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Mango benefits

• Mango, the seasonal fruit during summers, provides the body with its yearly supply of Vitamins A.
• The carotene rich fruit protects skin from tanning in summer and adds that extra glow to your face.
• Summer invariably dehydrates you, leading to lethargy and causing the body to bloat. Mango’s the perfect solution because it’s low on sodium and high on potassium. So make sure you have at least one a day to replenish the potassium you lose through sweet.
• The iron, folate and Vitamin B in mangoes accelerate fat burning over other fruits.
• The fiber-rich fruit ensures faster digestion.
• Vitamins E, C, and antioxidant minerals like selenium and zinc fight free radical activity and help your body cape with stress better.

Do you really need more reasons to grab that mango? Go ahead, and allow it to accelerate your metabolism and burn fat for your. Just remember that the mango loves to be in stomach that exercises regularly and ea often. So, don’t forget to eat every two hour and to workout atleast thrice a week.

Eating it right

• Eat the mango alone; savour it as a meal by itself.
• Allow your gums to be massaged by its soft pulpiness and let the fiber reach deep within your teeth
• Don,t have it as dessert post dinner.

Researchers at Kansas City University have carried out the study and found that mothers who regularly exercise during pregnancy can strengthen their baby’s lungs and nervous system in the womb. And, according to them, babies in the womb have lower heart rates as well as improved breathing if their mothers are physically active.

Cooking with microwave energy is different from the conventional cooking. In microwave cooking the vitamins, the natural aroma and juices are retained, which invariably tend to get lost in conventional cooking. As the food is cooked in its own juices, very oil or fat is used in cooking. These are some microwave tips:

• Never over cook as it become tough and leathery.
• Never pile food on top of each other.
• Food  is cooked better in a round container then a square one.
• Don’t add salt at the starting point of the cooking as it leads to increase in the cooking time.
• Don’t add more water than required, its increases the cooking time.
• Don’t deep fry in microware.
• Don’t cook eggs in their shells.
• Don’t cook and reheat puddings having alcohol, this can easily catch fire.
• Don’t use containers with restricted opening (like bottles).
• Don’t use aluminum foil for covering dishes in the microwave mode it may spark.
• Use deep dishes to prepare gravies.
• Filling the dish only ¾ to avoid spillage.
• In convection mode put dish on the wire rack to get even baking.
• Always preheat the oven when you want to use the convection mode. Grilling doesn’t require preheating.
• When making tikkas, tandoori cover the plate beneath the rack witk aluminium foil to collect the drippings.

Ex: Microwave popcorn without the bag of chemicals