Contents:
- Medical Video: Tim Tebow Explains How The Keto Diet Breaks Down Fat
- Compote
- Green bean porridge
- Frosty ice
Medical Video: Tim Tebow Explains How The Keto Diet Breaks Down Fat
Although literally having the meaning "hurry up" in breaking the fast, takjil in Indonesia is more identical to the food used to cancel fasting. More specifically, sweet foods are served as an appetizer before starting the main meal. Compote, fruit soup, and green bean porridge are the usual types of takjil you know.
Well, what about the menu of takjil that you can eat, which is not only delicious but also has many health benefits?
Compote
This sweet treat sells well as a takjil dish when breaking the fast. The contents can range from sweet potatoes, bananas, zalacca seeds, cassava, pumpkin, and others. These ingredients are then cooked together with brown sugar and coconut milk.
As the main raw material in compote, the tubers commonly used turn out to have health benefits. Sweet potato for example, is a good source of vitamin A. One medium-sized sweet potato contains approximately 400 percent of your daily vitamin A needs. Vitamin A in yams is available in the form of beta carotene, a basic compound that will be converted into vitamin A by the body.
This makes sweet potatoes have the function of maintaining eye health. For those who suffer from diabetes, sweet potatoes are one good choice of carbohydrate sources because they have a low glycemic index value and in some studies it is stated that consumption of sweet potatoes can reduce the increase in insulin resistance in diabetics. Sweet potatoes can also be an alternative source of potassium, one medium-sized sweet potato contains 542 mg of potassium.
In addition, cassava which is also one of the ingredients for making compote has a positive effect on health. As a source of minerals and vitamins, cassava can help you meet your needs for magnesium, vitamin C, and folate. One cup of cassava can cover 14 percent of folate needs, and 50 percent of your vitamin C needs.
Not only the tubers, other ingredients like brown sugar and coconut milk also play a role in helping maintain your health. Although often associated with high cholesterol disease, coconut milk actually does not contain cholesterol because it comes from plants. But indeed in coconut milk there is a high saturated fat content.
Each 100 ml of coconut milk contains approximately 13.2 grams of saturated fat. But in coconuts (especially parts of coconut meat) there are components called lauric acid. In the body lauric acid this will be converted into form monolaurin, a compound antiviral and antibacterial so that it functions to protect the body from infections and diseases caused by viruses.
Red sugar used in making compote is a type of natural sweetener that has a low glycemic index value, so it can be used as an alternative sweetener for those who suffer from diabetes. But you are expected to continue to consume coconut milk and brown sugar to taste just because if too much it will cause disease.
Green bean porridge
Green beans are rich in minerals. Manganese, potassium, magnesium, folate, zinc, are the types of minerals contained in the type of beans that were first known in India as one of the raw materials for traditional medicine.
In the Journal of Human and Experimental Toxicology, research related to green beans in 2011 stated that green beans are very effective in inhibiting the oxidation of bad cholesterol or LDL.
Mung beans work by repairing damage in blood vessels caused by free radicals. In addition, antioxidants in green beans also function to reduce inflammation in the body.
Amino acid levels that are quite high in green beans (ranging from 20-24%) make green beans as one type of plant that can be an alternative source of protein.
Other benefits of green beans according to the Journal of Chemistry Central are antioxidants, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, anti-hypertension, anti-tumor, and accommodates fat cell metabolism.
Frosty ice
Fresh drinks is one of the mandatory menus for breaking fast. Cantaloupe is one of the fruits that is popular during Ramadan to become takjil iftar. Besides the sweet taste, high water content can help reduce dehydration after fasting. The antioxidant content in cantaloupe is known as zeaxanthin play a role in maintaining eye health.
The yellow color of cantaloupe indicates that cantaloupe contains beta carotene, a compound that can help reduce the possibility of developing asthma, prevent prostate cancer, and colon cancer.
Beta carotene also acts as a basic ingredient in the formation of vitamin A so that it can help meet your vitamin A needs. Vitamin A plays a role in the growth of tissues in the body, including hair and skin, so consuming enough vitamin A can help treat the health of your skin. In addition, the fiber content in cantaloupe can help facilitate the digestive system.
But be careful if you make ice ice, make sure the sugar and syrup you use is not too much so as not to exceed your daily sugar intake limit.
Whatever type of takjil you choose, make sure it is consumed properly. Because even though a type of food contains many benefits for the body, but if consumed in excess it will still pose a risk of disease.
