Tag: Coarse Cereals

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Patients with hypertension can eat staple food like this.

How much is the staple food? Staple food occupies the main position in the dietary structure, and the amount of staple food that adults should consume every day should be 250 ~ 400g. Coarse grains and miscellaneous beans account for 1/3 Whole grains such as brown rice and whole wheat flour that have not been finely processed, as well as coarse cereals such as corn, sorghum, oats, millet, potatoes and beans, besides containing more starch to supply human body with heat, also contain higher contents of protein, dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins. Using them to replace some flour and rice as staple food is more beneficial to balanced nutrition. According to the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, Read More …

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Food Festival Summer Solstice: Buckwheat has many benefits, high protein, stable blood sugar and vitamin supplement.

Doctor Clove often recommends friends to add some coarse cereals to their daily diet. Coarse grains and buckwheat are often mentioned by people. Buckwheat is one of the staple foods of Yi people living in the alpine mountain areas of Sichuan, Qingjian and Guizhou in China. Buckwheat is also customary in the northwest. Buckwheat flour made from buckwheat is a very common staple food in our neighbors Japan and South Korea. In the west, buckwheat flour is one of the important raw materials of black bread and is also used to make porridge or starch to thicken soup. These foods are much healthier than refined rice and white flour. Buckwheat is not [wheat] Buckwheat, also known as triangular wheat, has Read More …

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How to drink a bowl of mung bean soup to clear away heat and relieve summer heat in the dog days?

I believe everyone’s memory of summer has a big iron barrel full of red-brown liquid. The canteen master went down with a spoonful and turned over a few beans before he suddenly realized: Oh, mung bean soup, a bowl! I’d like to talk about mung bean soup while I’m just in my life. Can mung bean soup really clear away heat and toxic materials? Frankly speaking, there is some truth in [relieving summer heat], and [detoxifying] is exaggerated. Mung bean soup is rich in polyphenol antioxidants, and the content of potassium and B vitamins is very high. It is simply a pure natural [vitamin mineral beverage]. Just think, in the scorching summer, everyone is sweating profusely and has little appetite. Read More …

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This kind of food can prevent obesity, originally can be so delicious

The whole world is advocating coarse grains. Indeed, coarse grains have good nutrition, high dietary fiber, strong satiety and slow blood sugar rise, which are very helpful to prevent obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and even cancer. However, in the eyes of many people, coarse grains = bad. This is really wrong [coarse grain]. Whole wheat bread and steamed bread are rough in taste. What if they cannot be eaten? The solution is simple: bake. Although whole wheat food tastes rough, it has one advantage, that is, it is more fragrant than white bread and steamed bread after baking-because the [pentosan] contained in it will produce aroma at high temperature. Therefore, it is better to spread a little olive oil on Read More …

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What kind of porridge is best for you? Three simple moves to make a bowl of really good porridge

I heard that a big wave of cold air is coming… It’s time for a bowl of steaming porridge! There are four good ways to drink porridge. Step 1 Replenish water The ratio of rice to water is 1: 1.2-1.5 (weight ratio) for cooking porridge, and usually the ratio of rice to water is 1: 6-10 In other words, the water content in porridge is almost as high as 90%. The water in porridge combines with starch, passes through the digestive tract slowly, and stays in the body for a long time, which is very suitable for dry autumn and winter. 2. Lower calories to help lose weight Usually, a bowl of rice can cook 4 bowls of porridge. For Read More …