Eating Healthy

Eating is one the most important events in everyone’s life. We enjoy eating - it’s part of who we are and part of our culture; in fact, eating is the hottest universal topic of all times. We depend on eating: the foods we eat are the sole source of our energy and nutrition. We know so much about eating: we are born with the desire to eat and grown up with rich traditions of eating. But we also know so little about eating - about how the foods we eat everyday affect our health.

Low Fat, Delicious Muffins

To make tasty muffins you need these things;

Ingredients

    50 g spelt flour
    1 1/2 tbsp sugar
    3/4 tsp mixed spice
    1 heaped tsp baking powder
    50 g oat bran, soaked in a little skimmed milk to moisten
    80 ml milk
    1 large eggs, lightly beaten
    1 tbsp almond or walnut oil
    cream cheese, to serve
    Spray Oil for Greasing

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200C/ and lightly grease a muffin pan with spray oil.
• Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• Add oat bran milk, egg and oil and mix gently until just combined. 
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Turn out and allow to cool until just warm.
• Serve with cream cheese.

Your Body Needs Water

Your body is estimated to be about 60 to 70 percent water. Blood is mostly water, and your muscles, lungs, and brain all contain a lot of water. Water hydrates your body when it enters it. It nourishes your cells and muscles. Too much water, meaning extreme amounts of water intake, however, could cause over dilution in your body, and possibly cause your cells to burst. Otherwise, drinking a normal amount of water daily is healthy for your body.

You need water to regulate body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to travel to your organs and tissues. Water also transports oxygen to your cells, removes waste, and protects your joints and organs.

Apple Health Benefits

The apple is a highly nutritive food, it contains minerals and vitamins in abundance. The food value of the apple is chiefly constituted by its contents of sugar which ranges from 9 to 51 per cent. Of this, fruit sugar constitutes 60 per cent and glucose 25 pet cent and cane sugar only 15 per cent.

The uses of apple is very common including fruit salad, fruit custard, cakes, desserts etc. When compared to many other commonly consumed fruits in the United States, apples had the second highest level of antioxidant activity. Apples also ranked the second for total concentration of phenolic compounds, and perhaps more importantly, apples had the highest portion of free phenolic when compared to other fruits.

Benefits of Fiber in Foods

Fiber is an indigestible component of all plant foods.Fiber has a lot of well being benefits, which includes aiding digestion and keeping the body regular, it can support lower cholesterol, prevents against specific kinds of cancer, and aid with metabolism and weight reduction.

The high fiber foods can help reduce your risk of constipation, diverticulosis, hemorrhoids, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, obesity, colon cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Body Needs Calcium

Calcium is one of the key nutrients that your body needs in order to stay strong and healthy. It is an essential building block for lifelong bone health in both men and women. Calcium helps your heart, muscles, and nerves function. It is also important for bone health. Ninety-nine percent of your body's calcium is stored in your bones.

Dairy products are rich in calcium in a form that is easily digested and absorbed by the body. Sources include milk, yogurt, and cheese.

Simple Cucumber Salad

A very simple and healthy cucumber salad can be made quickly, you need some cucumbers, slice them thin, toss with red onion and some salt to taste and leave it for half an hour. Rinse then and dressing with cider vinegar and a spoon of mustard paste. Sprinkle a couple of drops of olive oil if you need. The salad is ready now.