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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1 cup pearl barley
2 cup water
1 cup celery
1/2 cup walnut, chopped or mixed almonds
1 salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
Directions
Rinse barley under warm running water. Let drain. In a medium-size
saucepan, bring to a boil and gradually add barley. Cover and cook 20
to 25 minutes, Return barley to saucepan with celery, nut, salt and
pepper; heat through. Garnish with parsley. Food Exchange per
serving: 2 STRARCH/BREAD EXCHANGE + 1 FAT EXCHANGE CAL: 187; CHO:
0mg; CAR: PRO: 5g; SOD: 59mg; FAT: 7g;
SOURCE: Light & Easy Diabetes Cuisine by Betty Marks Brought to you
and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master
Servings: 6
Diet Walnut Barley Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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The Glycaemic Index Diet
The glycaemic index weight loss regime is based around the gi index, a list showing food types and a score illustrating the rapidity that the carbohydrates of the food type gets transformed to sugar in the dieters bloodstream. The theory is that slow release food types (ie those food types with a low Gi number), keep you satiated for longer and help to take in fewer food without feeling you are always hungry. It is also extremeley useful for folk with diabetes, as the low GI food types are useful in managing rises in blood glucose levels. The low calorie diet Put simply, the low-cal diet is based on the fact that if you want to become thinner, it is essential to take in fewer calories than you burn up. What is a calorie? The calorie is the standard unit for energy measurement in dieting. A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. If something has more calories, then it will turn into more energy when your body digests it. Low-cal foods include boiled potatoes, mushrooms, water melon, low fat hot-dogs, and white eggs. Foods containing lycopene (includes apricot, papaya and rosehip) Lycopene is a simple coloring agent and member of the carotenid family of phytochemicals. It is responsible for the dark red hue of quite a few types of food. Usefully, unlike numerous nutritional compounds, it is not damaged if it is cooked, rather it is in fact made more effective by being cooked. . Lycoprene's most interesting health contribution is that it works as an antioxidant and seems to help to lower the risks of developing cancer. This useful phytochemical is the most powerful remover of singlet oxygen, which is connected with aging of the skin. It is also thought to prevent the development of atherosclerosis. |