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Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by initiate: 5:00pm On Jun 06, 2011 |
All low calorie diets we find on the internet talk about oyinbo food is there a recipe for the kind of nigerian food we can eat wen one wants to lose weight? |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by initiate: 11:00am On Jun 07, 2011 |
No suggestions? na wah o |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by Nobody: 4:03pm On Jun 07, 2011 |
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Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by initiate: 4:40pm On Jun 09, 2011 |
thanks please what do these terms mean whole grain organic food food rich in fibre |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by JeSoul(f): 7:36pm On Jun 09, 2011 |
Chaircover is exactly right. A Low Calorie naija diet pretty much depends on how you cook your food. Replace certain ingredients with healthier alternatives such as the palm oil (me I still use it sha, in low amounts and not very often). initiate:
PS. Do not be deceived by unscrupulous advertisers . . . look on packages that start with the word "Whole" ex, 'whole grain' 'whole wheat' etc. Those that simply say 'wheat' or 'grains' etc are not whole grains but rather the further processed version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_foodI'm not sure where you live, but organic foods in most industrialized countries are wicked expensive, many double the price of the synthetics. Unfortunately, its almost unrealistic for the average family to consume only organic foods. If you're in Naija you shouldn't have this problem http://www.wheatfoods.org/AboutWheat-What-is-Fiber/Index.htm |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by tpia5: 1:56am On Jun 10, 2011 |
i'm not sure, but ofada rice might be healthier than long grain. dont quote me however. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by Nobody: 3:40am On Jun 10, 2011 |
I don't know if we have any low-calorie foods, but I'm sure we have high-protein ones. Moin-moin and bean porridge should be good considering they're mostly beans. The best Nigerian low calorie diet, in my opinion, is one not involving much Nigerian food. No matter how we change it, our food is fattening. You can make swaps, but still I only eat it sparingly; sparingly as in once or twice every other week. I've tried brown rice with stew rather than white rice but I won't make that a staple of mine lol. Try eating hot garri rather than pounded yam. Because I make the dishes sparingly, I still use palm oil for moin-moin and sometimes for stew and soups. I like the taste it has anyway. Everything is good in moderation. Add more fruits and vegetables to your diet, and drink at least eight cups of water a day. That's the best advice for any diet. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by armyofone(m): 1:07pm On Jun 10, 2011 |
counting calories in nigeria food/meal is hard. i mean how many cups of rice do you want to cook. i think adult should eat 1/4 cup of rice for a meal. but then that 1/4 cup will be like nothing on your plate. the taste of nigerian stews are so delicious. . . so that 1/4 cups is nothing now how many slice of our white bread? half slice of bread or 1 slice of bread. no butter, no jam, no peanuts butter . as for beans, i heard we should eat it more. but guess what, a lil beans will fill you anyway unlike rice. now our soup is one huge huddle we cook our soup so rich with assorted stuff. egusi soup will have goat meat, shrimp, dried fish, ponmo, cowleg etc. imagine counting calories for that one, me no fit now how much per serving to eat, i don't know but would love to know. i love cooking nig meals esp serving friends and family. anyway, OP make sure you work out as you eat. cut everything you eat into half of it. if you are used to eating one full plate of rice, eat half. invest in vegetables and salad (no dressing). plain vegetable is i don't know which nig greens you could eat raw. raw spinach is superb. learn to measure your cookings. make sure you invest in measuring spoons and measure everything you cook. moderation is the key. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by JeSoul(f): 8:22pm On Jun 10, 2011 |
armyofone:ROTFLOL . . . you had me laughing out loud here girl At one point I was thinking of putting together a rough estimate of caloric/nutritional values for the naija dishes I cook. Mehn, I gave up. lol. I mean how many calories is a handful of dried fish? a cup of ground egusi? tripe/shaki? lol. anyway, OP make sure you work out as you eat. cut everything you eat into half of it. if you are used to eating one full plate of rice, eat half. invest in vegetables and salad (no dressing). plain vegetable is i don't know which nig greens you could eat raw.Mehn that one hard oh! half? lol. learn to measure your cookings. make sure you invest in measuring spoons and measure everything you cook.This is good advice that even I need to heed. Na eyeing & guestimate I dey do all the time. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by JeSoul(f): 8:26pm On Jun 10, 2011 |
ogugua88:But then think about it sister, which cultures' food is not fattening? American? Mexican? European? Its only those bony asians that eat everything raw that have relatively low calorie foods. I believe most foods are okay as long as you can creatively substitute sketchy ingredients with healthier ones - and like you said, everything in moderation - not eba and egusi everyday. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by ifit: 4:00pm On Jun 13, 2011 |
Counting calories is hard even if you had the calorie count of our local meals. In any case, there are so many other ways to lose weight without counting calories. One of those ways is to reduce your portion size. Many of us eat huge meals because we are conventional in thinking "three square meals", so we pack our plates huge. But you can actually eat up to 5 or 6 times and still eat less. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by aronkulu(f): 4:05pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
Is not just about portion ensure u eat 50% of wholegrain daily, and the remaining 50% of your daily meal shed be protein, fruits, sugars like yam and dairy like milk. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by Syfy(f): 7:21pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
What of unripe plantain? |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by aronkulu(f): 11:37am On Oct 16, 2014 |
Unripe plantain is still carbohydrate. Though it has a lesser calorie compared to yam and ripe ones. |
Re: Nigerian Low Calorie Diet by ayufun: 10:36am On Jun 24, 2017 |
These will help everyone.
http://www.healthriskfood.com/2017/01/weight-loss-diet-menu-plan_22.html . http://www.healthriskfood.com/2017/01/healthy-homemade-food-recipes.html . http://www.healthriskfood.com/2017/04/proper-food-calories-per-day.html . http://www.healthriskfood.com/2017/04/starving-for-weight-loss.html . http://www.healthriskfood.com/2017/04/losing-weight-fast.html |
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