TOFU ----HEALTHY FOOD AND DELICIOUS TOO

Today people are more health conscious and food habits have undergone a tremendous change. These days meat ,dairy products , eggs etc are used in very limited quantities. This is a trend more common in Western world. People are looking for a 100 per cent vegetarian healthy alternative to high fat -content and cholesterol producing non-vegetarian diet .

Here comes unique significance of soybeans and Tofu, a paneer like processed food . Tofu is made exclusively from health giving soyabeans . Therefore from health point of view Tofu stands out as a complete protein which has all eight amino acids.

Tofu is exceptionally popular world over and almost one billion people eat it often. No doubt it is free from saturated fat and cholesterol and thousands of people consider it as primary source of protein.

Tofu is not just a new product. For hundreds of years it was in use made exclusively from soybeans. The manufacturing process is this: Soybeans are cooked and crushed to make a rich soyamilk. It is allowed to solidify and later cut into blocks.

Do You Have Undiagnosed Hypoglycemia? by Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed.

Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can be culprit of many physical and psychological symptoms. It’s a very common occurrence in our society and often goes undiagnosed. It can mimic most every medical condition and is often misdiagnosed or labeled as hypochondriasis. Hypoglycemia is when your blood glucose levels drop too low and your body and brain can’t function properly. The brain is very sensitive to levels of blood sugar and needs glucose to function adequately. It is fuel for brain. The brain doesn’t have ability to store glucose so it needs a continuous supply from blood. It extracts it from blood as it does oxygen. If brain does not have enough oxygen or glucose it can go into a coma.

Hypoglycemia occurs when body does not metabolize blood glucose properly. Abnormal metabolism can be caused by a variety of factors such as: ~Excess refined sugar and white flour in your diet, ~Pancreatic or adrenal underactivity or overactivity ~Excessive use of alcohol, tobacco, and coffee or other products with caffeine ~Overeating of refined carbohydrates ~Allergies ~Severe emotional stress that doesn’t go away

Probably biggest contributor to hypoglycemia is consumption of excess refined sugar, white flour and other refined carbohydrates. Our bodies were not designed genetically or physiologically equipped to metabolize mass amount of refined food, which is stripped of any nutritional value, found in typical diet of this day and age. This creates a continuous strain and abuse on your bodies’ organs, such as pancreas, liver, adrenals and other endocrine glands. The continuous ingestion of empty refined foods leads to malfunctioning of glandular and metabolic systems.