30 Jun
Health Blog

Add organic in your life!!

Organic Products coming from farms complying with the standards of organic are called organic products. Organic farming promotes ecological balance, recycle resources and conserve biodiversity. Organic food is grown without using most conventional pesticides and fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients; bioengineering or ionizing radiation. Before a product is labelled “organic” a Government approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to ensure the farm is following all the necessary rules to meet the applicable organic standards. Companies in the food chain dealing with organic foods can be certified too. Organic food are free from artificial food additives which includes artificial sweeteners, preservatives, flavors, colors, etc.

Organic foods have gained phenomenal popularity over the last 15 years and rightly so, due to the health benefits they offer. Organic food consumption not only help to improve health, and the cultivation of crops through organic methodologies help improve soil quality, conserve groundwater, reduce pollution and are safer for the environment. These days a lot of people are switching from conventional food to organic food, due to the health benefits their consumption offers. Some of the commonly available organic foods are fruits, vegetables, sugar, spices and grains, etc.

 

The challenge that the consumers buying organic grains face, is how to ensure that the flour that they get milled at local atta chakkis is free of contamination and have the potential nutrients retained in the flour. Further, the quantity also needs to be sufficient to suit the Local atta chakkis process requirements, which might not always be the quantity desired by the consumer, who might need much smaller quantities to ensure freshness of flours and spices. Local atta chakkis are not only infamous for operating in poor hygienic conditions but also for using unethical practices. Further the high speed milling machines damage a lot of nutrients during the milling process. To provide an option to conscious consumers Greenfuture private limited brings to the Indian consumer the possibility of owning super-efficient and world renowned German made “Hawos” Flour mills. These mills are suitable for grinding organic grains, beans, pulses, spices and much more as per requirement.

Freshly stone ground flours/ powders milled through these Mills maintains all the potentially available nutrients &  fibers. Freshly ground organic flour, porridge and spices have higher antioxidants content prevents cells from damage and enhance immune system. It also assists in weight loss and lowers the risk of allergies and eczemas. Organic products have also been shown to have lower level of nitrate which reduce the risk of certain types of cancer. They are also linked to a condition called methemoglobinemia a disease in infants that affect the baby’s ability to carry oxygen. Apart from nutrition the minerals and sugar structures in organic food makes them tastier, as the crops are given naturally required time to grow and mature, moreover they are free from inorganic pesticides. Naturally they have higher delivery in terms of freshness, purity & flavour and reduce food related illness.

Wishing you a healthy life!!!

27 Jun
Health Blog

Take care of your kitchen

Kitchen is the heart of every home. This is the place, you start your day from –with a glass of warm water or a cup of tea/coffee. This area is not only used for cooking meals or filing our stomach but also to develop harmony, satisfaction in the house. As we greatly emphasize on the decor of the living room, which is considered to be the representative of the house, the kitchen is also not a place to be taken granted, for it speaks on the behalf of our home too. When we try our hand on a new recipe, a new feeling, excitement and confidence arise in us. The aroma of seasoning spices, fried vegetables permeated around, attract everyone towards the kitchen to find out what’s cooking in there. This is the magic of kitchen, a few simple ingredients transformed into delectable dishes. When you want your kids to be with you in kitchen to witness these transformations, it means you want to spend some quality time with them.  Therefore, if a place serves so many purposes or where you spend a pretty good part of your day for creating umpteen culinary magic, it deserves the utmost care.

domestic flour mill

Here, I am sharing a few tips which I follow in my kitchen to make it more hygienic, pleasurable, and full of positivity and flavors.

Hygiene: Food prepared in kitchen either fills your body with energy or causes food borne illness. To maintain proper hygiene is very essential requirement.

The key steps are:

  • Try to enter your kitchen in clean clothes and don’t cook while cleaning or dusting. Wash your hands properly before you start the preparation in kitchen.
  • Wash fruits/vegetables and other washable ingredients thoroughly 2 to 3 times before using them.
  • Use perishable items first.
  • Store food items appropriately before and after cooking. Follow the storing instructions carefully.
  • Do not use anything post the expiry date.
  • Remove rings while using fingers for kneading dough or mixing batter etc. they may contain dirt in between them.
  • Keep the counter clean and disinfected by wiping it with lukewarm water and baking soda solution.
  • Disinfect the cabinet and refrigerator handles and faucets regularly.
  • Sort your sink frequently, avoid piling up used utensils in it to prevent bacteria growth.
  • Treat pulses/spices/rice etc. correctly to avoid insect breeding.
  • Use separate cutting boards for raw and cooked material to reduce the risk of cross contamination.
  • Maintain the recommended temperature for different food items.
  • Always use clean and different kitchen dusters for different purposes.

How I make my cooking zone pleasurable:

  • Choose a soothing color combination for walls and cabinets, which makes you feel pleased and calm. Place some fresh flowers in a vase near the kitchen window or any other appropriate place on the kitchen counter. Flowers make your mood cheerful.
  • I keep a compact speaker beside me to enjoy light music. It keeps me energetic and happy the time I am there. Good mood is the most important ingredient than any other in cooking.
  • Keeping frequently used tools handy makes cooking easy and hassle free.
  • Do not create mess on counter, wipe out the spills immediately while doing chopping /mixing/grinding etc.
  • If you have already done enough for the day do not stress yourself with complicated cooking, rather choose a simple and easy dish.

In a nutshell having a functional and aesthetically managed kitchen makes cooking a fun filled activity. Furthermore, you should be in love with the place you spend a pretty good amount of your precious time.

Now a days when kitchens are well equipped with ultra-modern gadgets, GREEN FUTURE domestic flour mills will arguably top the list. These house hold atta chakkis are skillfully designed to complement any kitchen counter in amazing compact sizes, incomparable gorgeous appearances and unprecedented performance without adding to your electricity bills. Operation of these machines is quite a simple job, just plug and play method. Mill your spices/pulses/grains immediately whenever and wherever you require them without making yourself tired.

So, do think over it and do not delay to make this Chhota Jadugar your best companion in your cooking zone to serve freshness and health to your loved ones.

 

“Imagine your cells smiling back at you saying THANKS”

24 Jun
Health Blog

Food combination you must avoid and why?

Food combination is a term introduced in Ayurveda medicine of ancient India which advocates certain foods, pairs well together while advices against specific combinations.

“Trophology” is the term which specifically describes the science of food combination. Improper food combinations may lead to digestive distress, gas formation, bloating, acidity, skin disorders and many other negative health impacts while combining food correctly can relieve them.

Different food items have different digestion speed. Therefore it is advisable not to combine a fast digestive food with slow digestive one to prevent the stress on digestion mechanism. Secondly, people should take care that foods which require, same enzymes to break it down, at same ph level, will work amazingly otherwise they may cause reverse effects.

Here we will cast a look on a few of the food combinations which should be avoided according to some researches:

  1. fruit with any meal of the day: fruits are absorbed or digested very quickly while grains, meats and other items in our meal takes longer time to get digested. As I mentioned above food with different digestive speed do not form a good combination, as a result fruits stay indigested for too long and get fermented. Therefore, to ingest most of the nutrients of fruits, it is advisable to consume them in a gap of at least 30 to 40 minutes with meal. Best time to have frits empty stomach in the morning.
  2. Milk with sour food items: milk contains laxative while sour food have acidic properties, if both are combined the dairy product will get curdled. So both of them should be consumed between a pretty enough intervals.
  3. Food and water/ juice: This is very commonly known fact that we should not drink water or any other beverage with food. Water dilutes the digestive juices in stomach and disturb the mechanism to break down the proteins. This may lead to fermentation of food. Try to maintain minimum 30 minutes gap before or after meal.
  4. Banana and milk: This combination seems hard to avoid as most of the people have the likings towards it. This is one of the toxin forming combination which can make you feel lethargic. Still if you wanna relish it occasionally, add some cardamom powder, cinnamon powder to make it lighter in digestion.
  5. Eggs and fried meat: Though this combination is liked by most, it may harm your digestion. Both of these items are loaded with high protein which may take longer time and energy to digest. So it is suggested to replace one of them with fresh green grocery or fruits.

There are many other food combination not advisable to consume regularly. I agree, sometimes it’s not possible to combine them properly or it seems boring to always follow the rules, but adopting healthy eating practices will definitely keep you fit.

                                                              “ Eat like you love your body.”

                  To add utmost freshness to your food and consume grain at their best or full potential, Greenfuture has come up with wonderful domestic atta chakkis , providing you the completely hassle free milling.

22 Jun
Health Blog

Whole grain diet – make a switch

Before we proceed further, let’s have an idea what whole grain is? Any grain is mainly sub-categorized into two groups – whole grain and refined grain. Whole grain preserves all three parts called:

Bran: Outer shell of grain which is packed with fiber, antioxidants and numerous minerals.

Endosperm: After that comes this second or middle layer which generally contains carbs.

Germ: Innermost layer provides plenty of vitamins, protein and plant compounds.

Whereas, refined flours are mostly stripped off germ and bran, leaving only the endosperm to achieve finest texture, color and extra life of flour. Once you develop the habit of consuming whole grain in your dietary, you will find them full of nutrients, nice texture and most importantly the flavor which circulate energy in your body.

Americans health and human services department had issued a dietary guideline in 2005 to include at least three servings of whole grain a day. (Source: Everyday Health.com)

Adding more whole grain over refined flour in your life is a smart choice indeed. It not only fill you up with vitamins and fibers but also satisfy your taste buds without any guilt. Through this blog I intend to take you on a culinary journey with lot more health benefits, enjoying more delicacies to binge on.

Cast a look why one should switch to whole grain flour instead of refined flour while having pastas, breads, buns and tortillas etc.

  1. More fibers and nutrients: Being a part of this journey from beginning you must be acquainted with the higher nutrition value of whole grain. They are particularly high in vitamin B, zinc, iron, magnesium, proteins and antioxidants and fibers while refined flours are deprived of them.
  2. Weight loss: if you are desperate to shed some extra pounds, sticking to whole grain diet is a right decision. Whole grain indulgence is very much useful in losing weight owing to high fibers which make you feel full and consequently prevent overeating.
  3. Reducing the risk of multiple disease: Incorporating WHOLE GRAIN into your diet keeps you healthy for a long. Whole grain may help to decrease the risk of following diseases:
  4. Heart risk and stroke: observational studies have proven that eating whole grain regularly reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke, which is one of the leading cause of deaths worldwide. A review of 10 studies found that three, 1-ounce (28 gram) serving of whole grain daily may lower heart disease by 22%. Find the blog to help lowering the risk of heart ailments with whole grain flour on our website greenfuturemill.com .
  5. Type2 diabetes: Intake of whole grain flour (at least 2 servings a day) than refined flour proves a great help in preventing type diabetes.
  6. Rectify digestive disorders like constipation because a rich amount of fibers are present in whole grain which are otherwise removed from refined flour.
  7. Pacifying chronic inflammation: Inflammation can be the root cause of many chronic diseases. Fibers in whole grains like brown rice, oatmeal etc.

I think, the above reasons are good enough to encourage you to make the switch, only thing required here is “willingness to change”. To evolve this habit in your daily dietary in an easier and happier way, Greenfuture private limited has taken up the front by introducing its magical table top household flour mills with the pedestal of 12”x12” in numerous beautiful models. These domestic atta chakkis have become an essential gadget in your kitchen to accompany you in serving health, freshness and hygiene without any extra effort or tiring you. These plug and play grinding machines are completely user friendly with unprecedented life and value for money. These atta chakkis use unique grinding process through CERAMIC CORUNDUM, especially designed to maintain the high nutrition value.

Greenfuture domestic flour mills provide you the opportunity to experiment with different grains like, wheat, black gram, corn, millet, barley, buckwheat, rice etc. and spices/pulses with the least quantity you wish to. Now defining the texture or fineness of milling ingredient is possible by moving the lever from 1 to 9. So no more worries to involve the word ‘healthy’ in your life. Go ahead…..for any assistance regarding this we are just a click (www.greenfuturemill.com) or a call (9810558695) away.

Don’t focus on how much you eat, focus on what you eat!!!!!

 

19 Jun
Health Blog

STOMACH CARRIES THE HEART

Cheffing or cooking in the kitchen is not merely an engagement with cooking-stoves, utensils and ingredients. It involves all your heart, emotions which automatically passes through when you serve it to your loved ones and this may be one of the reason as to why women never find its tedious to cook for their family on a daily basis. Have you ever realized that same recipes taste differently when they are cooked in different moods, transmits the same vibration to the eater? Thomas Keller’s words explains this beautifully:

“A recipe has no soul. You as the cook, must bring soul to it.”

 

Cooking indulgence is an activity which needs all five senses to please the taste buds. When a favorite dish is being cooked in kitchen the wafting aroma of condiments tickle your taste buds and stimulate hunger, you start relishing that dish from that very moment only.

What, if you get a chance to give a touch of utmost freshness, hygiene and more nutrients to your culinary arts? Green future seize the opportunity to help you finding a route to a healthier heart through good food with its compact domestic flour mills in different 11 models producing different capacities. Even the performance of the least model is par excellence! Eating healthy, hygienic and fresh food loaded with nutrients fills positive energy to your body as well as to your mind. With these Greenfuture tabletop atta chakkis you can add incredible freshness to your food in daily life. Think of any whole grain flour required for any of your exclusive recipe and this magical household flour mill will meet your expectation exquisitely.

To keep your heart healthy, it is not required to suppress your desire to eat your favorites meals all the time. Whole grain flour is widely used to prepare snacks, different cuisines instead of refined flour these days due to health awareness. Including freshly milled whole grain flour in diet may work wonders to reduce heart risks, high blood pressure and maintain good health. Freshly stone ground whole grain flour retains plenty of fibers which proves a great help in preventing type 2 diabetes. To avail maximum freshness the least amount of any grain/spices/ pulses can also be ground precisely and exactly as a large amount of the same will be. These gorgeous grain grinders are double delights which add hygiene and nutrients to your food while cheering up your mood with freshness while cooking.

Coming back to our title, it is quite relatable in both ways that “stomach carries the heart”. Food speak your emotions when words are not sufficient. We like to dine with the people we love or are fond of and that’s why we are in a tradition to have meals with relatives, friends and loved ones since ages to share our feelings and make the bond stronger.  Once I read somewhere which is quite relevant here, “If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him- the people who give you their food give you their heart.” Moreover, eating healthy, hygienic and fresh keeps your heart healthy.

 

 

Have a healthy heart, do not delay or else you might live in dismay.

 

11 Jun
Health Blog, Uncategorized

HOW TO DEAL WITH GLUTEN ALLERGY

Gluten allergy or intolerance is fairly common these days. What is Gluten, though? Gluten is a group of proteins largely found in grains like wheat, barley, rye and spelt, amongst which wheat is the most consumed grain. When water is mixed with flour for kneading, gluten make the dough sticky to give it a chewy texture. Gluten is basically a combination of two main proteins called gliadin and gluten in. Gluten is not bad for everyone neither everyone is advised to consume gluten free diet. However, Gliadin can be very dangerous for people suffering from gluten allergy or intolerance and when this allergy reaches to its most severe stage, it is called ‘Celiac disease’. Some of symptoms of gluten allergy are as following:

  • Digestion disorders
  • Stomachache
  • Headache or migraine
  • tiredness
  • Rashes on skin
  • Weight loss
  • Mild depression
  • Numbness in limbs
  • Mental fatigue

These symptoms may relate to some other disease as well, nevertheless you continuously face them without any recognized reason. However, sometimes it may not show any symptoms for a long period of time or it can be inherited.

 

To deal with this allergy it is advisable to follow gluten free diet strictly. Few nonfood items may also contain gluten like cosmetic products, bath products, etc. Now a days, a number of gluten free products are easily available in market. Main challenge comes with bakery goods, to replace wheat or refined flour to get desirable results. Using gluten free flours for baking or for preparing other recipes may taste different but serve plenty of nutrients. The most commonly used flours for gluten free preparations are:

  • Rice flour
  • Millet flour
  • Maize flour
  • Almond flour
  • Quinoa flour
  • Oat flour
  • Gram flour etc.

To ensure that these flours are gluten contamination free, milling own gluten free flour at home under their own supervision is the best way. Dietitian Thompson’s research revealed that inherently, gluten free items can be contaminated with gluten. Therefore, to ensure optimum hygiene and nutrition, Hawos Greenfuture introduces the best milling option through its wooden atta chakkis. These domestic mills are highly recommended for fresh flour/spices and pulses of your choice for milling flours which are totally free from gluten. Milling through these German atta chakkis is fun and is neither tiring nor time-consuming process, right from installation to wind up the process. Now one can grind any ingredient under utmost hygienic surroundings and enjoy the delicacies without being scared of any gluten content.

 

So enjoy your food, it is not your enemy.

16 Mar
Health Blog

WHOLE GRAINS & DIABETES: A Q&A WITH DR. PHILIP SCHARPER

To learn more about whole grains’ relationship with diabetes prevention and management, we caught up with Dr. Philip Scharper, an ophthalmologist who works with many patients with diabetes complications, and who is also the founder of Serious Oats® hot cereal.

Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body is not able to metabolize carbohydrates properly, leading to high levels of sugar in the blood. Whether you have diabetes or not, it’s important to make your carbs count. In fact, the American Diabetes Association names whole grains as one of their top 10 “diabetes super-foods.” To learn more about whole grains’ relationship with diabetes prevention and management, we caught up with Dr. Philip Scharper, an ophthalmologist who works with many patients with diabetes complications, and who is also the founder of Serious Oats® hot cereal.

Old-ways Whole Grains Council: What does research tell us about diabetes prevention? Are there lifestyle changes we can make that have been shown to reduce our risk of developing diabetes?

Dr. Philip Scharper: Whether you are at risk or not, staying physically active and maintaining a healthy diet are two of the best ways to keep yourself on the right path. Making healthy choices at meal time is the easiest place to start. Choose a diet rich with fiber and whole grains to help maintain your blood sugar levels and minimize insulin sensitivity. Stay away from foods that are high in simple carbohydrates that will spike your blood sugar levels. And get moving. The body uses insulin more efficiently for up to 70 hours after exercise. So exercising three or four times a week is extremely beneficial in prevention and management of diabetes.

WGC: What are some common misconceptions you hear about diabetes?

PS: It is a common misconception that eating too many sweets is the only way to get Type 2 diabetes. Though sugar plays a role, it is important to understand the whole picture. Learn about what you are eating. For example, the difference between a simple carbohydrate and a complex carbohydrate is a good place to start. Simple carbohydrates like glucose, fructose, sucrose, which are found in fruit juice and corn syrup, are composed of easy-to-digest basic sugars. Complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, brown rice, and legumes are rich in fiber and break down slower in the digestive system. This slower breakdown prevents your body from experiencing spikes in blood sugar which is important in managing Type 2 diabetes. In fact, a recent study suggests that increasing one’s intake of whole-grain wheat, oats, and rye helps to reduce a person’s risk for developing Type 2 diabetes for this very reason.

WGC: As a doctor, it must have been quite an eye-opener to get involved in the food industry as well. Can you describe your journey to creating a line of healthy food products, and what inspires you?

PS: My experience as a physician was the catalyst to the creation of Serious Oats®. I work many days where it is common to go 6 to 8 hours or more without eating… I wanted to find a combination of nutrients that would keep me satiated and fueled during long hours in the operating room or clinic. As an ophthalmologist and retina specialist, I see many patients struggling with the effects of diabetes. Both Types 1 and 2 diabetes are potentially blinding, causing retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts.  I have found that, like me, my patients also struggle to find convenient, healthy and tasty meal options. I am proud to have created something that can hopefully help patients avoid the devastating effects of diabetes.