Healthy Snacking for Adults (2) April 27, 2009
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•Fruits and vegetables. They can fill you up without giving you so much calories. But yes, it could really be boring to munch a piece of fruit just anywhere. Here is what you can do: prepare a mixture of sliced fruits (apples and banana), add a drop of lemon juice, and put it in a sealed container. At home or in the office, make strips of cucumber and turnips, then sprinkled with a pinch of salt.
• Nuts can also be a good “in-between meal nourishment.” Nuts consist of monounsaturated fats which can give that feeling of fullness. Aside from its fiber content, it also contains magnesium, manganese, protein, zinc, and phosphorus.
•Low fat and calorie foods. When choosing healthier snacks, do not only look at the fat content but also the sugar and the carbohydrates. A food may be low in fat, but high in sugar and vice versa.
• Low sodium foods. Be conscious of the sodium content of snack foods. When given several choices, don’t just go for one with better taste. Good health is not achieved by foods that have one good ingredient. You should eat foods that do not have negative ingredients like sodium (could be from salt or other baking ingredients). For example, delete crackers from your snack lists, no matter if they are advertised as healthy. This is especially true with those that have more than 100 mg of sodium per serving size.
Although snacks can really help cut down main meal caloric intake, it can also be a source of excess calories if you do not monitor total caloric intake. As we are all being encouraged, read the labels for calories, good nutrient contents, and negative ingredients. Snack healthily.
Vital Facts about Minerals – 6 December 8, 2008
Posted by paripl110707 in Ability to taste, Heal wounds, Normal growth.Tags: Zinc
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Zinc
Vital for normal growth and to heal wounds. Important for our ability to taste.
How Much?
Where? % U.S. RDA
Total cereal, 1 oz 100%
Ground beef, lean, broiled, 3 oz 29 %
Shrimp, broiled, 3oz 9 %
Chicken, roasted. 3 oz 6 %
Whole-wheat bread, slice 3 %
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