Know your poha:
Poha is the most popular Indian breakfast that made by flatten rice with good flavor. Is poha good for weight loss? Now a days people are more health conscious, so whatever we intake we should know the health benefit or its side effect to us. In case of poha it is more easy to make and easy to get any place but when we think about to reduce weight we need proper study to its ingredients. So today we explore whether the poha is healthy and good option for weight lose or not?
Lets start by checking its nutrition content,
With nutrition check out of protein, fiber and fat and calories we can identify our weight loss requirement is fulfill or not. 1 cup of poha contain below nutrition.
| calories | 150-200Kcal |
| carbs 30 | 40gm |
| protein 2 | 3 |
| fibre | 2-3g |
| fat | 5-7g |
and it is rich in vitamin B, iron, magnesium.so its good option for healthy start your day. With this you fill full longer time, your craving also satisfied with delicious taste. And it also prevent to eat unhealthy outside food.
Health benefits
· Low in Calories, High in Nutrition
With compare other snacks and packet food and oily snack the poha has very low calorie With good source of carbohydrates, fibre, iron and essential vitamins B which boost metabolism and produce energy in body
· Fibre rich food helps in digestion
The basic reason that poha help to reduce weight is its fibre content. We all know fibre plays important in digestion so prevent the constipation problems also and give feeling of fullness for longer time. So prevent overeating and also satisfied craving. As so many benefit one can use breakfast also as lunch or dinner and middle snack also.
· Give energy throughout the day
Poha is provide steady energy release due to his carbohydrates complex. In market there are so many refined carbs that give sudden spike in sugar level and also reason for weight gain but in poha energy releasing slowly so it maintain sugar level also.
· Full of iron
As iron plays important role of our body.Now a days more cases are come of iron deficiency
Poha became best option for iron source it also help to improve haemoglobin and reduce rick of anaemia. The vitamin c is absorb iron from poha, so use lemon juice on poha enhance iron absorption in the body.
· Lower in Fat and customized
The main advantages of poha is it has minimal fat with compare other oily snacks and fried snacks. poha made by very less oil and also make more healthy when you add vegetables peanuts and green leafy vegetables .So one can make good diet plan with including poha.
· A balanced diet when good combination
So when we plan to loose weight there are so many aspects need to satisfied. So if we add like paneer or yogurt or oats and much more vaggies for making poha more effect for weight loss and no need food for longer time so one can see fast results.
How can make poha for weight loss?
Here we explore the as healthy as we can make:-you can make variety of dishes with poha like, salad, simple poha, poha patice, poha chilla to make them more healthy use lots of vaggies and use less oil in cooking.
Ingredients:
- 1 bowl soaked poha
- 1 tea spoon oil
- Jeera/rai
- Green mirch
- Coriander
- Whatever vaggeis you like
- Paneer for protein supplement
- Turmeric
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice
Take pan with 1 tea spoon oil and give tadka with jeera/rai and kadi patta than add veggis and paneer in small pieces than add green mirch,turmeric and salt let cook veggie for 2-3 mins now add poha and lemone juice and make cook for 2 mins,now garnishing with coriander,your healthiest break fast is ready for start first step towards weight loss.
Conclusion
If one can really want to loose weight the poha with less oil, without sugar, with more vaggies can make healthy option which full of nutrition, digestive, low-calorie, low in fat, rich in fibre that makes poha balanced meal for weight loss.
Conclusion
Poha is an excellent choice for weight loss due to its low-calorie content, fiber-rich nature, and nutritional benefits. It is easy to digest, keeps you full, and provides sustained energy throughout the day. When prepared healthily with the right ingredients, poha can be a wholesome and balanced meal that supports your weight loss goals. So, the next time you’re looking for a healthy yet tasty breakfast, go for poha and enjoy its benefits without any guilt!