Saturday 31 August 2019

Weight loss Recipe : Tasty Indian style Rice Porridge Recipe | Easy Weight loss Recipe | Rice Porridge Recipe for Fever & Cold | Good for Digestion and Gut Health

Rice Porridge


Easy South Indian Style Rice Porridge is one of the best option for Light and on the go Dinner.


This dish can also be made with left over Rice and contains very less calories. Light on stomach and easy for your Gut health, this recipe can even be good during fever and cold days.



Very light and easy Recipe lets Check out the Recipe to the same.

       


INGREDIENTS:

  • Whole Wheat Flour:            2 Tbs
  • Jeera/Cumin powder:           1 tsp
  • Yogurt:                                 1 Cup
  • Water:                                   as needed
  •  Salt:                                      To taste        
  •  Cooked Rice:                        1 Cup


Serving: 3 - 4 people


INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a deep vessel, add Wheat Flour and curd. Mix well with a whisk. Make sure that no lumps are formed. Add salt as required.

2.Add around 3-4 cups of water. Cook this mixer, until it gets completely boiled. Keep on stirring while this mixer is cooked.

3.Add cumin powder now. Give a quick stir.

4.Now, roughly mash your cooked rice and add it to your vessel. If its too thick add water to required consistency you want.

5.After adding Rice, cook for around 3 minutes and switch off the flame.

6. Serve Hot.  

 

Note:
§   If you have over cooked Rice or Left-over Rice then this recipe tastes best. However, you can also make this with newly cooked Rice, it anyway tastes good.
§  The consistency of the porridge is best when its neither too thick nor too runny. That’s why add water as per your requirement.
§  Don’t forget to add cumin powder, as it adds on to the flavor.
§  You can even top this up with Ghee and Jeera Tadka, but would increase the number of calories of the dish.
§  You can even add other cooked lentils along (Mung, Mogar, Chana dal)






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Wednesday 28 August 2019

Weight loss: Diet Food that makes you Fat ?? Eat Mindfully and avoid certain things during Weight Loss !

Diet Food is a fad!

Nowadays Diet foods, such as those labeled “low-fat,” “low-calorie” or “fat-free,” are specifically marketed to people looking to shed excess weight.

However, many diet foods may do your waistline more harm than good. These packed Foods are really fattening than what they really seem. Don't go for how the companies market them but do check what their ingredients list actually contain.

Lets discuss some of them,


1. Brown Bread:

🍞Although brown bread has replaced white bread, don’t choose them blindly. Most brown bread brands come with all refined flour and very little portion of whole wheat flour, that makes the bread lose many of the nutrients. The refined flour lacks fiber, natural minerals and vitamins and most of the vital nutrients get damaged in refining the flour,leaving behind a rich source of sugar.
🍞In the processing of bread, sugar, salt and all of preservativesare added. Even most Bread packets are devoid of whole wheat and colouring agents are added to make it look like Brown Bread.

🍞Whole Wheat Bread are usually very fibrous and you could just feel the real fiber in the Bread. But it is really difficult to differenciate both. Although claimed to be made of whole wheat entirely, most brown bread contains maida, which is one of the reasons of considering white bread as unhealthy. So all the weight watchers should choose your bread wisely!!!!

 2. Health Bars:

✔️Many of you consider these health bars a everyday convenient and healthy snack and enjoy their flavour and versatility. They may contain as much sugar, carbs, and calories as candy bars.

✔️These bars are often highly processed and contain added sugar, artificial sweeteners, and sucrose which can negatively impact our health. They may contain 200 to 300 calories per Bar, which may amounts to one entire meal calories for many of us.

✔️In some cases, these bars can be a good source of fiber and protein to help curb cravings between meals. Still, studying ingredient lists carefully or choosing to make your own healthy bars can ensure that your snack is both nutritious and delicious.

✔️ You can have your homemade peanut Chikki, Til Chikki, Dry fruit Chikki etc. instead as a healthy snack option also. Will be sharing the recipe soon.



3. Packaged Juices:


🍉Tetra Packaged juices, with zero pulp are low in fibre and high in sugar. Even though they read as “No Sugar” the juices contain Fructose, corn starch and other artificial sweeteners which are used as an alternative to sugar.

🥝Our homemade fruit juice stays fresh for not more than 3-5 hours. A lot of fruit syrups, flavors and Preservatives are added to keep the packed juices fresh and taste the same even after months.

🍇All this makes the packed juices high in calories  compared to the fresh juices made at home.

🍒At times, packaged juices may not be very harmful but may also not be beneficial. It’s always better to have freshly prepared juice rather than packaged juice and consume fresh fruits over fresh juice.

4. Diet/ Digestive/ Whole grain Biscuit:

🍪Diet or Whole-wheat Biscuit are filled with sugar, refined flour and fats which are not required for your body and will only deteriorate your health.
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🍪Baking soda and sodium soluble substance are added to make them taste Crunchy. They are high processed foods with Zero fibre and filled with preservatives to make them sustain for many days.

🍪Maida dough is prepared easily, and it is easily workable and feasible other than the Wheat flour which has fiber and whereby the dough starts to break, and work ability and sustainability of biscuits becomes difficult.

🍪Even though the packaging reads whole Wheat, very little amount of wheat is used in the processing. The commercial branding of the product makes us believe that the product is made of Whole Wheat.

🍪However, stick to eating just one or two at a time, instead go with your Homemade Biscuits or Nankhatai, Khakhra, Bhakhri to aid faster Weight loss.





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CARDIO v/s STRENGTH/ WEIGHT TRAINING I Cardio or Weight Training which is the best for Weight Loss -Part- I - Health Fitness and Lifestyle




CARDIO Workout definition: 

In a Laymen Terms, Cardio means any exercise that raises your heart rate.

When you work out at a high intensity the blood starts to pump a lot harder and that challenges the elasticity of the arterial wall.

A stronger cardio-vascular system means more capillaries delivering more oxygen to cells in your muscles. This enables your cells to burn more fat during both exercise and inactivity.             

Some of the Common form of cardio exercises are stated below:      
Cardio

  • Walking 
  • Elliptical Walking (on tread mill )
  • Running 
  • High Intensity Interval (HIIT) Training
  • Bike Riding or Cycling
  • Stair Climber
  • Jumping Rope
  • Swimming 
  • Circuit Training

 WEIGHT/STRENGTH/RESISTANCE Training definition:

In a Laymen Language, Weight Training means any physical training that involves lifting weights. This training increases muscle strength by making your muscles work against a weight or force. 

Weight Training


Different forms of resistance training include using free weightsweight machines, resistance bands and your own body weight. A beginner needs to train two or three times per week to gain the maximum benefit.







Now, coming to the point, which is the best for Weight Loss???? Choosing between cardio and lifting weights!!!

Cardio or Weights

Yes, cardio is the best option for true weight loss.But strength training builds muscle which might also help you to tone up and slim down in a different way.

cardio workout burns more calories than a weight-training workout. However, your metabolism may stay elevated for longer after weights than cardio, and weight lifting is better for building muscle. Thus, the ideal exercise program for improving body composition and health includes cardio and weights.


If weight loss is your goal, then cardio can be a great stepping stone for increasing your fitness levels and burning calories quickly. However, in order to achieve a toned, sculpted look, adding resistance training to your routine is important. 

And the Answer to this is:  

In order to lose weight and also have a healthy living,have a balanced and combined version of both the Forms of Exercise!!!! 

Although a weight-training workout doesn't typically burn as many calories as a cardio workout, it has other important benefits 

Trusted SouFor example, weight training is more effective than cardio at building muscle, and muscle burns more calories at rest than some other tissues, including fat (3
Trusted SourceWeight Training improves your metabolism over time, although the changes aren't huge. Also, weight training is typically more effective than cardio at increasing the number of calories you burn after a workout.
Combine both cardio and resistance training to help you achieve weight loss and strengthen your muscles. Either way, though, weight loss is all about moving more no matter what form you of exercise choose. So just get up and Work out.

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