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Eggs are claimed to be the most nutritious food on the planet. They are quite nutritious and affordable source of protein that humans have been eating since millions of years. Most common variety of consumable eggs include chicken eggs. But still many other types of eggs are eaten too, that include duck, turkey and goose eggs. In recent years, duck eggs have gained popularity in various places around the world. Although in general duck and chicken eggs are quite similar, but still there are some specific features by which you can differentiate. • Differentiate between duck eggs and chicken eggs. The most noticeable difference between these two varieties is the physical appearance and size. For regionally, a duck egg can be 100% larger than average sized chicken egg. In other words our duck egg is likely to be twice in size. As the chicken eggs are basically white. But the colour of the duck eggs depends upon the breed and diet of the duck. They may be white, green, pale, grey, yellow, ...

Feta is a variety of cheese that is well known and mostly used in several cuisines in Greece. Originally, this variety of cheese is soft, white, brined that is very nutritious and has an excellent reservoir of calcium. Feta cheese is not a popular variety of cheese and only made in some areas of Greece. In that regions of Greece, feta is made with milk from sheep and goats that are raised on local grasses. This is the main reason why this variety of cheese has its unique characteristics. Talking about its nutritional content, 28 grams of feta cheese may provide 74 calories. Most of these calories come from 6 grams of fat, 4 grams of protein, 2 grams of carbohydrate. Other micronutrient content include calcium, sodium, phosphorus, selenium, zinc, riboflavin, vitamin B12, vitamin B6. So finally, here we are presenting the most impressive health benefits of feta cheese. • May optimise bone health. Feta cheese is a great product if you want to optimise your bone health. This cheese seems t...

Several people, mostly health enthusiasts, think that bananas are the perfect post workout snack. Cause they are convenient, easy to digest, and contain a combination of nutrients that is believed to promote quicker recovery. So let’s go through the scientifically proven facts regarding banana after workout. • Banana after workout may help in replenishing muscle glycogen levels. It’s a fact that having a carbohydrate rich food after exercising promotes the release of hormone insulin. This helps in shuttling sugar from your blood into muscle cells. Moreover also helps muscle cells to become more sensitive to insulin, making easier for them to replenish glycogen stores. Several people can replenish their muscle glycogen stores fully before their next workout by simply eating a carbohydrate rich diet. But for those who have less than 24 hours of recovery before their next workout. May benefit from eating carbohydrate rich and easy digested food such as bananas. • May optimise body's p...

Protein is a macronutrient with fat and carbohydrate. And getting enough amount of protein is very crucial for overall development of body and health. This is the main reason behind recommended daily intake of protein is 50 grams per day. But people who are fitness enthusiasits, exercise regularly or athlete should take more amount of protein. High protein intake may help in weight loss, fat loss, increasing muscle mass, and improve overall health. So here we are mentioning 5 easy and suitable ways to increase protein intake. • Use cheese as snack. Having a protein rich snack is a very good way to get extra protein in your diet. But the thing is, it will remain constant as long as you choose the right type. Usually snack foods are quite low in protein and high in calories such as chips, crackers, pastries. In place of these types of junk snack foods just have a same amount of cheese containing 7 grams of protein, along with twenty few calories and 4× calcium content. • Replace cereals ...

Several people, especially health enthusiasts, add honey in their coffee or tea to make it sweeter and more healthier. People use honey as an alternative to process stable sugar. But it still several people are all around the world, wonder whether consumption of honey in diabetes is safe or not. But many scientific researches and studies point toward the fact. That consumption of honey during diabetes in moderate amounts is not only safe, but very good because of its anti inflammatory property. According to scientific tests, 1 tablespoon of raw honey can contain up to 60 calories. Out of which 17 grams are healthy carbohydrates. • Honey and its link with blood sugar. Honey is one of the natural sugar and carbohydrate source. It also affects blood sugar levels in some ways. But these effects is quite small in comparison to process table sugar. During a study, it was found that group of people with diabetes when given honey just show initial rise in sugar levels for just 30 minutes. But ...

There are several scientific studies and advises that claim eating fish is good for you. Just full of protein, healthy fats and other important nutrients that will surely benefit your body. Salmon and Tuna are the two most popular seafood choices among the most commonly consumed fishes. But till now, many people wonder that which one is more healthier as compared to other. So check yourself from below mentioned facts and figures. • Tuna. Tuna basically is a large muscular fish with flash that ranges from pink to dark red colour. The flash colour mainly depends upon the variety of tuna fish. It is quite rich in myoglobin. It breaks down quickly when heated, main reason behind greyish colour of cooked tuna. This muscular fish is quite low in fat content. This is the main reason it usually cooked on medium flame, just to retain moisture. Although health experts advise to keep canned tuna aside. Because they are always thoroughly cooked during processing. Although it can be a convenient fo...

Goat milk is another one of the most used variety of milk all around the world. Around 65% of worlds population drink goat’s milk. There are several claimed health benefits that intend to choose goat milk over cow or buffalos milk. One of the most common is it is difficult to digest traditional cow’s milk and will prefer to try out other animal based milks. 1. It’s an estimation that about 8 ounce of goat milk contain 170 calories. Further these calories are divided into 9 grams of protein, 10 grams of fat, 11 grams of carbohydrates. Talking about calcium content, it contains about 330 mg of calcium. 2. Several researches and studies reveal that goat milk may enhance the bodies ability to absorb important nutrients. One of the most prominent, another reason that some people choose goat’s milk is regarding digestion. Although all animal derived milk contains some lactose content. But goat milk contains slightly lower amount of lactose content. It’s an estimation that goat milk will cont...

Although pumpkin seeds look small but they are a big storehouse of valuable nutrients. Eating just handful of pumpkin seeds can provide you with a subsequent amount of healthy fats, magnesium and zinc. Pumpkin seeds have many health benefits, some of them are improved heart health, prostate health and protection against certain type of cancers. Another benefit of pumpkin seeds are they are easily available and can easily be indulged in your diet. Unlike white seeds of pumpkin, most of the commercially available pumpkin seeds have green outer shell on them. There is an estimation that about 28 grams of shell free pumpkin seeds contain 51 calories approximately. Further, these 51 calories are divided into 1.7 grams of fibre, 5 grams of carbohydrate, 7 grams of protein in 13 grams of healthy fat. Other micronutrients include vitamin K, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron and copper. So here we are coming up with the five most impressive health benefits of using pumpkin seeds. • O...

Most of the world’s milk production comes from cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels. With buffalo’s milk is the second most consumed milk world wide after cow milk. Similar to cow milk, buffalo milk has high nutritional content and is used for manufacturing of many dairy products. Buffaloes are mammals that produce milk of very high nutritional value. Their milk is used for commercial purposes in many parts of the world. Though there are many species of the buffaloes all around the globe, but water buffalo contributes the most of words daily production. India and Pakistan produce approximately 80% of all Buffalo milk worldwide. Milk of this mammal has high protein and fat content which gives it a creamy texture perfect for producing butter, cream, yogurt, ice cream etc. • Buffalo milk vs cow milk   Milk of both the mammals are of high nutritional value. Milk contains a vast amount of vitamins and minerals with protein, carbohydrate and fats. 1. Buffalo Milk : In about 244 ml of...