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Healthy Food Ingredients

November 12th, 2010

 Healthy Food IngredientsFood is become a determinant factor of our health, because many diseases also caused by eating the bad food. The better the food that we eat (in this case the nutrient contents), then the lower the risk we are exposed to a disease. The quality of food depends on its ingredients. Healthy food comes from healthy ingredient as well.

Here are some of healthy food ingredients: Carotene source: sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, mango, spinach; Vitamin E source: asparagus, bean sprouts, vegetable oil and beans; Vitamin C source: cassava leaves, mango, oranges, broccoli, mustard greens and guava; Omega-3 fatty acids source: various types of marine fish (anchovies, sardines, and Spanish mackerel) and fish oil; Folic acid source: Beans (green beans, red beans, and peas), orange essence, spinach and chicken liver; Vitamin B6 source: banana, non-fat chicken meat, brown rice, oatmeal, and white tuna; Flanovoid source: Melon, grapes, oranges, papaya, mango, persimmon and guava.

By recognizing the healthy food ingredients, then we can create a healthy food that will help maintain our health.

The Content of Red Beans as A Nutritious Food

July 21st, 2010

Red Kidney Beans The Content of Red Beans as A Nutritious FoodRed beans are classified as concerning food which include in group of legumes; same as green beans, soya beans, Tolo beans, and Uci beans. There are several types of red beans such as red bean, Adzuki bean (small red beans), and kidney bean (big red bean). The content of nutrients in red beans, beside the beans are cooked in a variety of delicious foods, the content of nutrients in red beans are also incredibly rich.

Red beans are rich with folic acid, calcium, complex carbohydrates, fiber, and high protein. The content of complex carbohydrates and high fiber which makes the red beans can lower the blood cholesterol levels. Red beans glycemic index levels are also low so red beans are useful for diabetic and reducing the risk of diabetes.

The content of mineral in red beans is able to completed 24 percent of daily requirement of manganese, 16 percent of iron, 14 percent of phosphorus, 12 percent of potassium and copper, 11 percent of magnesium, 7 percent of zinc, and others are below 3 percent. The mineral content in small red beans (Adzuki bean) is more than the type of big red beans (kidney bean). Kidney beans are almost free of fat, sodium, cholesterol and sodium.

Besides that, red beans are very low in calories (only 6 per cent per 100 grams), and has a cheap price. In fact, red beans are able to cover 30 percent of fiber needs and contain 168 mg of Omega-3 fatty acids and 107 mg of Omega-6 fatty acids.

The Function of High Fibrous Foods

June 12th, 2010

salad1263x175 The Function of High Fibrous FoodsNutritionists and health experts are believed that high fibrous foods are very useful to the body because high fibrous foods can nourish the digestive organs, prevent cancer and overcoming constipation. Fiber draws water from the surrounding blood vessels so that feces become soft and easy to remove. Fiber also blocks the absorption of sugar, so it is good for reducing obesity and the healthy of the diabetics. Fiber can not be processed by the digestive enzymes so that people who consume a lot of fibrous food would have much more feces.

This makes the intestinal doing the peristaltic movement which is good for the digestive organs and pushed out the feces quickly so that free radicals haven’t got much time to disrupt the body’s cells and causing cancer. In the digestive organs, fiber reduces the amount of bad bacteria and increases the number of good bacteria. If the amount of bad bacteria in the intestines is reduced, the growth of toxic substances can be reduced so that it can reduce the risk of colon cancer.

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