Are you a Baking fan?
You'll be happy to know that you need to give up your favourite hobby. Here are tips for some healthy substitutes for common baking ingredients Sugar substitute Unsweetened Pureed Apple Best with: Cakes and baked goods. How to: Cut the sugar amount in half by adding the same amount of pureed cooked apple plus an extra 1/3. Eg. If recipe calls for 1 cup sugar, you can use ½ cup sugar and about ¾ Cup pureed apple (½ cup +1/3). Keep in mind that you will need to cut down the recipe’s main liquid by about ¼ for every cup of apple sauce added.
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See below for a clip from Lila's appearance on the Dr Mol Show on 31st May 2013 Get creative with veggies
Having a green salad every day or the same steamed broccoli every night can get very boring. Fortunately, there are many interesting ways one can prepare vegetables to create a whole new taste experience:
“Eating FAT will make you fat”, “FAT is bad”, “cut out bad FAT to live longer”. These statements have been said and heard more than enough times, resulting in much confusion. Kezia helps us to debunk the myths and clarify the effect different fats have on our health. Good fat, bad fat, why do we even need fat? First of all the right kind of fat plays an essential role in the body. Namely, fat is vital for vitamin absorption, energy development as well as adequate brain functionality. There are even some fats which lowers the risk of developing heart disease. So which are good and which are bad? Fats are divided into 4 main classes o Saturated fats o Monounsaturated fats o Polyunsaturated fats (omega 3 and 6) o Essential fatty acids Different fats have different effects on the body:
In conclusion, we can see that FAT isn’t ‘bad’ and that they’re not the enemy, we simply need to understand them correctly. If we place more emphasis on limiting the ‘bad’ fats while making sure that we eat enough of the ‘good’ fats, we’ll be one step closer to living a healthier life. With February being the month of Love, isn't a good time to look after your heart?
You can love your heart by:
With February being the month of love, hearts and flowers, what better time is there to look after your own heart by considering your cholesterol levels...
Raised cholesterol levels are one of the leading risk factors for heart disease. However, many individuals are unsure as to how to manage their cholesterol levels. Cholesterol – friend or foe? Cholesterol is a waxy substance, which is naturally produced in the body by the liver and transported by the blood. It has an important physiological role in supporting the body’s organs. However, an excess of cholesterol in the blood can accumulate in blood vessels and increase risk of heart disease and strokes. Deciphering the riddle There are various cholesterol-related terms:
Treatment Action Plan Cholesterol-lowering medication is often used to treat high cholesterol, which acts by reducing the amount of cholesterol the body produces. There are various ways other than medication to increase HDL, reduce LDL, reduce total cholesterol, and thus improve one’s cholesterol profile:
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Lila BrukLila Bruk is a registered dietician, nutritional consultant and freelance health journalist. Click to set custom HTML
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