What’s your favorite food? Fried Chicken!

Chicken is known to be a best source of protein. Chicken is a very popular in the whole country. Chicken is a healthy addition for a well balance diet. People who love to eat meat but conscious on the amount of fat they are also taking. Chicken’s different part could be low in fat just don’t add its skin.

Fried chicken is the food that loved by almost all the people in the world. It’s the most favorite food of children. If you asked them, what their favorite food is, they’ll just say I want Fried Chicken. It makes them happy. We enjoy its crispiness and powerful taste that makes us really hungry. Just the smell from the houses frying fried chicken makes us hungry even we already ate our lunches. 

Fried Chicken are can be made at home. Do your own recipes. Put your favorite spices and put a lot of pepper to reveal its true taste. Every mom wants to give their children fried chicken for some treats. Fried chicken is also available in different restaurants and fast food chains. They offer more recipes to choose from. According to some studies that fried chickens from fast food chains are not good to your health because of too much fat that you can get from eating that fried chicken.

We all know that fried chicken is a source of too much fat, but in the other side Fried chickens has also their nutritional value and some health benefits. Chicken breast is the healthiest part of a whole chicken. 

Chicken are known to be fatty because of its skin. Just remove the skin part and you’re going to enjoy a healthy food.

Fried Chicken benefits:

• Fried chicken helps regulate the normal level of your cholesterol

•  Decreases the risk of having different Heart Diseases

•  It maintains our strong and healthy bones.

• It relieves stress

• Helps fight the symptoms of PMS

• Lowers your blood pressure

• Helps build and maintain body tissues

• Improves appetite

Fried Chicken is Rich In:

•         Vitamin B3 Cholesterol lowering niacin

•         Vitamin B6 which helps in lowering the risk of having heart diseases and strokes.

•       Calcium and phosphorus for bones

•        Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) which play a role in fighting stress.

•        Magnesium for a better mood

•        Blood pressure lowering potassium

•          Riboflavin for health body tissues

•          Zinc

•        Selenium

•         Iron

Negative Effect of too much consumption of Fried Chicken:

• Obesity

• Can cause heart problems

• High Blood pressure

• High Cholesterol level

•  Weight problems

• Too much calorie in the body

Warning: Daily consumption of fried food may harm your health. Too much fat can cause a lot of health problems. Obesity is the next step if you eat fried food every day.

Coffee is considered as a Super Food!

Every morning, we used to look for a cup of coffee, creamy coffee with creamer or milk or just a cup of plain black coffee.  Women, men, office workers, some teenagers used to drink a cup of coffee before going to office or in school.

According to research, coffee has more health benefits than having its bad effects to our body. Coffee is known to be the number product to have antioxidants. Coffee is known to have many compounds that can affect our body chemistry.

A Cup Of Coffee

Health Benefits of Drinking Coffee:

• Antioxidants helps our body to repair damage cells cause by  free radicals.
•  Protect you from cold
•   Keep you awake and alert
• Pain relief
•  Boost Mood

Coffee reduces the risk of having:

• Parkinson’s Disease- less 80% because of the caffeine, regular drinkers have a low risk
• Gallstones- Less 50% of risk when drinking at least 2 cups of coffee per day
• Cirrhosis- less 80% of risk when you drink 4 cups of coffee per day
• Colon cancer- less 50% of risk for an individual who drinks 2 to 3 cups of coffee per day
•  Dementia-  Less 65% of risk because it can block the damage cholesterol in our body
• Diabetes- less 60% of risk because of the antioxidants of coffee
•  Heart Disease- less 25% of risk for women who drink 2 to 3 cups of coffee a day
•   Headache relief- caffeine is usually used for headache and migraine
• Cavity Protection
• Asthmas Relief- coffee can manage asthma
• Prostate Cancer risk is decreased if a male drinks 6 cups of copy per day
• Alzheimer’s Disease- less 65% of risk, just drink 5 cups of coffee per day

The Most Expensive coffee in the world is known as the “KOPI LUWAK”. 

Kopi Luwak is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by an Asian Palm Civet and other civet, then passed through its digestive tract. A civet eat the freshly bean pulp, passing through the civets intestines the beans are defecated.  After gathering, washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing these beans are made an aromatic coffee with less bitterness. It is sold for $160 per pound.

Kopi Luwak is produced in Sumatra, Javil, Basil and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago. It is also produced in the Philippines, where it is known as “kape alamid”.

      There are now different varieties of coffee to choose from: Types of coffee:

• Americano- a single shot of espresso with about 7 ounces of water added to the mix.
•  Black Coffee- brewed, a French style coffee served without milk
• Café Au Lait- made from brewed coffee, added a 1:1 ration of milk for intense taste
• Café Breva – cappuccino with half and half milk instead of adding whole milk.
• Caffe Latte – with a single shot of espresso in steamed milk, the ration of milk should be 3:1.
• Cafe Macchiato- with a single shot of espresso in steamed milk, the ration of milk should be 4:1.
• Cappuccino- with equal parts of espresso, milk and frothed milk. Comes with cinnamon or chocolate sprinkles on top.
•  Double shot- with 2 shots of espresso mix with the regular ingredients.
• Dry Cappuccino – a regular cappuccino with less amount of foam and no added steamed milk at all.
• Frappuccino- a registered trademark of Starbucks Coffee blended ice beverages.
•   Iced Coffee- is a cold variant of the regular hot beverages
• Decaf- made from a decaffeinated beans
• Instant Coffee- a powder made of heat dried freshly brewed coffee.

Americano

Black Coffee

Caffe Latte

Cappuccino Topped with Cinnamon Powder

Frappuccino

Double Shot Coffee

               Ice Cold Coffee

Coffees have many health benefits and that is good news for us. Remember that coffee reacts differently to different person. If you are not a regular coffee drinker, and you feel something or stomachache after drinking a cup of coffee, it’s better for you to stick to TEA.

A Cup Of Tea

Drink in Moderation. Remember that too much is totally bad for us.