Snacking makes anyone addictive to it especially during the monsoon. Eating healthy snacks may be a wise choice than just munching on calories that make you fat.
- Chakli: A fried South Indian snack prepared from rice flour goes well with a steaming cup of tea. Substitute: Sprout salad! To satisfy your taste buds, you can add chopped onion, cucumber and limejuice.
- Samosa: Stuffed potato or vegetables coated with all purpose flour and deep-fried. It is a favourite of many, thanks to the delicious stuffing and its aroma. Substitute: Baking the samosa is a better option, as very less oil is used in the process.
- Pakodas: Be it onion, potato or spinach, pakodas made with besan flour are addictive especially in the rainy season. Substitute: Retain the vegetables, and make sandwiches with brown bread.
- Chole bhature: Chole bhature have managed to get some space in the heart of every Indian. Substitute: Replace the oily food item with pav bhaji, made from finely chopped vegetables. Cook in less oil to make it healthy.
Deep Fried and Processed Foods and Sugary Drinks Increase Stroke Risk
A diet rich in deep fried and processed foods and sugary drinks increases the chances of stroke.
A diet rich in deep fried and processed foods and sugary drinks increases the chances of stroke.
Source-Medindia
Using Olive or Sunflower Oil Prevents Heart Disease from Fried Foods
A Spanish study suggests that there exists no link between fried foods and increased risk for heart disease when olive or sunflower oil as the cooking medium.
A Spanish study suggests that there exists no link between fried foods and increased risk for heart disease when olive or sunflower oil as the cooking medium.
Interaction of Fried Foods With Genes to Influence Body Weight Found by Experts
Eating fried foods more than four times a week had twice the effect on body mass index for people with higher genetic risk scores compared to those with lower scores, as shown in a study.
Eating fried foods more than four times a week had twice the effect on body mass index for people with higher genetic risk scores compared to those with lower scores, as shown in a study.
