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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Multivitamins, a good substitute
With high stress and less nutrition, this is just what one would resort to – the multivitamins supplements. With men and women sharing equal amounts of stress at work and home, couples are missing out most on a healthy diet and the right nutrition. And it all begins by missing out on breakfast to reach office on time, to skipping lunches and dinners and more.
"And that's just how the problem of vitamin or calcium deficiency creeps in. This deficiency is also prominent in people who're completely vegetarians, people who're averse to having even eggs. Add to that, the lifestyle people have today, doubles the reason as to why an increasing number of people are deficient in vitamins," says Dr Rohit Kumar, consultant, Artemis Hospital.
And so, Dr Kumar, suggests, "Multivitamin supplements, recommended by doctors, do good in such a scenario. They make up for all the vitamin deficiency caused by not having important meals of the day or nutrition through home-made healthy food."
Signs of vitamin deficiency: "The regular symptoms are when one gets tired easily or feels weak very often, or lacks enough stamina. So this is the time to start taking multivitamins, or otherwise when one touches 35 years of age. However, keeping in mind that youngsters start working very early these days, and hence the subsequent stress, starting these supplements around 23 years of age is also perfectly fine."
Causes: "Work stress, improper diet, dependence on junk food, high use of packaged vegetables, which have preservatives or have been boiled far too much to retain the vitamins or nutrition, dieting, people giving up non-veg, all amount to lack of proper nutrition in the body and hence the deficiency-related problems. One of the most common of these is deficiency of vitamin B12 that's mostly found in people who avoid non-veg completely. In such cases a few tests are recommended, after which we initially treat them with certain injectibles and after the required level is reached, we recommend them a daily dose of these vitamin supplements."
Dosage: "One tablet a day is more than sufficient. However, one thing that needs to be taken care of is the time line that these supplements are taken in. It's advisable that one gives a break of one month after every three months of multivitamins' intake. As for calcium tablets, women, especially the post menopausal ones, could start its intake around 35 or 40 years of age. Their dosage would again be the same as for multivitamins, alongwith the one-month recommended break after 3 months of its intake."
Any side effects? "None that can stand as a documented proof. There have been indications in various articles published, of these supplements having a side-effect, but they are all irrelevant, since there is no sufficient data to prove it right."
Few facts & myths
Are multivitamin supplements an equivalent substitute for the vitamins gained through the food that we eat?
Yes, they are. For, these days who can boast of having food or vegetables that are real. Even the food in the market is supplemented with artificial food. Vegetables are old and dry. Then when we purchase them, we don't use them immediately and let them lie in our refrigerators for another 4 days, allowing the vegetable to become more stale. Then we also have a habit of boiling the vegetables for long followed by frying them in good amount of oil and spicing it up by putting all spices possible. What's more, we even tend to refrigerate the cooked vegetables that are left-overs after our meals and then perhaps have it the next day. Now, in all this cycle, do you really think there'll be any nutrients left for the body to take its strength from? In such a case, even if one's taking his proper meals, still a tablet of multivitamin could do good to people who feel weak and tired.
Multivitamin supplements are most effective when taken after meals. Is there any proper way of adhering to the multivitamin dosage – before meals, after meals or on empty stomach?
No. The supplements can be taken at whatever time of the day. They are as effective whether you take them before meals, after meals or even on an empty stomach.
Is it okay even if one stops exercising after one starts taking these supplements, thinking they're getting their dose of stamina through these multivitamins?
Yes, it's definitely okay. One should ideally keep exercising, but even if one has stopped, multivitamins will have the same effect. They provide equal nutrients be it an active or a non-active body.
Multivitamins taken just before or during pregnancy have a lasting effect on the baby.
That's right. All vitamins taken by a mother during or right before her pregnancy have a lasting effect on the baby. In fact, even babies are fed vitamins after mostly 6-7 months of their birth, which is after mothers stop feeding their babies their own milk. So since the baby needs nutrition while in the womb as well as after he's born, through mother's milk, it's essential that pregnant women take multi-vitamins regularly.
Multivitamins make people's hair thicker and healthier?
Yes, they do. In fact, there are certain vitamins that are had specifically for the hair. But if one's having multivitamins, it takes care of all the aspects making up for all that's deficient in the body.
People barely stepping out in the sun should definitely take Vitamin D tablets.
Actually, that's not possible in a place like India. It's for those cold countries where people hardly see the sun for four weeks at a stretch and so run the possibility of growing deficient in Vitamin D. But in India, however much one may avoid, one is exposed to the sun in some or the other way. And as a matter of fact, even 5 to 10mins of exposure in the sun, in the entire day is sufficient to provide vitamin D in the body.
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BABY FOOD RECIPES
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CHICKEN HEARTS APPLE
Baby food recipes
Material:
250 grams of chicken liver
2 apples, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 carrot, peeled and cut into pieces
3 pieces potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
2 stalks celery, chopped
3 tablespoons green peas
Directions:
1. Cook all ingredients until cooked.
2. Drain and puree (or chopped finely for children ages 8 months and up)
BABY FOOD RECIPES - FISH APPLE
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 pieces of fish fillets
2 apples, peeled, cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Boil the ingredients until cooked. Drain and puree.
Note:
For children 8 months, the food should not be crushed but only finely chopped. It is good to stimulate the growth of teeth and to train the muscles of the mouth and gums to bite.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CARAPPEAR
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 stalks carrots, peeled, cut into pieces
2 apples, peeled, cut into pieces
2 pieces of pear, peeled and cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Kl Boil carrots for 10 minutes, then amsukkan apple and pear. Cook until soft.
2. Drain and puree (or chopped finely for children ages 8 months and up)
BABY FOOD RECIPES - steamed fish
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 snapper fillet (or other fish species, according to taste)
Directions:
1. Steam the fish until cooked and then mashed.
2. Can be mixed with pureed vegetables (carrots, broccoli, etc.).
BABY FOOD RECIPES - Broccoli POTATO
Baby food recipes
Material:
7 broccoli florets, discarding the stem
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into pieces
Chicken broth / meat taste (only boiled water chicken / meat, without salt or other seasonings)
Directions:
1. Steam the broccoli and potatoes until cooked.
2. Blend the two ingredients with the processor / blender.
3. Give the broth to taste.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - VEGETABLE INTERFERENCE
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 carrot, peeled, cut into pieces
1 piece of potato, peeled, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons green peas (can be replaced other green vegetables, eg broccoli,
zuchini, celery, etc.)
Chicken broth / meat taste (only boiled water chicken / meat, without garammaupun other seasonings)
Directions:
1. Boiled / steamed until cooked all the ingredients and puree.
2. Give the chicken broth / meat taste.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CHICKEN SOUP
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 piece of chicken thighs, remove skin, cut meat into pieces (bones were not removed)
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into pieces
1 stick carrot, peeled, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons green peas
500 ml water
Directions:
1. Cook all ingredients until cooked.
2. Discard the chicken bones, then puree all ingredients
BABY FOOD RECIPES - puree CARROT
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 medium carrots, peeled
Boiled water to taste
Directions:
1. Steam the carrots until tender then puree. Add water as needed.
2. Presentation: Give the carrot puree as single or mixed foods
with pulp POTATO / SWEET POTATOES porridge.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - pea puree
Baby food recipes
Material:
250 grams of fresh or frozen peas
Directions:
1. Boil peas until cooked and then mashed.
2. Strain the rough skin so do not take part inedible.
3. Presentation: Give peas puree as a single food or
mixed with porridge POTATO / SWEET POTATOES porridge.
Baby food recipes
Material:
250 grams of chicken liver
2 apples, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 carrot, peeled and cut into pieces
3 pieces potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
2 stalks celery, chopped
3 tablespoons green peas
Directions:
1. Cook all ingredients until cooked.
2. Drain and puree (or chopped finely for children ages 8 months and up)
BABY FOOD RECIPES - FISH APPLE
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 pieces of fish fillets
2 apples, peeled, cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Boil the ingredients until cooked. Drain and puree.
Note:
For children 8 months, the food should not be crushed but only finely chopped. It is good to stimulate the growth of teeth and to train the muscles of the mouth and gums to bite.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CARAPPEAR
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 stalks carrots, peeled, cut into pieces
2 apples, peeled, cut into pieces
2 pieces of pear, peeled and cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Kl Boil carrots for 10 minutes, then amsukkan apple and pear. Cook until soft.
2. Drain and puree (or chopped finely for children ages 8 months and up)
BABY FOOD RECIPES - steamed fish
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 snapper fillet (or other fish species, according to taste)
Directions:
1. Steam the fish until cooked and then mashed.
2. Can be mixed with pureed vegetables (carrots, broccoli, etc.).
BABY FOOD RECIPES - Broccoli POTATO
Baby food recipes
Material:
7 broccoli florets, discarding the stem
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into pieces
Chicken broth / meat taste (only boiled water chicken / meat, without salt or other seasonings)
Directions:
1. Steam the broccoli and potatoes until cooked.
2. Blend the two ingredients with the processor / blender.
3. Give the broth to taste.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - VEGETABLE INTERFERENCE
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 carrot, peeled, cut into pieces
1 piece of potato, peeled, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons green peas (can be replaced other green vegetables, eg broccoli,
zuchini, celery, etc.)
Chicken broth / meat taste (only boiled water chicken / meat, without garammaupun other seasonings)
Directions:
1. Boiled / steamed until cooked all the ingredients and puree.
2. Give the chicken broth / meat taste.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CHICKEN SOUP
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 piece of chicken thighs, remove skin, cut meat into pieces (bones were not removed)
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into pieces
1 stick carrot, peeled, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons green peas
500 ml water
Directions:
1. Cook all ingredients until cooked.
2. Discard the chicken bones, then puree all ingredients
BABY FOOD RECIPES - puree CARROT
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 medium carrots, peeled
Boiled water to taste
Directions:
1. Steam the carrots until tender then puree. Add water as needed.
2. Presentation: Give the carrot puree as single or mixed foods
with pulp POTATO / SWEET POTATOES porridge.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - pea puree
Baby food recipes
Material:
250 grams of fresh or frozen peas
Directions:
1. Boil peas until cooked and then mashed.
2. Strain the rough skin so do not take part inedible.
3. Presentation: Give peas puree as a single food or
mixed with porridge POTATO / SWEET POTATOES porridge.