Lychee (Litchi chinensis) is a wonderful sweet fruit. The delicious
plus sweet taste is suitable to make juice, ice cream and desserts. The fruit
was originated from South China but today, it can be found in most countries but
the price is quite expensive. Nowadays, there are many lychee products that had
formed into cordial. It is too much sugar and causes lychee to less nutritious.
It is better to get lychee fruit and make your own juice.
Showing posts with label fruits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruits. Show all posts
Lychee
Saturday, 23 May 2015
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Twelve Steps for Heart Healthy Eating
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
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Even you are on medications, following heart healthy eating pattern help to further reduce the risk of heart diseases. Medication is not everything. What you have to do is have fun and enjoy your healthy meals.
1. Never miss three important meals;
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
2. Olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil
and avocado can reduce LDL cholesterol level.
3. Add cereals to your breakfast
drink and have some whole oatmeal before you start your day.
4. Choose low fat milk or low fat
milk products everyday.
5. Say no to chips, high fat crackers
and ice cream.
6. Rarely include deep fried food and
butter in your meal. Avoid cream and sour cream.
7. Drink plenty of water everyday and
avoid the intake of alcohol.
8. Fish and soy products are recommended to be eaten everyday.
9. Have variety of fruits and
vegetable everyday. Make them into special snacks or salads.
10. If possible, prepare meals at home
and no fast food anymore.
11. Use less sugar and less salt when
preparing meals.
12. When buying food products, read
the labels carefully. Choose foods with low sodium, saturated fat, trans-fat,
and sugar.
Coconut
Thursday, 23 October 2014
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blood pressure,
cancer,
fat,
fruits,
immune,
Malaysia,
vitamin B,
vitamin C
Coconut is often called the “tree of life”. It
is used extensively in tropical countries such as Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka
etc. The coconut is famous with the production of coconut oil and it becomes so popular. However, the production of corn oil and soy oil
against coconut oil because coconut oil is believed to cause harmful to human
because of high saturated fat content.
Mangosteen
Sunday, 10 August 2014
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Malaysia,
mangosteen,
xanthone
Mangosteen is a queen of fruit.
In Malaysia, mangosteen is called manggis.
The mangosteen consists of five to eight soft segmented fleshes. According
to NutriWeb Malaysia, 3 big whole of mangosteen contain 33Kcal, 83.9g of water,
0.6g of protein, 1.0g of fat and 5.4g of carbohydrate. It can be eaten like
other tropical fruit or made into juice. The juice consists of the whole fruit
of the mangosteen pureed or combination with other fruit juice such as apple,
blueberry, raspberry, cranberry, pear and strawberry.
Snacks for Type 2 Diabetes
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
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vegetables,
weight loss
Snacks have to be included in the dietary menu planning for people
with Type 2 Diabetes. Most people think that food for snacks contain high in
sugar and fats. Or else, when it comes to snacking, people often think it
should be taken to help curb hunger. But, what is the right definition of
‘snacks’ for people with Type 2 Diabetes.
Don’t Give Up to Lose Weight
Thursday, 3 April 2014
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Dietitian,
fiber,
fruits,
nutritionist,
obesity,
physical,
vegetables,
weight loss
Did you know, research
shows that it takes 12 weeks or average to form new habits? So, try not to give
up with your losing weight program. Just continue and believe that you will get
ideal body weight with less risk of getting any health problems. The end of the
3rd month, healthy eating and regular exercise will become habits which are the
key to losing weight and keeping it off.
Nutrition and Diet for Dengue Fever
In
Malaysia, dengue fever has become a main public concern when more than 12,000
Malaysian have been infected so far this year. Dengue infection is transmitted
by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Dengue is only spread
through the bite of infected mosquito. The dengue can cause serious
complication if it is not well controlled and treated. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
is a potentially dead infection spread mainly by Aedes aegypti. The sign
can be seen with the presence of collected blood under the skin in a very large
bruised area.
SIMPLE Healthy Snacking on a Low Cholesterol Diet
Maybe, you have too many things to do and eating healthy snack
can be low priority in your life. However, we have to face it, snacking is
natural. If you are hungry between main meals, your body will tell you that you
need nutrition now. Therefore, you should definitely eat something to curb your
hunger until the next meal. If you eat the wrong snacks, you will get into
trouble.
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