12
Indian foods that cut fat
You don't have to
acquire a taste for olive oil, seaweed or soya to maintain a
low-fat, healthy diet. Indian cuisine can be healthy
too, if it's cooked with oil and ingredients that take care of
your heart and health.
Ayurveda suggests you include
all tastes — sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and
astringent — in at least one meal each day, to help balance
unnatural cravings. Here are 12 foods that can help you lose
weight and gain health:
Turmeric : Curcumin,
the active component of turmeric, is an object of research
owing to its properties that suggest they may help to turn off
certain genes that cause scarring and enlargement of the
heart. Regular intake may help reduce low-density lipoprotein
(LDL) or bad cholesterol and high blood pressure, increase
blood circulation and prevent blood clotting, helping to
prevent heart attack.
Cardamom : This is a
thermogenic herb that increases metabolism and helps burn body
fat. Cardamom is considered one of the best digestive aids and
is believed to soothe the digestive system and help the body
process other foods more efficiently.
Chillies : Foods
containing chillies are said to be as foods that burn fat.
Chillies contain capsaicin that helps in increasing the
metabolism. Capsaicin is a thermogenic food, so it causes the
body to burn calories for 20 minutes after you eat the
chillies.
Curry
leaves : Incorporating curry leaves into your
daily diet can help you lose weight. These leaves flush out fat and toxins, reducing fat
deposits that are stored in the body, as well as reducing bad
cholesterol levels. If you are overweight, incorporate eight
to 10 curry leaves into your diet daily. Chop them finely and
mix them into a drink, or sprinkle them over a meal.
Garlic : An effective
fat-burning food, garlic contains the sulphur compound allicin
which has anti-bacterial effects and helps reduce cholesterol
and unhealthy fats.
Mustard oil : This has
low saturated fat compared to other cooking oils. It has fatty
acid, oleic acid, erucic acid and linoleic acid. It contains
antioxidants, essential vitamins and reduces cholesterol,
which is good for the heart.
Cabbage : Raw or
cooked cabbage inhibits the conversion of sugar and other
carbohydrates into fat. Hence, it is of great value in weight
reduction.
Moong
dal : The bean sprouts are rich in Vitamin A,
B, C and E and many minerals, such as calcium, iron and
potassium. It is recommended as a food replacement in many
slimming programmes, as it has a very low fat content. It is a
rich source of protein and fiber, which helps lower blood
cholesterol level. The high fiber content yields complex
carbohydrates, which aid digestion, are effective in
stabilising blood sugar and prevent its rapid rise after meal
consumption.
Honey : It is a home
remedy for obesity. It mobilises the extra fat deposits in the
body allowing it to be utilized as energy for normal
functions. One should start with about 10 grams or a
tablespoon, taken with hot water early in the morning.
Buttermilk : It is the
somewhat sour, residual fluid that is left after butter is
churned. The probiotic food contains just 2.2 grams of fat and
about 99 calories, as compared to whole milk that contains 8.9
grams fat and 157 calories. Regular intake provides the body
with all essential nutrients and does not add fats and
calories to the body. It is thus helpful in weight loss.
Millets : Fiber-rich
foods such as millets - jowar, bajra, ragi, etc - absorb
cholesterol and help increase the secretion of the bile that
emulsifies fats.
Cinnamon
and cloves: Used
extensively in Indian cooking, the spices have been found to
improve the function of insulin and to lower glucose, total cholesterol,
LDL and triglycerides in
people with type 2 diabetes.
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FACTS TO
KNOW - INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE
1. Chewing
on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing
tears. Try it next time you chop these bulbs.
2. Until babies
are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time.
Indeed convenient!
3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of
all people will write their own name!
4. Male mosquitoes are
vegetarians. Only females bite and savour blood.
5. The
average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide
angle.
6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and
if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.
7. Canadians can send
letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on
each stamp.
8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the
baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
9. It actually
snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979. Can you beat
that!!
10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and
more quickly than plants watered with cold water.
11. Wearing
headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear
by 700 times.
12. Grapes explode when you put them in the
microwave.
13. Those stars and colors you see when you rub
your eyes are called phosphenes.
14. Our eyes are always the
same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop
growing.
15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like
fingerprints.
16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed
chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system
and be excreted.
17. At 40 degrees centigrade a person loses
about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
18. There is a
hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every
year.
19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in
the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot,
rather than right foot, left foot .
20. Onions help reduce
cholesterol if eaten after fatty meals.
21. The sound you
hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen
gas bubbles bursting.
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