Thursday, January 20, 2011

{Great food Combinations for your body}

Certain food combinations give you a great nutritious powerful PUNCH! One food combination that is great for you and gives you ENERGY is....

Chickpeas and Red Peppers

When these two are eaten together it's great for you. Chickpeas contain a lot of Iron and Red Peppers contain a good source of Calcium. Iron is hard for your body to absorb, so when you eat red peppers with chickpeas, the red peppers help to absorb the iron, giving you ENERGY!

Chickpeas(also called garbanzo beans) are great for you! They contain a lot of fiber as well giving you 50% of your daily fiber intake. They are tasty! And they are very versatile! I love em! You can use them in soups, salads, as hummus, as a meat substitute for tacos(i have a post on here about how to do that).

Red Peppers are also great for you and like i said, they are a good source of calcium. You can also use red peppers in anything...tacos, salads, soups, snack, etc.

One more GREAT food combination that will help you slim your waistline....

Pasta and Balsamic Vinegar! Weird, huh?! Pasta alone wouldn't seem like a good choice alone, but when combined with balsamic vinegar it is a good choice. The acid in the vinegar helps to control the blood sugar, slashing the sugar load by 20%!! So, whenever you eat pasta, add 2 tsp. of vinegar and it will help those starchy pastas get digested slower so that you won't get a quick rise and drop in your blood sugar, and get hungry again an hour and a half later! Great, huh?!

AND if you don't understand blood sugar, let me fill you in. When you blood sugar drops to a low level you start getting hungry. Your body needs sugar for energy, but too much is bad. So, when you eat simple sugars and carbs and fat laden and unhealthy foods, they get digested quickly. They get digested quickly b/c there is nothing of any worth in those foods for you. When you eat, the pancreas releases insulin. The insulin funnels the sugars to the different tissues that need it. But b/c the food digests so quickly it confuses the pancreas and the pancreas releases too much insulin and the insulin snatches up all those sugars VERY quickly, leaving you with a low blood sugar level again about an hour and a half to two hours later. Wonder why you get hungry about an hour and a half to two hours after eating breakfast? It is probably b/c of what you are eating. Most cereals contain lots of simple sugars and carbs. If you want to feel full for longer you need to eat fiber and protein for breakfast. Breakfast is the MOST important meal of the day. Eating a good healthy breakfast full of fiber and protein can help you curb your sugar cravings later in the day! People, sugar is good, but it's bad for you if you are eating too much. I will post more about that another day. :)

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