This is how you make a bowl of healthy salad and healthy options that you would want to put into it.
HEALTHY SALAD – Here are some of the things you should remember if you want your bowl of salad to be healthy and delicious at the same time.
Easy to prepare, delicious, and not time consuming is making a bowl of healthy salad that can give you the right amount and kinds of nutrients you need. It does not only help you lose weight but also gives you benefits such as boosting your metabolic rate, improve cardiovascular health, prevent serious health problems, improve digestion, strengthen muscle, improve skin, and many others.
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However, we sometimes tend to commit some mistakes in making a bowl of it that instead of helping you in your weight loss goals, it’s making you gain weight even more.
Now, in order to make a healthy bowl, check out some things you must remember:
- Use lettuce or leafy greens to give you vitamins, folic acid, antioxidants, and potassium that you need. Take note: the greener or the darker the color is, the better.
- Use healthy crunches such as celery (vitamin A), cucumber (vitamin C), purple cabbage (vitamins A and C, iron), pea pods (vitamins A and C, iron), broccoli florets (vitamin C), sunflower seeds or chia seeds (fiber, protein), and walnuts or almonds (fiber, protein, niacin).
- Add some color by adding the following slices with their respective benefits:
- Red, orange, yellow or green peppers to get vitamins C, B1, B2 and B6, and folate.
- Red onion to get fiber and phytochemicals.
- Pomegranate seeds to get vitamins A, C and E, fiber, potassium, calcium, and antioxidants.
- Tomatoes to get fiber, vitamins A, C and K, potassium, and manganese.
- Avocado slices to get numerous vitamins and minerals and heart-healthy fats.
- Red, purple, or yellow beets to get folate.
- Get proteins from sources like black beans, garbanzo beans, lentils, chicken, lean beef, salmon, hard-boiled eggs, tofu or low-fat cheeses like feta cheese, blue cheese, goat cheese, parmesan, and mozzarella.
- Splash some freshness from fresh fruits like apple, pears, oranges, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. Remember that dried fruits are higher in sugar compared to fresh fruits.
- Put your leftover of brussels sprouts or sweet potatoes for vitamins, folate, and manganese.
- For more nutrients, you can also add some olives, mushrooms, and others.
- For dressing, don’t overdo it. You may use lemon juice, lime juice, red wine, or olive oil as per a post from Cleveland Clinic.
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