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FACTS: Let's Talk About Wheat, Dos & Don'ts

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  Wheat.. Is a cereal, very commonly consumed in most of our daily meals. Wheat is almost undeniably a household product. From muffins, pastas, crackers, bread to bagels. Being a most versatile grain in value addition to nutrition and health, wheat is widely available all over the world market and households. Image:depositphotos Predominantly, consumption of wheat for the purpose of health and diet benefits rely on the kind or type indigested. Whole Wheat  – Form the healthiest and most nutritious wheat Extracted Version – Form the less nutritional valued wheat, as the brown outermost layer is shaded out In essence wheat has numerous health benefits but not short of adverse impacts too. Wheat is a great source of fibre, necessary vitamins and mineral, but also constitutes of gluten; a protein responsible for the elasticity seen in dough, which is also said to cause abdominal pains and unwellness to a fraction of the world's population. Wheat benefits to health Reducing chronic...
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Healthy 7 Days Balanced Diet Meal Plan

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 Eating healthy is very important for a healthy and strong body system. It has multiple benefits and advantages as eating healthy relies on your feeding habits. Fitness, maintaining that desired body shape and living a diseases-free lifestyle all are attributes from a healthy eating culture.

A meal plan is a tool purposefully designed to aid in providing a healthy eating module with an aim of promoting a balanced dietary feeding. Here is a healthy one week meal plan for you, from Monday to Sunday with plans for breakfast, lunch and dinner meal hours.


MONDAY

  • Breakfast:

Egg omelette with sorghum (wimbi) porridge
Banana for snacks

  • Lunch:

Mashed potatoes with peas and green vegetables
Fruit salad for snacks

  • Dinner:
Chicken liver with sweet potatoes with mixed veges.
Tea with milk for snacks

TUESDAY

  • Breakfast:
Arrow root (nduma) with milk tea
Apple for snacks
  • Lunch:
Green peas (ndengu) with rice and vegetables
Fruit salad for snacks
  • Dinner
Baked or mashed potatoes with peas and mixed veges.
Cocoa drink for snacks

WEDNESDAY

  • Breakfast:
Porridge with a little milk
Banana for snacks
  • Lunch:
Mashed banana (matoke) with beef/peas with vegetables
Fruit salad for snacks
  • Dinner:
Ugali with fish and green vegetables
Yoghurt for snacks

THURSDAY

  • Breakfast:
Brown bread with tea with little milk
Avocado for snacks
  • Lunch:
Arrow root with beans and vegetables
Fruit salad for snacks
  • Dinner:
Fried vegetable rice with chicken stew
Tea with little milk for snacks

FRIDAY

  • Breakfast:
1/2 cup of cereals with little milk
Banana for snacks
  • Lunch:
Sweet potato with michiri fresh vegetable salad
Fruit salad for snacks
  • Dinner:
Ugali with matumbo and green vegetables
Cocoa drink for snacks

SATURDAY

  • Breakfast:
Brown bread with tea with little milk
Orange for snacks
  • Lunch:
Rice with liver and vegetables
Fruit salad for snacks
  • Dinner:
Chapati with meat with mixed veges.
Herbal tea with 1/2 banana for snacks

SUNDAY

  • Breakfast:
Porridge with little milk
Banana for snacks
  • Lunch:
Mashed banana with green peas and vegetables
Fruit salad for snacks
  • Dinner:
Mukimo with minced meat stew and vegetables
1/2 glass of yoghurt or mala for snacks

The meal plan as has been well illustrated, is a product of great inspiration and cretion by renowned nutritionist and healthy foods mentor, Esther Kimani.

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