How Can Carrot, The Must For Good Health Be Included In Our Diet.

Did you have your carrots today? Yes, this is to tell all of you that carrots are very good for health and can be taken by the young and old alike being rich in beta-carotenes and full of nutrients. Carrots help you lose weight and are the food that helps to ward of various types of cancer, reducing the incidence of strokes and heart disease. Every parent owe good health to their children, carrots are good for health and need to be given to children daily. It would be best to first come to know how carrots are good for health and how you can pamper your family with carrot desserts and recipes. 

Carrots are excellent to promote weight loss. They are low in calories and also have fiber and add bulk to ones diet. They have been used to add bulk and thicken soups so as to make them real delicious. It is best to understand that stock made of vegetables is any day healthier than animal stock. The presence of soluble fiber like sodium pectate helps to not only lower the amount of bad cholesterol in blood, but also helps increase of good cholesterol and elimination of bile acids.

Yes, do take carrots daily; half a cup of cooked carrots giving you four times your daily requirement of beta carotene, helping to ward off eye diseases like night blindness due to high level of Vitamin A that helps to protect the retina and make it function well. In addition be sure of the anti-oxidant effect of carrots that not only helps to have healthy eyes but also protection from cataracts. Take carrot as a general rule to protect you from cancers of the stomach, cervix, uterus and oral cavity. Besides the role of carrots in protecting oneself from cerebral strokes and heart attacks cannot be overlooked.

Carrots are great, and you should never miss on your variety of salads made each day. Yes, enjoy a colored salad of carrots by adding red carrots, orange carrots, tomatoes, green, yellow and red bell peppers, onion and leek stems. If you are creative you have no one to stop you from making that colored, unique shaped bits salads. Besides, carrots are sweet, so next time you feel like indulging in that sweet tooth item like an ice-cream or pastry, just go take that carrot and nibble on it. You would be assured of that great, good and energized feeling.

Do make sure to treat your family or the guests tonight with carrot and leek soup, instead of the same tomato or vegetable soup. Yes, add finely cut carrots, onion, leek stem and add salt and pepper to taste. There is no need to add thickeners, as carrots would help to thicken the soup. The soup is real appetizing and you are sure to be praised for your cooking talents. Your infant will sure enjoy stewed carrots and carrot soup with leek and be assured of proper nutrition also.

 Do not miss to pamper your family with carrot desserts and recipes. Carrots can be grated and used in making of Indian breads. Your children are sure to enjoy it and you are assured of their full nutrition also. Carrot puree can be used in baking of quick breads that gives your family nutrition with flavor and good taste. Carrots do not lose their nutritive value on being cooked, however light cooking is highly recommended.

Do not miss on savoring the Indian dessert Carrot Halwa. It is prepared by grating carrots and cooking them in sufficient milk till it thickens. Sugar is added to give additional sweetness. You may top up this dessert with nuts and raisins fried in ghee. The amount of ghee depends on ones own choice and weight conscious people can use lesser ghee. You may also add condensed milk instead of milk and also add grated khoa(thickened milk). Your 5-month-old infant can also be given carrot stew, carrot soup and carrot halwa without the dry fruits.

Stock your refrigerator with various types of carrots red, orange and yellow. It is best to buy deep red and orange colored salads. Besides use your imagination to create a variety of ways to consume carrots. Cut thin long strips to consume as a snack. Make desserts, soups, stew or anything, which your imagination takes you to, and have your daily full of vitamin, minerals and carotenoids. Yes, do wash carrots and scrub them well before storing them in your refrigerator.

To sum up, I am sure you had your carrot today. Happy Carrot Times