Healthy recipes focus on good carbs and other healthy ingredients essential for nutrition
Healthy recipes incorporate the following...
- Use good fats The good fats are Omega 3 fatty acids and monounsaturated fats. Limit your intake because fats are high in calories per gram.
- Use little or no sugar added Keep the glycemic index and glycemic load low.
- Lower levels of phytic acid and bad lectins Phytic acids are compounds found in beans and grains that block absorption of vitamins and minerals. Lectins are a plant's natural pesticide and appear to be related to auto-immune responses such as arthritis in humans.
- Contain a variety of ingredients Different foods provide different nutrients ensuring a complete variety of vitamins and minerals. Nature's multi-vitamin!
Traditional methods of cooking reduce these anti-nutrients and maximize the availablity of good nutrients. These methods include slow rise times and fermentation for grains, long soak times and water changes for beans.
Be sure to mix these ingredients in with other good carbs naturally low in phytic acids and lectins. For example: fix a soup with lots of good carbs and some traditionally cooked beans or rice.
If you are on a specific diet that limits or bans certain types of foods (grains or dairy for example), find substitutes that can replace the banned ingredients. For example, my suggestions for substitutes in Italian recipes.
Salad Recipes
Healthy salad recipes for your good carbs diets.
Italian Cooking Recipes
Healthy recipes for Italian food.
