Quicklinks
Posted by kathryn in Health News, Weight loss, Kid's nutrition and Soups
- Delicious soup: Poucan has a recipe for lemon and chickpea soup. It takes a bit of time to cook, but is super-easy and looks delicious.
- Watercress soup: I blame it on the rain we’ve had this week, but I can’t go past soup recipes. And Wendy has a doozy – watercress soup. Look at that vibrant green and just think of all the antioxidants.
- Food for fussy kids: Annabel Karmel’s website is all about food and nutrition for kids. There’s good information on weaning, plus recipes for children. I particularly like this cute fish pie.
- Attitudes to obesity: Paula Goodyer’s blog Chew on This is one of my favourites. This week she asks when does fat bashing go too far?.
- Beetroot news: New findings on the health benefits of beetroot this week. Although I’m not sure how many people are willing to drink 500ml of beetroot juice every day, given it’s beeturia effect.
- Curried egg salad: I made 101 Cookbooks curried egg salad for lunch this week and it’s delicious. I particularly like the way it’s mixed together with natural yoghurt instead of mayo.
Photograph by Virany under the terms of a creative commons license.
08 February, 2008
Comments
Thanks for the link to curried egg salad. It indeed makes beautiful lunch :)
Hi Kathryn,
I love fresh beetroot, but yes – 500mls by itself everyday might be a bit of a test.
Can I ask you Kathryn and the community, about this report by the BBC on beetroot? I am interested in this:
“The researchers showed that nitrate in the juice is converted in saliva, by bacteria on the tongue, into nitrite.
This nitrite-containing saliva is swallowed, and in the acidic environment of the stomach is either converted into nitric oxide or re-enters the circulation as nitrite.”
I enjoy health and fitness, and I was just wondering, given that there is a fortune being made by companies promoting nitric oxide supplements (mainly through L-Arginine Alpha Keto-Glutarate), would a glass of beetroot juice elicit the same or similar effects?
Paul
All very interesting. Watercress soup is one of my favourites. I add freshly squeezed orange juice before pureeing to give it a bit of a zing. I’m off to read your next post now… weeks of catching up to do!!
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