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Reducing sugar lowers the risk of developing overweight and obesity, and in turn in developing diabetes because diets high in sugar are linked to obesity and overweight, both which increase the likelihood and prospect of diabetes.
👉🏽It also has a significant effect on lowering dental caries.
👉🏽There is even a strong link between obesity and mortality.
👥 And all this is not only in case of adults, but in children and adolescents alike.
The overindulgence in high calorie food and indoor leisure activities, such as watching television, surfing the net and playing computer games, all contribute to obesity in children.
Globally, overweight and obesity in children under-five years of age has increased, and in adolescents (13–15 years) are highly prevalent (according to the global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014).
Here are some natural ways by which one can keep their sugar intake in check as to reduce their risk of various noncommunicable diseases.
These tips can also be useful to individuals who are pre-diabetic or diagnosed with having Type 2 diabetes.
While we are talking about ADDED and HIDDEN sugars, it is often a good practice to opt for HOMEMADE food options rather than store-bought, when you can.
🍫 Granola and granola bars are one such item.
Look at the various sugars present in a packet of store-bought granola (look at the post).
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How about trying to make granola at home? Check out our homemade granola recipe and try it for yourself!
LINK IN BIO 👉🏽
Let’s start by just being mindful of portion size what to take more and less in your plate.
Sugar is sneaky, and can appear where you least expect it. There are more obvious items like cakes, sweets, sodas, and table sugar that you might add to your morning coffee.
But, it can also hide out in things like sauces, salad dressings, granola bars, and pre-made foods (check our previous post to know which other items have hidden sugar in it). Even fruit – while it’s considered “natural” – contains sugar.
How does high sugar intake affect your body? 🤷
- If you're eating way too much sugar and your body stops responding properly to insulin, your pancreas starts pumping out even more insulin. Eventually, your overworked pancreas will break down and your blood sugar levels will rise, setting you up for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
The burden of diabetes is high and increasing globally, and in developing economies like India, it is mainly fueled by the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity and unhealthy lifestyles.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics in 2019, 77 million individuals had diabetes in India, which is expected to rise to over 134 million by 2045! 🤯
Type 2 diabetes can lead to multiorgan complications like
❤️Heart and blood vessel disease,
🧠 Nerve damage (neuropathy) in limbs,
👀 Eye damage,
⭕ Slow healing,
🫧 Kidney disease, and more.
How to prevent type 2 diabetes? 😟
Healthy lifestyle choices. 💞
One of these include reducing the amount of sugar you consume in your diet. Along with knowing the hidden sugars (as you saw in the previous post), it is important to be aware of all of the different names or “synonyms” for sugar, so you can check labels and identify products where sugar might be hiding out.
Extra sugar not only adds to your waistline, but it puts your heart health at risk.
Research shows that excess sugar consumption can be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Knowing where sugar may be hiding can help you meet your health goals and beat added sugar at its game of hide and seek. Of course, foods such as candies, desserts, and sodas contain lots of added sugar, but there are also some less obvious sources too.
Swipe till the end to know about hidden sugars: what are they and where do we find them.
🐥good week
Keeping vegetables ready in boxes is such a great idea to add them to your meals.
🥕🍅🍆🥦 Different vegetables take different times to cook. If you are new to steaming as a cooking method, the chart above showing the approximate steaming times for different vegetables should help you get started.
Use this chart as a guide and remember that the actual cooking times may differ considerably due to various reasons: freshness, size, whole vs sliced or diced veggies, etc.
Hope you try this 🙂
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🥕Vegetables provide our body with many nutrients.
🍅 The way you prepare and cook your veggies can make a difference in the amount of nutrients your body receives.
🍆 There are three main things that deplete veggies of their nutrients when cooking:
🌡️ temperature,
⌚ time and
💧 water.
🥦 The lower the temperature, less time exposed to heat and less water used, the better. By this standard, boiling your vegetables is the worst offender – you toss out the nutrients in the water!
So, what is the best way to cook vegetables?
Steam, don't boil.
Here's how.
Here is a simple kitchen hack that can help reduce your food wastage.
PS: Kids love the crunchy bread bites as a dip with hummus 🥕! You can find my easy hummus recipe in the previous posts 😇
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Internet information exists in many forms (facts, statistics, stories, opinions), is created for many purposes (to entertain, to inform, to persuade, to sell, to influence), and varies in quality from good to bad. So how do you determine whether information is reliable and of good quality?
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Lessons I learnt
Oven-drying fresh bread produces a better texture than using stale bread.
Salting and draining tomatoes produces more flavorful tomato chunks.
Adding tomato juice to the dressing makes a flavor-packed vinaigrette.
A Tuscan salad inspired by @themissingdrumstick. I added some Zatar and a dash of maple too in the dressing.
You can find more such soulful and healthy recipes in the 'Get Inspired' section of our website www.arbuza.in 🌿
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Information is rampant on the Internet. It's a good practice to not believe anything you read before determining whether the information is reliable and of good quality.
For more science behind the potentials of this 'Golden Grain', you can read the article linked in the bio.
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Apple Cinnamon Oats
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Recipe link in bio ➡️
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Just a meal
Chicken and greens!
Just a quick dinner
Recipe : @skoranne
This Rakshabandhan, an ex-client of ours is creating her very own wholesome gift basket to share with her loved ones. Her basket is made of jars of home made granola, peanut butter and hummus which she has prepared using our recipes!
When it comes to festivities, exchanging sweets and dry-fruits is a common gesture. However, in order to stay healthy, it is important to make mindful choices at every step, and that is exactly what she has done!
Kudos to you Isha! You're an inspiration.
Happy Rakshabandhan Insta fam!
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It’s that time of the year where I again (re)introduce myself to peeps here:
I am happy that this page is liked by you but also I cannot make everyone happy 24/7.
We don’t believe in diets and not in vulgarising science. Some things in science need deeper understanding which cannot be said in reels.
Some are here for sharing love for food and some are here for sharing love for life or real science. All are welcome ❤️
But the boundaries are as follows
1. We don’t show before after pictures and we do not shame any food. Food choice has multitude of reasons and more are social and cultural.
2. If something is not published it’s observation.
3. We believe in being healthy at all sizes so if you are here for intentional and strict weight loss, this is not your place.
4. Food and health are political subjects period. I believe in nutrition being everyone’s right not for privileged few.
5. My posts are not one size fits all, there will be times when something dissent apply to you which does not make it wrong.
Fun facts about me : my most useless hobby is to check temperature around world, I love hot coffee and deep conversations, I am passionate about science and playing the game of research, I love hot gulab jamun.
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