Health Food Cooking

Food is essential for everyone in the world. Food comes first among the necessities of life. You take care in choosing the right food for your family to eat, but did you know that the way food are prepared can have a big impact on your fitness?

Some cooking methods preserves the nutrient contents and flavor of food, but some can reduce nutrition and create harmful substances within your food. So you should pay special attention to the way you cook. Here are some tips for cooking healthy food so that you eat healthy and stay healthy.

Sensible cooking methods, less fat, and adding more vegetables, fruits, whole grains to recipes are guaranteed for better nutrition. The many cooking steps you can use from steaming, baking, roasting, poaching, using herb spices, grilling, boiling and stir frying. These steps can also be helpful to reduce chronic diseases such as cancer, cholesterol etc. A good for cooking healthy is to reduce the amount of sugar and oil instead you should include brown rice and fiber contents.

Good Ways to Cook

1. Maintain Temperature:

It is always preferable to cook foods at lower temperature rather than higher, because the oils like soybean and corn easily damaged (oxidized) by the higher heat.

2. Take Steaming:

Put a little water in a pot, and add your food in a steamer basket. As the water boils, the steam will gently cook your food. Be sure not to cook your food for too long.

3. Use Baking/Roasting:

Baking in oven or microwave is a perfectly healthy way to cook. You can bake meat, fish, bread, vegetables etc. Try to keep your baking dish covered to remain some moisture.

More Tips:

Cook your food in liquids such as lemon juice, fruit juice, vinegar or water instead of oil. If you need to use oil, try cooking sprays or apply oil with a brush. Do not consume old (expired) food. It is like poison. Our food is responsible for the formation of lakhs of cells which makes our body strong. Take care that the food you eat helps you to maintain good health and fitness.