Food items guaranteed for good health!
Posted on: 27/Mar/2020 9:03:08 AM
The food take is the most prominent aspect for good health! What factors determine a food item to be good for health?
There is an oft-repeated proverb in Tamil – ‘Annam odunginal aindhum odungum’ – meaning that without proper food, all the 5 senses will not function!
Thus, only the intake of food enables the functioning of the 5 senses!It is also frequently mentioned that a person’s health can be perfectly gauged from a look at the hair and the skin! These are not just empty statements! They carry immense depth and relevance!
It will be ok to term our health to be an ‘investment’.. Just as the investment is done with care and analysis for the best returns, the factor what we eat and how we eat will have a direct bearing on our health!
All of us are aware that balanced investment yields the best returns/results! In a similar way, balanced nutritious food is the base of good health!
Further, this will lead to good mental health, happiness, and work skills as well!
There is a trend to hurry for work even without food – but at the same time, good amount of time is spect on proper dress! Lots of people resort to eat only while hungry! And more lots of people relish fried items!
These trends lead to poor health! Though ‘fast life’ is cited as a reason, there is ignorance on the items to be taken as food for good health!
How to keep good health? Researches continue on this! The researchers have released a list of food items ensuring improved health and maintain it!
Let us have a look at some of these recommended food items easily available:
Almond is rich in protein. It protects from heart-diseases. Taking 5 almonds every day ensures good health! 100 grams of almonds have 597 calories. Scientists have given 97 Marks (%) for almonds!
Resins are next in the list! This is available in 3 colours – red. Light yellow, and black! Marks – 51%!
Are you a non-vegetarian? Sea food is the best for good health! Though the fish red sniper has contains rich nutrition, it has a toxic quality as well! In case this is not cleaned/washed properly before cooking, one hs the risk of taking a toxic item! Marks given – 69%.
Citrus fruits play a large part in our health! Lemon, orange, citron, Keenu, and sweet lime which are sour-sweet in taste, are rich in Vitamin C. Apart from rendering the skin glistening, they also help the digestion system!
For the persons having hyper-acidity, citrus fruits are indeed a godsend! The salient point is that the fruit orange grows in most countries in the world, the scientists have given a mark of 51%!
Interested in having a glowing beautiful appearance? Eat orange every day! By the way, pomegranate is no way inferior in importance as compared to orange! Pomegranate is rich in anti-oxidants and also iron! Eating some pomegranate daily will nsure healthy red corpuscles in the blood!
When the season changes (as now to full summer), body required more water. So, it is essential to eat fruits and vegetables with good water content. Cucumber, watermelon, and melon can all be taken! Do not forget tender coconut as well!
Pumpkin varieties are available in plenty in India. They are rich in fibre! They are good for the body as well the climate! They enhance the liver function. They cure constipation. And pumpkin can be cooked in several ways! 100 grams melon has 34 calories. Mark given for melon: 50%!
Banana stem, water-pumpkin, bottle gourd, snake gourd, and peerkankaai are rich in wate4r content. Cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli are also good for health!
As there may be little worms in cauliflower and broccoli, they must be thoroughly cleaned before cooking! As per a recent survey, the demand for broccoli in the USA increased 5 times over the last 50 years!
Carrot is again a godsend for health! As it yields during the summer, it is sold at a reasonable price! As it is easily available everywhere, it can be procured, eaten raw or cooked!
It is believed that carrot was grown in Afghanistan over 1100 years ago! Then, the harvest of carrot spread to other countries! Orange-coloured carrots were grown in Europ in the year 1500 AD. Now, purple-coloured carrot is also being grown in several countries! As carrot is rich in fibre, vitamin A,and iron and hence an important food, it also helps in blood purification!
Pulses play a prominent role in attending to the body fat requirement. Soya, green-gram, flat-gram, and other pulses are all again a godsend for the vegetarians! Rich in protein, they are termed as poor man’s meat!
Pulses, when yet to mature, are richer in carbohydrate and vitamin and contain lesser protein. However, mature pulses contain 20-28% protein and 60% carbohydrate.
Ginger, ever-present in Indian kitchen, and used extensively in Indian cuisines, can be termed as a real ‘elixir’ of good health! Whil it is generally added in the dishes to increase the flavour and spice, it can also be taken in the form of pickles and chutney! Ginger, being anan anti-oxidant, definitely improves body health! Ginger is being used since several millenniums! It is extensively used in Ayurvedic medicine and helps relieve body pain and improves digestion!
Fig is excellent for body health! It can be dried and used just like rsins. Fig is reich in Manganese, protein, sugar, Calcium, Phosphorous, and iron. The remarkable fact is these contents are 4 times richer than in other fruits! Apart from this, fig is rich in Vitamins A and C as well!
Take less but balanced food! Indians are generally noted for lack of nutritious food! Especially, Indian women lack iron content! So, they are affected by anaemia!
Do not eat old food! However rich the prepared food is, as time passes, it tends to lose the nutrition content! So, the food will be devoid of nutrition after a few hours! One can eat for either hunger or for taste! However, the food you eat must be nutritious and good health is yours!
So, let us grow our body healthy with nutritious food! Remember, food is an investment for your body! However, health is the investment for your life!!
