Foods that makes us stay young

Eating Grains
Grains and nuts like almonds, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds are rich in vitamin E are good for skin. As is known, vitamin E is a powerful weapon against the factors that will cause premature aging as well as pollution-free radicals. Vitamin E deficiency causes rough skin texture, dry and dull.

Diet Tips, Exercise, Supplementation
by : Denny Santoso

Adding more whole grains into your diet as healthy foods will benefit your health, as well as for you who are on a diet to lose weight. But you know what grain and what health benefits?

What Is Grain?
Grains are the seed (or kernel) of a plant. A single seed of wheat contains three different parts: seed coat, endosperm and seed. If the three parts of wheat included, food is considered as wheat.
Seed coat. The outer layer of seeds: rich in fiber, vitamins B, 50% to 80% of the mineral grains, and phytochemicals to enhance your health.
Seed. Embryos in it: rich in vitamin B, vitamin E, trace minerals and small amounts of healthy unsaturated fats, phytochemicals and antioxidants.
Endosperm. Quintessence: contains carbohydrates, protein and some types of small amounts of vitamin B. Granules are milled, cracked, or flaked grain, including the skin, seeds, and most of the quintessential kernel (endosperm).
Some examples of seeds that easy we meet is: wheat, oatmeal, corn kernels, red rice, white rice, whole grains, Amaranth, millet, quinoa, and buckwheat.


Benefits Seeds For Health
Medical evidence has shown that consumption of whole grains on a regular basis can reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. Consumption of whole grains regularly reduces your risk of obesity, as measured by body mass index and hip size ratio, and can lower your blood cholesterol levels. Some types of food in the world offer different benefits to health.

Grains contain phytochemicals and antioxidants. Consumption of whole grains as much as 3 times a day has proven beneficial to reduce the risk of heart disease by 25-36%, stroke by 37%, type 2 diabetes by 21-27%, digestive tract cancers by 21-43%, and cancer-related hormone by 10-40%.


Consuming the type of grain right in the right quantities can help you:
# Lowering your triglyceride levels.
# Lowering your blood pressure.
# Controlling your insulin.
# Constipation and other digestive disorders.
# Helping control your weight.
# Slowing the buildup of plaque in your arteries.
# Enter Grains in Your Diet.


Here is an easier way to incorporate whole grains into your daily diet:
Replace half the white flour with wheat flour in your recipes on the cake, muffins, breads and pancakes. Or add the flour from other grains by 20%.
Replace 1 / 3 of flour in your recipe with oats.
Add a half cup of cooked bulgur, wild rice, or barley.
Add half a cup of wheat that has been cooked, wild rice, brown rice, bulgur or barley into your favorite foods.
Use corn flour to make corn cakes, corn bread and corn muffins.
Add 3 / 4 cup uncooked oats for every kilogram of beef or chicken while you make meatballs, burgers or meatloaf.
Mix a handful of oats into yogurt, for faster thick so it does not need to be cooked.
Eat whole grains at least three ounces or a minimum of one ounce per day. By doing this you have reduced the risk of various diseases and also helps you achieve a healthy diet. Grains are very tasty and healthy. If you really want to achieve optimal health, the grain is a complete source for nutrients, antioxidants and phytochemicals important for the health of your body.


Well, now add whole grains to your healthy diet everyday. And get the benefits of whole grains to your health!