Showing posts with label Snacking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snacking. Show all posts

Apparently, Snacking "Popcorn" Can be Healthy

Popcorn, not just flesh out the show watch us but are also included in a healthy snack. Popcorn is included in the serelia intact that could lower the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

Popocorn was introduced to Europe in the late 19th century 15 when Christopher Columbus noted that native Americans make korsase of popcorn and headdresses and sold it on to ships of Columbus.

Nutritionist gives high marks to popcorn since its benefits are the following:

-High fiber
Popcorn is a great source of fiber that create a sense of fullness longer and help keep blood sugar levels stable. Popcorn is also a healthy digestion.

-Rich in antioxidants
A study conducted at the University of Scranton suggests that nibbles serelia intact as popcorn has high levels of antioxidants, especially the polyphenols. These antioxidants will prevent free radicals and reduces the risk of heart disease as well as cancer.

-Low calorie
Without oil, butter and salt, popcorn is a snack that is high in fiber, low in cholesterol, low in calories and so suitable for those who are on a diet. One cup (about 11 grams) popcorn contains only 30 calories.
Tip to make popcorn healthy

Making popcorn with oil or butter can increase the fat jenuhnya. It is advisable to make it in a pot of hot that food remains low in calories and fat.

Healty Diet (Including Snacking)

If so far You avoid snacking with reason want healthy, perhaps the concept of the diet needs to be evaluated. According to the research it turns out that people who are accustomed to snacking in between meals tend to be more healthy.

People who are accustomed to snacking is known to have a healthier diet, consume more fruit and less frequently mengasup sodium, compared with people who are accustomed to eating in eating times only.

A study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association's menggunatan data from the 11.209 people aged over 20 years to participate in surveys about health and nutrition in 1999 and 2004.

The researchers used standard system assessment that measures how healthy diet the respondents in a scale of 1-100, with high scores as an indicator of a healthy diet. The result is known to those who regularly download has a higher score.

Claire a. Zizza, nutrition experts who conducted the study said the key to a healthy diet is a variation of this type of food is diasup. Therefore people who often tend to eat more snacking varies because of their high score.

Of course a healthy diet if camilannya be called fruit, low fat milk, pulses or low-fat yogurt.

Select the best time for "Snacking"

Some experts say snacking should be avoided so that the weight stays awake. Meanwhile, the opposition said effectively keep snacking is precisely because of the weight can reduce your appetite. Which one is correct?

Based on recent studies published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the researchers say that no snacking should be avoided when we're on a diet, as long as it is done in a timely manner.

In the study, 123 women menopause that overweight is divided in two groups, i.e. who do diet program alone, while the rest are dieting and exercise. After 12 months, it turns out that weight loss in both groups is almost the same. However, in women who are snacking in between breakfast and lunch time experienced the most significant weight loss.

It required more in-depth research to find out if time snacking effect on weight loss. According to Chief Researcher, Dr. Anne McTiernan, who should also be aware of is the frequency of snacking.

"If you start snacking on the morning of the day, then you will tend to eat more throughout the day," he said. According to him, snacking positively impact if a distance of intertemporal optimization eat about five hours or more, for example between lunch and dinner.

"Snacking can increase food intake can control the bernutrisi and usually exaggerated appetite," said Connie Diekman, Director of the Washington University Department of Nutrition.

That is not less important, of course, this type of camilannya. Make sure the selected calorie snack has less than 200, such as low-fat yogurt, nuts, fruits, or biscuits serelia intact.