Nutrional Benefits
By: Courtney Weathers
Chickpeas
The Chickpea can also be referred to as the garbanzo bean. Here are the nutritional facts about this food:
- Their seeds are high in protein
- Valued for their fiber content
- It helps boost the iron content
- Contains vitamins and minerals and boots the amount of folate.
- provide carbohydrates for those who suffer diabetes
- The fiber helps with weight loss and makes for a healthy intestine
Oatmeal
There are many different kinds of oatmeal that can promote health and nutritional benefits. Two important different kinds of oats are steel-cut oats and old-fashioned oats.
- Steel-cut oats: made from whole-grain kernals
- allows your blood sugar to rise slowly causing you to feel satisfied longer
- Old-Fashioned oats: Made by steaming and rolling whole groats
-Low on the glycemic index
There are many nutritional values of oatmeal:
- Prevents diabetes and heart disease
- enhances the immune system
- stabilizes blood sugar
- fiber helps prevent breast cancer
- reduce risk of artery disease
- Contains minerals
Chocolate
There are many nutritional differences between milk, white, semi-sweet, and dark chocolate.
- Milk chocolate: contains milk, and more sugar than others
- is a stimulator for the brain
- there's a degree of fat that we need, and chocolate can be a great source
- Dark chocolate: Small amount of sugar and vanilla
-high-concentration of cocoa
-flavonoids lower blood pressure
-can help prevent blood clotting
-improves blood flow
- Semi-sweet chocolate: antioxidants that protect the body from oxygen free radicals that cause you to age
-flavonoids help prevent low cholesterol
- White Chocolate: doesn't contain any cocoa
-high in calcium