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Control your diabetes with these super foods
Diabetes is one of the most common health problems all around the world. Your diet plan should be such that it controls your sugar levels. But at the same time, it is also important to enjoy the food you consume throughout the day without starving and ensuring smaller portions of meals. Over eating and starving for long can disturb your digestive system and is an invitation to many other diseases.
A diabetic patient should consume adequate amount of vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, poultry and fish, and lesser sweets and foods that are high in fat and salt. Here are some super food, which help in controlling and balancing blood sugar levels as well as blood pressure in body and prevent diabetes.
Olive Oil
Less in carbohydrates, this oil helps in controlling blood sugar levels and at the same time, it helps to slower down the absorption of food eaten at that time. Olive oil helps in the flexibility of the blood vessels and allows good blood to flow.
Pomegranates
The fruit contains highest combinations of anti-oxidants and they protect one from chronic-diseases.
Spinach
This green leafy delight is low on calories, high in fibre and comes with nutrients like potassium, folate, magnesium, which help in lowering and maintaining blood pressure levels.
Cinnamon
Studies show that consuming three teaspoons of cinnamon a day has a positive effect on reducing blood sugar levels. The cells convert sugar into energy more efficiently and control the amount of sugar level in blood.
Grapes
A phytochemical found in grapes, modulates the blood glucose response from the body. Hence these juicy little thing help in maintaining the nutritional level of ones body.
Banana
It is rich in potassium and helps in lowering down blood pressure.
Green Tea
Green tea is not only rich as an anti-oxidant but also helps in stabilising blood sugar levels and maintains the flexibility of blood vessels.
Apples
An apple a day keeps the doctor away?, is rightly said. A diabetic should always feel free to consume apples all day long. Apples, blueberries and grapes are the most beneficial fruits for reducing the risk of diabetes.
Celery
Celery helps in reducing high blood pressure since ages! Eating four celery stalks daily relax the muscle tissue in the artery walls, enabling increased blood flow and in return lowering blood pressure.
Pulses
Lentils, peas, beans and chickpeas are low in fat and calories and also rich in fibre and protein. These dietary fibres slower down the sugar absorption into the blood and reduces glycemic load. It’s a great addition to soups, salads and a variety of other dishes.
Strawberries
Strawberries help in improving immunity, fights cancer and increases enormous amount of metabolism in ones body. Strawberries help in loosing weight and its low-glycemic index releases slowly in blood vessels controlling the stream of glucose in body.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal helps in maintaining a moderate blood pressure as it contains high fibre and proteins. The meal helps you reduce both your systolic and diastolic pressure.
Cold-Water Fish
Compounds like omega-3 fatty acids found in cold-water fish helps to lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol. Seafood like halibut, herring, mackerel, oysters, salmon, sardines, trout, tuna and cod are exceptionally good for a diabetic patients and if consumed weekly, it lowers the risk of a heart related disease.
Guava
Guava is rich in dietary fibres and helps to ease constipation and lowers the chance of developing type -2 diabetes.
Avocados
Oleic acid found in avocados help in reducing high blood pressure and cholesterol levels. It is rich in vitamins A, K, B and E and are loaded with fibres.
Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate improves cell sensitivity to insulin and lowers the risk of heart related diseases. It controls blood pressure and the amount of bad cholesterol in the body.
Watermelon
It’s the fruit, which contains the highest amount of potassium and is one of the best fruits for the proper functioning of kidney too. This in turn keeps your blood uric acid levels on the lower side. It helps in preventing kidney damage and nerve damage.
Beetroot
This crimson root veggie is rich in nitrates, which is considered to relax blood vessels and improve blood flow. Beetroot juice lowers systolic blood pressure in just a few hours.
Carrots
Carrots are high in potassium and beta-carotene, which are effective in reducing high blood pressure. Carrot juice also helps maintain normal blood pressure by regulating heart and kidney functions.
Sunflower Seeds
Rich in Vitamin E, just a handful of sunflower seeds help to lower your blood pressure and promote your heart-health. They are a great source of magnesium and make for a nutritious snack.
Ones who suffer from diabetes are more likely to suffer from a heart related disease. These food items help in controlling blood pressure and makes for a good diet!
Ciao! Happy eating!
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Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli took to twitter to inform netizens that he had lost his brand new unboxed phone in Nagpur on Tuesday.
Kohli, who is in the city for first test match against Australia on Thursday, said, “Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it Has anyone seen it?”
Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it ☹️ Has anyone seen it?
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 7, 2023
Food delivery app Zomato was quick to respond by asking the ace cricketer to ‘feel free to order an ice cream from his wife and actor Anushka Sharma’s phone.’
The tweet read, “feel free to order ice cream from bhabhi’s phone if that will help.” However, many users anticipated Kohli’s tweet to be an advertisement for a brand.
feel free to order ice cream from bhabhi's phone if that will help 😇
— zomato (@zomato) February 7, 2023
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Ex-Home Ministe Anil Deshmukh on Monday was granted permission to travel outside Mumbai for four weeks by a special court on Monday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh on Monday was granted permission to travel outside Mumbai for four weeks by a special court on Monday. Deshmukh had sought permission to visit his constituency, which is also his hometown, Nagpur.
The application was filed by Deshmukh through his lawyer, Inderpal Singh, stating that he is a native of Nagpur with deep family roots in the city apart from being an elected representative of his constituency.
“The applicant craves a benevolent indulgence of this court to permit him to travel outside Greater Mumbai, including District Nagpur, for a limited duration of about four weeks so as to maintain continuity in his social and family ties and also visit his original and permanent home/constituency,” the plea stated.
The plea further added that “the applicant needs to have due legal consultation with his lawyers in New Delhi for further course of strategy in the present and connected cases.”
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her fifth straight Union Budget when she presented financial statements and tax proposals for fiscal year 2023-24.
Here are some lesser known facts about Union Budget…
The British government presented India’s first ever Union Budget on April 7, 1860.
The first budget of independent India was presented by country’s first Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947.
Even though traditionally, the finance ministers present the budget, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are the only Prime Ministers to have presented the Union Budget instead of Finance Ministers.
Until 1955, the Union Budget was presented in English. However, the Congress government then decided to print the Budget papers in both Hindi and English.
In 2019, Sitharaman became the second woman to table the budget after Indira Gandhi who presented the budget for the year 1970-71.
Earlier, the government tabled the rail budget separately for 92 years but since 2017, the rail budget was merged with the Union Budget.
Until 1999, the government tabled the Union Budget at 5 pm on the last working day of February as per British era practice but
former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha changed the timing to 11 am. Years after, late Finance Minister Arun Jaitely changed the budget presentation to February 1.
There’s a customary event called the ‘halwa ceremony’ that is held every year ahead of the Union Budget. It is considered as a gesture of appreciation for all people who have worked on the Union Budget.
To ensure the secrecy of the budget document, a lock-in process is followed – in which all the officials involved
in preparing the Budget come out of Parliament’s North Block only after the Finance Minister has presented the budget.
In 2021, Sitharaman became the first to table paperless Union Budget.
Former Prime Minister Moraraji Desai holds the record of presenting 10 budgets as finance minister, which is the maximum so far.
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