WEEKLY FIVE FIT TIPS FOR HOME FITNESS-#13

WEEKLY FIVE FIT TIPS FOR HOME FITNESS-#13

SUNCHOKES


  • SUNCHOKES ARE ALSO CALLED AS JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. (ONLY ROOT IS EDIBLE)
  • THEY ARE RICH IN DIETARY FIBRES.
  • INULIN IS A FIBRE PRESENT IN SUNCHOKES KNOWN FOR ITS PREBIOTIC NATURE.
  • SUNCHOKES ARE HIGH IN MINERALS LIKE POTASSIUM AND IRON.
  • POTASSIUM REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE LEVEL.
  • IRON SUPPLIES OXYGEN TO VARIOUS MUSCLES.

LEMON



  • LEMONS CONTAIN VITAMIN B, VITAMIN C AND FLAVANOIDS.
  • HESPERIDIN IS A FLAVANOID WHICH SUPPRESSES BAD CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES.
  • LEMONS ARE RICH IN MINERALS LIKE POTASSIUM AND MAGNESIUM.
  • POTASSIUM LOWERS SODIUM EFFECT AND BOOSTS HEART HEALTH.
  • LIMONIN IS A ANTICANCER COMPOUND PRESENT IN LEMON.

CHICKPEAS



  • CHICKPEAS ARE KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH PROTEIN AND FIBRE CONTENT.
  • THEY ALSO HAVE VITAMIN B, VITAMIN K AND FOLATE.
  • IRON, CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM ARE THE MINERALS PRESENT IN CHICKPEAS.
  • IRON REDUCES FATIGUE AND CALCIUM WITH MAGNESIUM BOOSTS BONE HEALTH.
  • CHICKPEAS REGULATE BAD CHOLESTEROL AND DEPRESSION.

HONEY


  • HONEY IS RICH IN VITAMIN B AND VITAMIN C.
  • IT IS COMPOSED OF FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE.
  • IT IS PREBIOTIC IN NATURE BECAUSE OF ITS OLIGOSACCHARIDE CONTENT.
  • IT IS RICH IN MINERALS LIKE IRON, ZINC AND SELENIUM.
  • IT ALSO CONTAINS ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS.
  • ANTIOXIDANTS AND POLYPHENOLS PRESENT IN HONEY PREVENT THE BRAIN FROM OXIDATIVE DAMAGE.
DARK CHOCOLATE



  • DARK CHOCOLATES ARE HIGH IN FLAVANOIDS WHICH REDUCE THE RISK OF CANCER AND HEART DISEASE.
  • FLAVANOIDS STIMULATE TO PRODUCE NITRIC OXIDE WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR BLOOD VESSEL WIDENING.
  • EPICATECHIN IS A CHEMICAL COMPOUND(FLAVANOID) PRESENT IN DARK CHOCOLATE PROTECTS THE BRAIN FROM AMYLOID PLAQUES.
  • DARK CHOCOLATES ALSO CONTAIN CAFFEINE, STEARIC ACID, THEO BROMINE, TYROSINE AND TRYPTOPHAN.
  • THEY HAVE A LOW GLYCAEMIC INDEX.


REFERENCES
HEALTHY MAGAZINES DECEMBER/JANUARY 2017, JANUARY 2020
HEALTHY DIET OCTOBER 2019, APRIL 2020
AUSTRALIAN HEALTHY FOOD GUIDE AUGUST 2019
MEN'S FITNESS AUGUST/SEPTEMBER SOUTH AFRICA 2020
BETTER NUTRITION OCTOBER 2019

LINK
http://primalhomefitness.blogspot.com

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