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Calcium req depends on age, height, weight etc... So, I don't know if U r taking the right amt of calcium...But if U r taking a min of 250-300 ml of milk/curd & u r around 5 ft 3 or 4 inches(& around 55 kgs), it should be find... this is a rough estimate...
& if possible, include an avg of 40-45 gms(rough estimate again for the same height/weight range) dhal everyday... or try to take other protein source...
Here's the recipe for Horsegram Rasam...Quote:
Originally Posted by gkals
Add more water for cooking the kollu than U normally do coz the excess water after cooking will be used for the rasam... Drain the excess water... Add more water if U feel the drained kollu water is concentrated...add a few crushed garlic , curry leaves & salt to it... Heat a tsp of oil... add some jeera & broken dry chillies to it... fry a bit & add this to the kollu water... add enough tamarind juice & let it boil for around 3-4 mins... That's it... I sometimes add the chillies & jeera without tempering ... tastes good as well...
tfmlover, Thanks for the explanation...
Thanks Dev, my milk, yoghurt intake should be around 250 ml everyday, my Dal intake is slightly less, I should find other ways of taking protien as I generally like variety in food so dal or dal based items are made only twice a week :(Quote:
Originally Posted by dev
Dev,
Pl. tell me shortcuts to improve my Haemoglobin count. I have a single digit HB count & diagonised by my gynaec as anaemic.
I'm taking dates / date syrup. My doc. told me take badam ( as halwa or cake) regularly. Is it true that Almond is good for aneamics?
Any other suggestions? (I'm a veggie)
Hi Scorpio,
Nice to see u in the food sec after a loooong time...
Food stuffs rich in iron helps... Combine this with food stuffs rich in Vitamin C as it helps in better absorption of iron... As far as I know, cashewnut is a better source of iron thean almonds... every 100 gms of cashewnut contains around 6mg of iron & almond contains around 3.5 mg per 100 gms... Tofu is a good source of iron as well...
Here are some websites that might be of use to you...
http://www.bloodbook.com/iron-foods.html
http://www.weightlossforall.com/iron-rich-food.htm
http://www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile68d.stm
Scorpio: The best way to increase your HB count is to eat a lot of keerai! Add keerai to your dosai maavu , to the chappati aata or anything that you can imagine, eat loads of murungai keerai specifically if not possible eat loads of any keerai! And when you do so eat an orange or drink a glass of orange juice. Supposedly Vitamin C enhances the chance of iron being absorbed into the blood! And reduce coffee / tea intake as much as possible...
Thanks Dev! :-)
I do read this thread regularly but dont post.
Scorpio, from experience & doctor's advice I want to remind you that periodical deworming is mandatory, esp. if we happen to eat food prepared outside. Without this routine procedure any amount of intake of iron & keerai will bring poor result. It is true after these rains keerai will be scarce. But what about murungai keerai? My doctor sister prefers it to "vaikkaal" keeraikaL for hygeinic reasons! Agaththi is my hubby's favourite, another tree keerai! My trick for improving the family's iron intake is adding plenty of karuveppilai/koththumalli/puthina to our morning chutney for idli/dosai. My children used to joke about white thengkai chutney finding no place in our dining table!
Scorpio: I agree with pp on this - my dosai and chappati are never plain, they always have plenty of keerai or corriander, mint, karivEpilai etc in them... that way it goes as a part of something else in case you don't like to eat them separately :) The odd time that I have a sandwich these days - it is always with green chutney!
PP Ma'm - Thanks! I did take the one-dose syrup for 'poochi-killing' last month. Must search for murungai keerai vigorously now :-)
Anu- ennai pachai pul onnuthaanga sapida sollala neenga :lol:
pul vendanga :) athu nalla irukaathu :lol: Apple saapdingalen, apple has good iron content as well....
Vellam is supposed to be rich in iron. Churn some vellam & pottukadalai in the mixie; make ladoos or just eat spoonfuls of the protein+rich yummy mixture! Children too love it!
Yes, it's always good to deworm periodically... Greens are a good source of iron as well as Vit C...
Reminds me of my mom... white coconut chutney was rare in my home too... Mom used to add curry leaves/ mint/ coriander/ thuthuvalai/ vallarai to the chutney... Infact, they taste better than plain coconut chutney... She makes an yummy mooligai rasam using thuthuvalai & musumusukai... It used to taste heavely when I have a cold/fever...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by pavalamani pragasam
How about ragi? I think it is rich in iron.
Yes, ragi contains around 4-5mg of iron per 100 g... It is a good source of calcium as well...
Pls do post the websites and any recipes or ways of using it everyday cooking.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfmlover
You can make chutney using vallarai, small onions, coconut, garlic, tamarind, chillies & salt...grind eveything raw... I am not sure of the measuments... it goes well with lemon rice & cocnut rice... I used to eat lots of vallarai & ladiesfinger during my exam months...Dunno if it helped but I believed it will help...:D
Few recipes on the net...
http://www.indiatastes.com/categories/355.html
http://www.indiatastes.com/categories/365.html
http://askagent.ammas.com/topics/Cooking/a105002.html
http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?p=156484
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Didn't get it???!!!... Y aren't we supposed to add tamarind to it?... & I hear naturopaths suggesting not to take tamarind & homoeopaths suggesting not to take tmatoes too often, esp when one has some kind of allergy... Y is it so?...Quote:
Originally Posted by tfmlover
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Mom adds just a pinch of it to the chutney... Tastes good that way...:)
Not lycopersicon esculentum ... it was for rashes due to allergy...
Dev, if I am right, tamarind is basically tartaric acid and people who have anemia are advised not to have too much of tamarind based dishes, that is one reason I never add tamarind to any keerai dishes I make!
Do correct me if I am wrong! :)
Anou,
I'm not very sure abt it... let's turn to tfmlover in this regard...
Do we really have to buy “organic” food? We only buy organic food, especially diary, vegetables and fruits. But most of my friends don’t care. They eat foods that are not organic. Is it worth spending for this “organic” stuff? They are expensive! I was just wondering what you guys are eating. Do you mind sharing your thoughts please? Is it true that organic produces are more nutritious?
I hope this query fits in this thread. Or the moderators may move it to a separate thread.
I believe it's worth paying extra for organic stuffs coz of the reduction in chemicals that U'll be consuming otherwise...
i too buy organic milk and eggs. and few vegetables. i used to buy more when my toddler was a baby, used to feed him all organic food. but now i buy only milk, eggs, flavored yoghurt, spinach and few vegetables. the organic section in my local grocery store doesnt seem to be having a variety of vegetables. and whole foods is far from where i live. but most of my friends dont care. some times i too wonder whether its worth. but any way, atleast for my son, i keep buying it.
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Tamarind....tamar-ind
Just thought about this when I read about the tamarind. Years ago when I was visiting our middle-eastern neighbor, she served a juice. It looked like grape juice but tasted like tamarind. I asked what it was. She showed me the store bought bottle of a juice named tamarind juice. She also explained that it is tamar-ind ('tamar' in their language means dates, dates is very common in middle east). She said it is tamar-ind - Indian tamar!!!
Well, I had to laugh hearing her explanation. I didn't know people use it as a drink.
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We too started buying organic stuffs when we started solids for our daughter when she was a baby. Our local grocery store doesn't have thaat many organic stuff either, the ones that they have are way toooo expensive. Luckily we have got a whole foods market somewhaat close to where we live. I think thats one of the reasons we keep buying organic!Quote:
Originally Posted by a_gopinathan
Ya it does have USDA approved seal.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfmlover
tfmlover/redpepper: Thanks for the explanation on tamarind :)
Is it true that organic produces are more nutritious?
The nutrient content of non-organic foods are lower than the food grown through natural means. In 2005 a research (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry) study found the cancer preventing lycopene content was found in higher amounts in the tomatoes grown organically compared with those not. It was interesting comment that, the non-organic tomotoes have less challenge of bugs and so produce less lycopene compared to organic one which produce more lycopene to defend from predators. Higher lycopene content in tomaotoes are good for our health because they act as anti-oxidants.
http://sakthifoundation.org/organic.htm
Thats interesting. Thanks for that link.Quote:
Originally Posted by pradheep
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Hi dev,
Thanks a ton for posting the kollu rasam recipe.I would try it out without fail.Thanks again
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kals
Hey Raghuji,
I managed to lose a few inches & put on around 4 kgs of lean body mass in the last few months... Now my weight is up by around 5 kgs but I look slightly thinner than what I used to be a few months back... & feel much stronger active too... Now I can advise anyone on diet without guilt...hehehe...