a nearly stable stock of energy whether we are eating or not. Since our brain can not store any energy, it has to depend up on constant supply of sugar (glucose) flowing in your blood. The food we eat is digested in our intestines; proteins carbohydrates and fats are broken down into minor fragments and  are absorbed into the blood stream. T

Diet chart after a heart attack

Diet chart after a heart attack: Don’t focus only on removing fat; In place of processed food include variety of whole grains, vegetables as well as fruits in your diet chart. Many food parcels have sound off about fat oriented statement which includes “no cholesterol,” or “fat free,” as well as “low in saturated fat.” Such well meaning statements were anticipated to help us and keep away from suspected dietary culprit. However eating too much fat such as trans-fat and saturated fat can increase the level of unhealthy LDL   cholesterol which when oxidized turns into a bad cholesterol and it is the key contributor in Heart disease. But as we gathered information from clinical studies over the precedent few years, the tale isn’t that much simple. When food manufacturer and even customers removed the fat from their products as well as diet chart , they frequently substituted it with unhealthy refined carbohydrates; commonly known to us as white flour and also sugar. You will