The 25 Food Project Finale Recipes Conclusions and an Exit Interview

Our Project has come to an end. The Husband-Elect, a six-foot, 205-pound man in his mid-30s, has been successfully fed for a week on $25. Needless to say, we are celebrating with beer.

Thanks to everyone who wrote throughout with suggestions (especially wosnes and CJ). Your ideas were super helpful, especially during a mid-week culinary rut, when my sinuses threatened to take over the world.

Included below is a breakdown of the week: the final numbers, an analysis of what worked and what didn’t, the Husband-Elect’s exit interview, and recipes made over the last seven days. I’d love to hear what you think and what you would have done differently.

In the meantime…

THE NUMBERS

Final cost total: $24.99
Daily cost average: $3.57
Daily calorie average: 2631 calories
Daily fat average: 86.7 g fat
Daily fiber average: 38.4 g fiber
Daily average prep time: About 48 minutes per day, total

The fat and fiber are a little higher than recommended, and the calorie intake means he’ll probably lose some weight over the course of a year. I’m satisfied, though still kicking myself for not including protein. Maybe next time.

About the prep time: staying within a strict budget means you gotta cook at home. For me, 48 minutes a day is worth it. Your mileage may vary, and that’s okay.


THE THREE MOST UNEXPECTED FINDINGS

1) Husband-Elect was always full at the end of the day (sometimes egregiously so). I never thought he would go hungry, but I figured the budget restrictions would mean some deprivation. It wasn’t so.

2) Including produce was tougher than expected. Stating the obvious: when your budget is this limited, fruit and vegetables are expensive, at least compared to a box of pasta. Since produce isn’t very calorie dense, serving it and still hitting that daily 2600-calorie number was rough. We managed, but with effort.

3) How much the average adult male eats compared to the average adult female. Honestly? It was eye opening. At 5’ 9”, I am not a small woman, but the comparative amount of calories, fat, protein, and fiber he required blew me away.

About that last part: I have a newfound, monstrous respect for those of you who feed athletes, teenage boys, larger guys, and anyone who requires a lot of calories in general. I shudder to think what this project would have been like using my mountainous younger brother, who makes The Rock look like Steve Buscemi.


WHAT WORKED OUT

• Starting with a big chunk of meat and stretching it as far as it would go. I used a 3.5-lb pork shoulder over and over: in tacos, on top of egg noodles, as a breakfast side, in a peanut sauce, etc. It always felt significant, even when it was only a few ounces.
• Making a big pot of chili at the beginning of the week. Dense, nutritious, and filling, the veggie-and-bean dish became the basis for a lot of lunches. I only wish I had used it in more creative ways.
• Coupons, shopping from the circular, and unexpected discounts. I found fantastic bargains on potatoes, canned tomatoes, dried egg noodles, and organic salad greens. Staying flexible with the plan and keeping an eye out for bargains was vital.
• Big, healthy breakfasts. They kept Husband-Elect sated for a good chunk of the day, and I didn’t have to scramble to make up the calories later.
• Baking. Ain’t nothing wrong with a few homemade cookies, which are usually cheaper and always better tasting than store bought.
• Starches. Potatoes, pasta, rice, oatmeal – some not terribly healthy, others outrageously so. But they filled him up for little cost, and it helped.
• Fruit. Especially bananas. Versatile, cheap, nutritious, portable, readily available. We always have a big bowl, and now I know why.
• Peanut butter. How did people live before peanut butter? Thank you, George Washington Carver or Mr. Jif or whomever.

WHAT DIDN’T WORK OUT

• Using too few generics. Tiny flavor differences, huge price differences. Buying house brand foods would have halved the cost of some dishes.
• Not allowing for more snacking and grazing. I mentioned this a few days ago, but it’s tough to avoid eating when the urge strikes, whether you’re on a budgetary diet or an actual diet.
• Low-fat foods. I buy skim milk and 2% cheese, because he can’t tell the difference and I per them for myself. When you’re trying to pack in so many calories, these are not helpful. It made me wonder how households manage when one person is trying to lose weight, while the other is eating normally.
• Canned beans. I should have bought dried. They would have gone much further.
• Coffee. It’s not terribly expensive, but it has no real nutritional value, either. Two cups on Sunday almost killed my budget.

EXIT INTERVIEW WITH THE HUSBAND-ELECT

How do you feel?
I feel well fed, but I think I was somewhat overfed. During the experiment I felt like dinner was too much, and by the time I got home from work I wanted less more often. With a full breakfast and healthy lunch followed by a hearty dinner, my stomach was bloated each night.

Do you feel like you ate too little, just enough, or too much?
I think I ate a little too much. Again, dinner every night was an enormous meal after being filled for much of the day. Fantastic food, but I think I could have had less each night, maybe a smaller dinner with a little healthy snack later. I’m not much of a dessert person, and although it was a nice treat, I wouldn’t want a dessert every night for a week ever again.

What was the best part about the week?
I think when you got linked to by Boing Boing and Lifehacker. Also peanut butter spread on banana bread. Yes I know I’m contradicting my previous dessert statement, but something like that glorious combo is a magical rare treat, not something to toss in to fill out a calorie count. And when I say magical, I mean at least a third level cleric healing spell magical.

What was the worst part about the week?
The worst was being told I could have bacon on Saturday and Sunday then having that dream ripped away and replaced by something not bacon.

Has it changed any of your opinions on money and food?
It certainly has. It’s reminded me that it’s nice to have some cash to treat oneself, and I’m grateful that I can afford a dinner out and a beer sometimes, because I missed them. On the other hand, I’ve always enjoyed a home cooked meal, and this past week I got plenty of them. I also appreciate that YOU love these things so much, so I can enjoy it with you, and stuff my face. Thanks!

What are you going to eat tomorrow?
Pizza and beer and nachos and lobster and ostrich. In a slurry. Or maybe sushi. With a salad.

Do you like the shirt I’m wearing?
It’s ok. I think you’re much cuter in the plaid blue and white number your sister gave you.


RECIPES

These are the foods that got us through the week. Some aren’t terribly healthy, but all are inexpensive and tasty as heck.

Banana Ice Cream with Peanut Butter
Brown Gravy
Easy Vegetarian Bean Chili
Gingersnap Oatmeal
Light Banana Bread
Maple Morning Polenta
Pancakes
Peanut Sauce
Roasted Chickpeas
Slow Cooked Puerto Rican Pork
Snickerdoodles
Traditional Mashed Potatoes
White Bean Dip

A grocery list is forthcoming.


RELATED POSTS

In case you want more details, these posts document every step of the experiment. Its a good thing we own several calculators.

The $25 Food Project: One Man, Seven Days, 21 Meals
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Ask the Internet: $25 Grocery List from Scratch?

In the meantime, readers, I’d love to hear what you have to say. The comment section awaits!

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Nutritionism Food is More Than the Sum of its Nutrients

In a nutshell, "nutritionism" is the idea that the healthfulness of a food is based on the sum of the nutrients it contains.  I learned about this concept from Michael Pollan, who you may have heard of... he wrote "The Omnivores Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food", both phenomenal books that I highly recommend.  Pollan makes the argument that this is a reductionist philosophy that assumes we know more about the composition of foods and the inner workings of the human body than we really do.  I couldnt agree more.

Take the carrot, for example... we all know carrots are good for us.  Youve probably heard that theyre high in beta carotene.  Well, when researchers have taken beta carotene out of the carrot and given it to people in pill form, it turns out it doesnt do jack shit.  Is beta carotene useless?  Or is it just useless outside the context of the food it comes from? Context matters.  Were not as smart as we think we are, and we dont have it all figured out.  Studying individual nutrients outside the context of a real food tells us very little about what we should eat, and sometimes it just makes things more confusing.  We dont eat nutrients, we eat food.

If we want to learn how eating a carrot affects our health, then we need to study carrots.  Yet, as obvious as that may sound, we dont often study nutrition in this way.  We study the nutrients on their own, and then decide whether a food is good or bad based on which nutrients it contains.  There are plenty of examples where this paradigm has led us astray... here are just a few.


Dairy Fat
Unless youre from Mars, its been jammed down your throat that you should avoid butter and whole milk, and instead choose low-fat dairy products like skim milk (yuck) and low-fat cheese (double yuck).  Full-fat dairy products are high in saturated fat, saturated fat raises your cholesterol, and then you die of heart disease.  Ohh I never grow tired of hearing that one (**sarcasm**)!  In reality land though, people who eat more full-fat dairy have lower rates of heart disease and diabetes, and they sport better-looking cholesterol profiles (1).

So why are you told that butter kills you?  Because when you take saturated fatty acids out of the context of the foods they come from, isolate it in a liquid formula, and feed it to people, their cholesterol levels go up.  In real life, though, we dont drink palmitic acid from a beaker... it comes in a real food like cheese, along with other fats and lots of other shit we dont even know about yet.

Whole Grains
Whole grains are healthy, we all know that.  Theyre more nutrient-dense than ined grains, and they have more antioxidants too!  This is what Michelle Obama tells you.  What she doesnt tell you... is that whole grains, despite containing more vitamins and minerals, deplete your body of important minerals.  You may have heard of them... zinc, calcium, magnesium... some pretty important nutrients!  Its also been shown in controlled studies that whole grains, despite containing more antioxidants, do NOT increase your bodys total antioxidant capacity!  For real (2, 3).  Nutritionism done set us down the wrong path.

Canola Oil
Ah canola oil... the dietitians new darling oil.  It didnt explode onto the scene until 1998, but it has already become a staple oil in many American households (4).  And because its high in oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat which lowers your cholesterol when you drink it out of a beaker, its been touted as a healthy oil.  But consider how its made...



I cant believe how perfectly this narration illustrates my point.  It really is just too good to be true!

Still think canola oil is healthy?  I dont care what anyone says, having a lot of monounsaturated fat doesnt change the fact that it looks like elephant poop in processing.  Nothing about this process is natural.  Plus, more and more canola seeds are genetically modified (5, 6).  I aint messin wit dat shit.


Dont get me wrong, nutritionism has its place.  Focusing on nutrients has gotten us to where we are today in nutritional science.  Learning about essential nutrients, for example, has allowed us to effectively feed someone through a tube or an IV in severe trauma.  And in all honesty, we can make a pretty good guess at the healthfulness of a food based on the nutrients it contains.

But we would be extremely arrogant to think that we fully understand food and its intimate relationship with our bodies.  Sometimes, you just have to trust real food.  You dont really believe that God put the fat in the milk to kill us do you (7)?

Food Visualization Can Aid Weight Loss Efforts

(Article first published as Mind Imagery May Lead to Weight Loss Success on Technorati.)

It’s important not to discount the power that our mind has over our conscious efforts to lose weight, as well as our subconscious desire to control the foods we eat. Our brain exerts a powerful influence over our actions and research indicates that thinking about eating a favorite food can actually help us to consume less of that food and save the calories as a bonus.

We are truly creatures of habit, and tend to eat the same foods in similar quantities on a regular basis. For most people this means we over consume calories without much conscious thought, and are unable to lose weight despite our short lived efforts at dieting. Sooner or later we slide back into the same dietary model and caloric consumption, slowly gaining extra pounds as our metabolism slows with age. It may be possible to harness the power of conscious thought toward a slimmer waistline.

Using Your Brain to Lose Weight

A common assumption is that thinking about our favorite food increases our craving for it and ultimately leads to consumption. The results of a study conducted at Carnegie Mellon University and published in the journal Science shows that when we imagine eating a food, our appetite for that food actually decreases. This study demonstrated that mind imagery has a much greater influence over our desire to eat than our physiological cue to eat.

Study participants were asked to imagine eating a large handful of M&M candy entirely in their mind, while a control group was asked to think about a different task, such as inserting quarters into a laundry machine. Both groups were then allowed to eat freely from a large bowl of M&M’s. The group members that envisioned eating the candy ate significantly less than the control subjects who had been asked to think about a non-food task.

Study Demonstrates Importance Beyond Weight Loss

The results of this research indicate that we may be able to control our desire for our favorite unhealthy food choices by mind imaging. It may be possible to change our habitual nature and lower the desire to eat foods in excess that perpetuate our weight. The study authors believe that there may also be implications for other habitual acts and conclude “we think these findings will help develop future interventions to reduce cravings for things such as unhealthy food, drugs and cigarettes, and hope they will help us learn how to help people make healthier food choices."

Using Mind Imaging to Avoid Unhealthy Food

You can use mind imaging to help avoid foods that you know will contribute to weight gain. Start by choosing one food item that you know you will be eating either at your next meal or commonly as a between meal snack. Create a vivid mental image of the food item. Next picture yourself consuming a large portion and imagine the taste sensation you normally experience as you enjoy every last morsel. Repeat this imagery in your mind several times. You should find a decreased desire to eat that food, or possibly you will be able to pass on the item entirely in the future.

Harnessing the power of the mind when trying to lose weight may be a great benefit to those who have tried other methods and failed. Mental imagery can be a powerful tool that can break the cycle of food habituation. Include food visualization as part of your total program to achieve successful weight loss.

Food is a powerful deterrent prostate cancer

Food is a powerful deterrent prostate cancer - For the first time, researchers have shown that healthy foods such as pomegranate, green tea, and broccoli able to fight prostate cancer.

During the six-month clinical trial at Bedford Hospital, researchers worked with 203 patients with prostate cancer. Researchers then divided the patients into two groups, the first is given healthy meals and two capsules were given a placebo drug.

After the study ended, proved that the group of patients taking the capsules are made ​​of pomegranate extract, green tea, turmeric, broccoli and experience levels of the protein antigens of cancer cells indicates 63 percent lower.

"Eating a healthy diet and lifestyle is keeping the main way to combat prostate cancer. Yet we also prove that any food supplement in the form of a powerful ward off prostate cancer," said Professor Robert Thomas, as quoted from Red Orbit.

Meanwhile, earlier there is also research that says that fried foods proven to increase the risk for prostate cancer in men.

Researchers also hope their findings could be used to help millions of men who suffer from prostate cancer.

11 Food Control Blood Sugar

11 Food Control Blood Sugar - Meal arrangements are the most important pillars for the treatment of diabetes. Diabetics (diabetics) are wise definitely want to learn to recognize foods that cause high blood sugar and try to avoid these foods.

Basically, diabetics can eat all the food like everyone else, but should be limited to contain sugar, fat, and sometimes high-salt foods. Important also oversee the amount of food consumed.

Knowingly or not, nature has provided some wonderful food that can help control your blood sugar levels. The following are 11 foods that are good for blood sugar:

1. Bitter gourd (Karela)

If you have family members suffering from diabetes, it is time to prepare karela at the dinner table. These vegetables are very beneficial in lowering blood pressure and diabetes. But do not combine these foods with a blood sugar-lowering drugs, because it can make your blood sugar to drop dramatically.

2. Wheat

Try to include more whole grain products in your diet. Besides containing many essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber, wheat also contains complex carbohydrates that the body needs to produce energy. Complex carbohydrates are absorbed more slowly than simple carbohydrates, so the blood sugar levels remain stable.

3. Apple

High pectin content in fruit is believed to help lower the bodys insulin needs. A 2005 study found that women who consumed at least one apple a day 28 percent smaller type 2 diabetes than those who ate no apples.

4. Beans

High soluble fiber in beans is not only beneficial for the digestive system and heart, but it also keeps blood sugar after meals. If you have insulin resistance, hypoglycemia or diabetes, nuts can actually help you balance blood sugar levels.

5. Cinnamon

The most active ingredient contained in cinnamon is methylhydroxy-chalcone polymer (MHCP) which mimics the effects of insulin, and works synergistically with insulin in cells. But research so far only involve a small number of people and have not explored the long-term benefits of cinnamon.

6. Fish

Fish (like salmon and tuna) is a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids - healthy fats that reduce the risk of heart disease, reduce inflammation, and improve insulin resistance.

7. Chili

In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Australian researchers found that include chili in the regular diet every day will help lower blood sugar after eating a meal. In addition, the chili also contains antioxidants, vitamin C and carotenoids that may help improve insulin regulation.

8. Fenugreek

Fenugreek, besides containing lots of fiber that is very important for diabetics, can reduce insulin resistance and controlling blood glucose levels by increasing the number of insulin receptors in red blood cells.

9. Broccoli

Broccoli is the best source of chromium - a mineral that helps regulate insulin and blood sugar. It would be more protective when eaten raw or lightly cooked.

10. Garlic

Garlic has active ingredients such as allyl propyl disulphide (APDS) and diallyldisul-phide oxide (allicin). When combined with the flavonoids, it will play an important role in lowering glucose levels. Allicin can be combined with vitamin B1 (thiamine) to stimulate the pancreas releases insulin.

11. Soybean

Soybeans have a bit of starch content but the amount of high fiber and protein can provide a valuable effect in reducing the excretion of urine in people suffering from diabetes.

Junk Food Damage The Brain

Junk Food Damage The Brain | Experts in the United States again warned of the dangers a regular habit to eat junk food.

According to recent research, foods with high fat content, but the nutritional value of zero can damage cells in the brain that controls body weight and obesity lead to cycles. These findings also explain why people who are overweight are so difficult to lose weight.

In his research, experts from the University of Washington gave the rats in the laboratory with the type of food which they call "high-fat diet of the American people". Only three days later, the rats are getting greedy and increase calorie intake until doubled.

Further examination showed that these mice also experience inflammation or inflammation of hypothalamus, the brain consists of nerve cells that control body weight. Inflammation was stopped within a few days, but then "relapsed" after four weeks later.

Dr. Joshua Thaler, expert and researcher of Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence at the University of Washington in Seattle, said the experts also detect the presence of a brain injury recovery response called gliosis.

"Gliosis considered together with the recovery of injuries to the brain, and specifically looks at the conditions of nerve injury, such as stroke and multiple sclerosis. We speculate that gliosis that we might see as a protective response that failed. We also detected a significant damage and loss of cell nerve cells are important in controlling weight, "said Thaler, who presented his research at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Societys for-93 in Boston.

He added that possibility of injury in rat brain is a consequence of excessive consumption of junk food and this fact gives an explanation of why losing weight becomes very difficult for most of them are obese.

Beware of Formalin Food

Beware of Formalin Food - There are many frequently asked questions about the formaldehyde. Especially food what is often preserved with formalin, and then what is the danger of formalin.

Formalin is actually a name of a chemical substance consisting of a mixture of formaldehyde, methanol and water. Because it is widely used as a preservative of dead bodies. But lately often misused as a food preservative. For example, if we combine this formalin into a material such as fish meat, the formalin will be absorbed by the meat of fish with ease, then formalin will remove cells from the fish meat and replace it with a more rigid formaldehyde.

The result will be preserved meat or fish did survive for a long time, besides that the fish meat will not rot, because formaldehyde was capable of killing microbes or germs which are usually small role in the process of decay. Let us imagine if the meat was preserved with formalin before we eat, sad, of course very dangerous.

Meanwhile, when used to preserve corpses, obviously very helpful, because it was fast decaying corpse, using formalin, then the body can survive long enough. preserved corpse so what? In some cases the bodies are required to be tested like anatomy lab that uses the body as lab materials.

Because the durable power was incredible then misused as a food preservative, but the government has issued laws that prohibit the use of formalin in food. But in fact there are still many foods market using formalin circulating freely.

The effects of formalin

If you frequently eat foods that are preserved with formalin, it will over time can cause irritation to the stomach so the blood can cause vomiting, or diarrhea mixed with blood, urine or blood and could also potentially cause death. But this rarely happens, because it required a large dose of formalin.

The most common is chronic poisoning due to eating foods that are often preserved with formalin, is usually damaged kidneys or can cause cancer in the future. So be careful buying food and eating food. Should be wary of foods that use formaldehyde as a preservative.

TEMPE nutritious food unhealthy

Anyone know if tempeh is a soy foods as nutritious as raw materials contain many important nutrients for the bodys metabolism. Soy is a popular food in Indonesia because many traditional food products made from soy, such as tempeh, tofu, and soy sauce. Soybeans are a source of protein, molybdenum, iron, calcium, phosphorus, fiber, vitamin B1, B2, B6, E and folic acid.
Soybeans also contain active compounds which are very good for health, such as phytosterols, lecithin, isoflavones, phytoestrogens and protease inhibitors. These compounds are very good for our health, among others, enhance immune function, prevent cancer, lower cholesterol, improve heart function and bladder, a variety of neurological disorders, Alzheimer disease, Parkinsons disease, reduce symptoms of PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and osteoporosis . Specific isoflavone compounds are very good for preventing breast cancer and colon.However, little is know that nutritious foods like tempeh are not automatically healthy. This is particularly true when we refer to the concept of "Real Food" (healthy food) that is growing in developed countries like the U.S., Japan, Australia and European countries.
Real food is food that meets the following criteria: 1). Contains nutrients essential for the metabolism of the body, 2). Does not contain hazardous components, toxic, or not useful to the body, 3). Organically produced, 4). Produced locally, 5). Produced in a sustainable (sustainable), 6). Affordable for most people (affordable), 7). Easily available (accessible), 8). Undergo a process of processing a minimum, 9). Environmentally friendly, and 10). In favor of the local farmers.
Tempe, including real food when soy is used as raw materials are organically grown soybeans. If the raw materials derived from GM soya (genetically modified) or soybeans grown with chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides, tempeh is no longer able to be categorized into real food. Why? Although transgenic soybeans have a nutritional value equal or even higher than organic soybeans, there are security issues. It may be that in the long run these foods actually have adverse health effects. Soybeans grown with chemical fertilizers and pesticides also contain residues of pesticides that are harmful to human health and degrade the quality of the environment. In addition, transgenic soybean is economically more profitable multi-national companies, not the benefit of farmers. The farmers even harmed because it must rely on the supply of soybean seeds in large companies. When the organic soybean imports as well but still not including real food because it does not favor or side with the local farmers in accordance with the concept of real food.
Of the 10 characteristics on the Real Food, tempeh in Indonesia currently only meets 4poin course, is no. 1, 6, 7, 8 so that the concept of Real Food tempe still can not be regarded as healthy foods. Even some time ago tempe was scarce and the price went up so affordable and accessible criteria also had not met.Well, to maintain the designation of Indonesia as a "nation tempe", it is still a lot of homework to be done well, involving the entire nation, not just governments, but also required the participation of business people, researchers and consumers. Currently the government is trying hard to maintain cheap and easily available criteria by providing tax relief for short-term imports of soybeans and soybean efforts to increase the land area in the country and to increase local soybean productivity for medium and long term. The researchers also have much to offer solutions, primarily related to the use of soybean varieties with high productivity and the substitution of soybean as a raw material with other materials such as black beans, lentils and lupins. Live business people and consumers are still required to meet the other criteria.
In terms of processing, the food business and tempe home mothers are required to process them correctly. Tempe is best disayur or fried, not baked. Use the new oil, not cooking. Fried tempeh is sold on the street most unhealthy because it uses recycled oil. For the recycling of oil contained trans fatty acids heating carcinogenic (cause cancer).
Application of organic farming to be a necessary condition for real food. In many studies have shown that organic food is more healthful than non-organic materials. Food should also be widely accessible, otherwise there will be some people who can not enjoy the chance to be healthy from the food. It should also be cheap. If the tempe expensive so it is not affordable, most people will lose the opportunity to get a nutritious food and healthy. In other cases, if the raw materials imported soybean suddenly stopped (embargo) by the manufacturer in the LN, we will experience food security problems. Tempeh is edges are on the market and those who rely heavily on soybean as a source of nutritious food will be trouble and eventually get sick because they can not eat tempeh again.
By applying the concept of real food, tempeh which is believed to be more healthful healthy again. Not only healthy for human consumption, but healthy for the environment and healthy for the economy of local business community (soybean farmers, craftsmen tempeh) and the state. So, we are lucky, lucky people.Of course the concept of real food does not just apply to Tempe, but for the entire food groups such as rice, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, milk and other dairy products. For food derived from animals like meat, real food requires another, the animal should be bred with peri-zoological principles. Has been scientifically proven that meat derived from cattle that "happy" (grazing on grass area) is much more healthful than beef from cattle that the stress of caged in a small room and are fed grain (meat of this kind raises a lot of health problems such as high cholesterol, stroke, heart disease and cancer). Real food instead of meat is very good for these diseases.

Healthy Food Menu For Every Day

Healthy Food Menu - Healthy Menu is a menu each day containing plant materials and natural fiber such as vegetables, fruits and some other foods that contain them. Indeed, some of you may assume all the same food and every food that we eat is definitely a healthy diet. If you think like that you are very wrong, because a healthy diet is a way to cultivate hygienic food, clean and contain some content of vegetable and fiber - a natural fiber that is needed for our body. Well, to find out what foods are healthy and suitable for consumption more fully consider some healthy foods below.

Healthy Food Menu For Every Day
Here are some healthy diet you can consume each day:

• Green Vegetables: Greens is quite important, because it contains a variety of vitamins needed by the body such as vitamins A and C as well as nutrients and folate.
• Seafood: Food is one of the foods that are rich in protein which is very good for the development of children - children. In addition, seafood also contains omega-3 which is one of the best foods for the brain.

Drinking milk every morning. By drinking milk every morning before the move, to maintain stamina and strengthen your bones because of all dairy products contain calcium are good for bones.
Eggs. As well as seafood, eggs are also rich in protein can help strengthen the muscles - your muscles and help the growth of healthy hair.
Fruit - fruit. This is one food that is also quite important because each fruit - fruit always contains natural nutrients and nutrients that our body needs.

7 Safe Food Additive Healthy Lifes

Food additives, was actually part of the raw materials of food, but added to food to affect the nature or form of food. Which includes, among other dyes, preservatives, flavorings, antigumpal material, bleaching materials and thickeners.

Here is a safe food additive by SK Menkes no.722/Menkes/Per/IX/88:

1. Food preservatives - Acid benzoate as much as 1 g per 1 kg of dough. - Sodium benzoate as much as 1 g per 1 kg of dough. - Acid Propionate as much as 3 g per 1 kg of dough (for bread). - Sulfur dioxide of 500 mg per 1 kg of dough.

2. Food dyes - Ponceau 4 R to dye chilli sauce with a dose of 300 mg per 1 kg of food or 70 mg per 1 kg of beverages. - Red allura/allura red with a dose of 70 mg per 1 kg of food or 300 mg per 1 kg of dough.

-Erytrosine with a dose of 300 mg per 1 kg body weight per day. - Yellow FCF. - Sunset Yellow.

3. Sweeteners - Sakarin with a dose of 2.5 mg per 1 kg body weight per day. - Sodium cyclamate with a dose of 11 mg per 1 kg body weight per day. - Aspartame at a dose of 40 mg per 1 kg body weight per day. - Sorbitol (used for diabetics and people who need low calorie).

4. Flavor and aroma - MSG (mono sodium glutamate) micin/MSG at a dose of 120 mg per kg of body weight per day.

5. Bleach and bund powder - Ascorbic acid/ascorbic acid/vitamin C dose of 200 mg per kg of body weight per day. - Acetone peroxide taste.

6. Thickener - Pectin dose of 10 g per kg (there are 2 kinds of apple pectin and citrus pectin). - Gelatin dose of 5 mg per kg. - CMC/carboxy Methyl Cellulose.

7. Antioxidants - Acid ascorbat/Ascorbic acid/vitamin C dose of 500 mg per kg for meat products. - BHT dose of 200 mg per kg as antitengik for cooking oil. - TBHQ dose antitengik for cooking oil. KsayaPAS.com

Baby Food Recipes Baby porridge Banana Apples

Baby Food Recipes | Baby porridge Banana Apples

Composition for Baby porridge Banana Apples

• 250 grams of bananas, boiled briefly
• 100 g apples, peeled, cut small, boiled briefly
• 4 tablespoons milk formula I, pour in 250 cc of water boiled bananas and apples

How to Make Baby porridge Banana Apples

• Mix all ingredients and place in blender. Mashed. Pour into serving container and let cool slightly.

Tim Rice Liver

Composition Tim Rice Liver

• 600 ml of water.
• 2 tablespoons of rice.
• 25 grams of chicken liver, small slices.
• 25 grams of Tempe.
• 50 grams of Yellow Pumpkin, grated.
• 1 slice of ripe tomato.
• 1/4 teaspoon salt Fine.
• 1 teaspoon of oil.

How to Make Tim Rice Liver

1. Cook the water with Rice, Chicken Liver and Tempe. Stir gently until slightly thickened.
2. Enter Yellow Pumpkin, Tomato, and cook, stirring frequently, until cooked.
3. Add salt and oil, stirring until well blended. Remove, and allow it to cool.
4. Filter or put in blender and puree k.
5. Pour in a bowl and serve

May be also interest in other baby food recipes as like as here chicken porridge red spinach

Purple Food Rich in Antioxidants

Purple Food Rich in Antioxidants | You probably already know the benefits and the benefits of vegetables and fruits are green, red and yellow. But did you know turns purple foods are also rich in antioxidants?

Purple color in fruits and vegetables is a sign of having a high content of antioxidants, such as reported by Indiatimes. Beneficial antioxidants to prevent cell damage, keep the skin fresh and youthful.

According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, people who eat fruits and purple vegetables have a stable body weight. In addition, they generally tend to be slim and not overweight. It was also found that the blood pressure and the amount of HDL in the blood stable. The researchers then developed his study of the purple vegetables. Is anthocyanin, a pigment in purple fruits and vegetables that also serves as an antioxidant.

Purple fruits and vegetables are recommended

1. Plums
Plum may not be too popular in Indonesia, but this fruit can already be found in some supermarkets and fruit shops. Eat is also very easy, just cut into pieces and served. Or you can also add them in your salad.

2. Purple cabbage
Purple cabbage is also very easy to find in supermarkets and traditional markets. It is sweet and seductive color. Used as a salad dressing or fresh fish eating friends are also very tasty know.

3. Purple Eggplant
Vegetables on this one other than its cheap, its also delicious. Serve as a vegetable main course or can be digrilled.

4. Purple grape
The local wine is generally colored purple, it feels a little bit sour with a blend of sweet. It is more acidic than wine imports, but not exceptional properties.

5. Beet
Bulbs that one is not very popular in Indonesia. Properties, in addition to rich in antioxidants can also be used as a blood booster. Can eat and drink while juice made fresh.

Food and Nutrition Sector What You Need To Know

Food and Nutrition is one of the largest, most essential sectors of any government around the world. The supply and demand of food products is essential in any economy, much less in any healthy and thriving community.

The issue of food and nutrition is considered as one of the most essential components of a successful community as it makes up most of a persons daily life. The United States understands this, which is why it has created several governmental agencies that are tasked solely to support and consolidate food and nutrition-related concerns.

On top of the list is the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, otherwise known as NIFA. Established in the year 2008, the agency was specifically designed to consolidate all federally-funded agricultural research, and will be subordinate to the Department of Agriculture.

The mission of the NIFA is to "stimulate and fund the research and technological innovations that will enhance American agriculture and make it more productive and environmentally sustainable while ensuring the economic viability of agriculture and production."

And it aims to achieve this by administering a slew of programs and initiatives like the Food Security Learning Center Program which aims to create and maintain a national, web-based clearinghouse of information on community food security concerns and common community problems related to the underlying causes of hunger and poverty, including the loss of farms and ranches, rural poverty, welfare dependency, hunger, and food access issues.

On the other hand, there also exists the United States Food and Nutrition Service, otherwise referred to as the FNS. The agency operates under the United Department of Agriculture is generally responsible for administering the countrys domestic nutrition assistance programs and initiatives.

The agency has established several projects and grant programs to achieve their primary agency mission, such as the Innovative Food Defense Program (IFDP) which mainly seeks to generate food defense tools and resources which are easily replicated and can most definitely complement, aid in the development of, or improve state, local, tribal and territorial food defense programs.

Meanwhile, there is also the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one of the largest agencies under the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

The FDA is espcially designed to safeguard and promote public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), and veterinary products.

Article by : Iola Bonggay

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Beware E Coli Bacteria Baby Food Trap

Health for human | mothers care for concocting your own food for your baby. Besides watching the cleanliness factor, observe all safety factors, especially the threat of danger to infiltrate bacteria in food.

Lately, not a few still memersiapkan own Moms Mothers Milk Food Companion (MP-ASI) for infants aged 6-12 months. Unfortunately, they still rarely looked at the factors of safety. In fact, the preparation of local MP-ASI unhygienic can cause contamination and pose one of them diarrheal diseases.

Questioned diarrhea, please note that 90 percent of patients with diarrhea was a toddler. A strong suspicion that if food be the cause of 70 percent incidence of diarrhea, especially in developing countries.

"The factors most related to E coli on presenting local MP-ASI is the existence of animals that roam in the house, contamination of the hands of food handlers, and drying hands with a clean cloth that is not guaranteed,"

Effort needs to be done is to prevent berkeliarannya animals in the house can be done in a simple way, including washing hands with soap under running water and wash cloth every day to ensure hand hygiene before preparing MP-local milk to infants aged 6-12 months.

6 Food for Muscle Builders Healthy Food

6 Food for Muscle Builders - Every man must have longed for a perfect body, solid, muscular with six pack abdomen. To get it, of course exercises that focus on strengthening the muscles become the primary key. Do not forget to support them with proper food selection.

Some foods are believed to help the formation of muscle. Here is an excellent food for building muscle, fat control, and keep the body in healthy condition.

1. Fruit and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are the foundation of all healthy diet as it provides a lot of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and fluids. Vegetables contain small amounts of protein.

2. Low-fat milk

Low-fat milk provides high-quality protein, carbohydrates, and essential vitamins such as vitamin D, potassium, and calcium. "Consuming protein drinks such as chocolate milk one hour after exercise will help build muscle and post-exercise recovery," said the researcher.

3. Meat

Meat is a source of protein and iron that carries oxygen to the muscles throughout the body, as well as amino acids including leucine, which plays an important role in triggering muscle growth.

4. Eggs

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines say whether the consumption of eggs every day, including egg yolks. "Eggs contain all the essential amino acids and protein content present in half the egg yolks with other nutrients like lutein for eye health," said the researcher.

5. Nuts

Fresh or boiled peanuts are a good source of protein that also contains vitamins, antioxidants, fiber and healthy fats.

6. Wheat

Wheat is the quality of carbohydrates that contain small amounts of protein for energy and repair muscles, along with fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants.

Wholesome Baby Food Porridge Potato Broccoli

Wholesome Baby food - if you want have a healthy baby, the most important thing is give attention to baby food. Babies have certain foods that should be given in certain ages. 1 month baby food, baby food for 3-4 months, 6 months, 1 year old baby food, etc.

In the market, housewives can find a variety of different baby cereal, baby food and a variety can be given to children. However, try making your own baby cereal is one of own satisfaction. In addition mothers can see the baby porridge quality, creative babys mother in food processing are also getting better.

Wholesome Baby food | Porridge Potato Broccoli

Well, for housewives who want to make baby cereal, lets look at some baby cereal recipes below:

1. Baby Porridge Potato Broccoli

Ingredients Porridge Potato Broccoli

• 40 grams Chicken meat, wash, discard the fat, cut into small pieces.
• 100 grams of Tofu, cut into small pieces.
• 200 grams potatoes, peeled, cut into small pieces.
• 40 grams of carrots, peeled, cut into small pieces.
• 120 ml water.
• 25 grams Broccoli florets picking appropriate, into small pieces.

How To Make potato puree baby broccoli

1. Enter the Chicken, Tofu, potatoes, and carrots to the pan. Add water and cook until boiling. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
2. Enter Broccoli, cooked in a closed state for 10 minutes or until broccoli tender, remove from heat.
3. Enter into a blender and puree. Pour in a bowl and let cool.
4. Serve immediately.

Secrets Food Repellent Itch

Secret foods that repel itch. Itching in the skin from insect bites, allergies, medications, etc., could try to remove the natural way, like this:

- Bath milk. Mix oatmeal in milk evaporation (milk that has reduced water content, and use for bathing. Oatmeal (1-2 small bowls) can also be mixed with warm water in a bathtub. Milk works pretty well to get rid of itching in the skin and make smoother skin.

- Apply lemon juice to the itching part of the body, allow it to dry. Oranges contain powerful anti-inflammatory anesthetic and cope with the itching.

- Baking soda (about 1 small bowl) can also be mixed into a tub of warm water to reduce the itching due to irritation, insect bites, bee stings, and others. Soak about 30-60 minutes. For a little wound in the skin, mix three parts baking soda with one part water, then apply this paste to the area to itch. However, do not do this if the skin is injured.

- Apply liquid of aloe vera plant to the body that itch. Substance in aloe vera, not only can cope with severe burns, but also itching.

- Bathing with water laced with peppermint oil. For a little area, brewed mint leaves and use water to wash the body that itch, or a clean cloth dipped into water steeping mint leaves, then compress to the body that itch.

Mint leaves contain menthol which is an anesthetic and anti-inflammatory. Rosmarinik acid in it also are anti-inflammatory that is easily absorbed into the skin.

- Add two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar into the water bath and the itching would be reduced.

- Compress the itching with a cold pack.

Honey Benefits for Pregnant Women Food

Honey Benefits for Pregnant Women - Usefulness of honey as one of the pregnant mothers diet had no doubt. In addition to nutritious, honey was beneficial for women during their pregnancy. Honey can be used to alleviate a variety of complaints during pregnancy, such as:

Heartburn (heartburn)
Heartburn is a common complaint in pregnant women. Hormones released during pregnancy allow the softening of the sphincter between the esophagus and stomach. When this happens, then the stomach acid to back up the esophagus and cause a burning sensation. This could happen in the last months of pregnancy, when baby is pushed all the organs to the top. You may also experience this hearburn as a burning sensation in the throat or chest. Another woman felt the complaint was as big lumps that seemed to be in the throat and upper chest. To minimize this complaint, you can handle a drink recipe with a mixture of honey and milk to help neutralize stomach acid. This recipe is best taken every night before bed.

Colds During Pregnancy
Colds are a fairly common complaint during pregnancy. Pregnant women tend to be more susceptible because their immune systems decline and their mucous membranes tend to swell during pregnancy. This can make it difficult to eliminate coughs and colds, and can disrupt breathing. To avoid colds, you can increase the consumption of foods rich in vitamin C include fruits and fruit juices. Many women also feel that drinking tea mixed with lemon and help can help relieve discomfort and pain in the throat.

Morning Sickness
Morning sickness is a common complaint experienced by nearly 70 percent of pregnant women. The general nature of these complaints are nausea and vomiting for some time, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy. In more severe cases, morning sickness can cause weight loss, malnutrition or more serious health complications for the mother and developing child.

Traditional medicine is used to reduce nausea is a light snack and soda. Ginger is also effective against reproductive and digestive system diseases, as it stimulates circulation and supports a good blood supply to the reproductive organs and digestive. Ginger and milk is a good medication for nausea and vomiting.

Aware please !!!!
Although there are many natural remedies during pregnancy and honey treatment known to be quite safe in helping to relieve some common side effects, or complaints of pregnancy (honey is not allowed for the newborn and under 1 year) but remember that something is natural does not always mean safe, for example there are many herbs that should be avoided during pregnancy.