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Yogurt, which to choose to lose weight – Italian Cuisine

Choosing the right fridge counter is not easy. There are different types and not all are so healthy. To avoid mistakes, here is the advice of a nutritionist

The yogurt for breakfast, energy recharge. Consumed instead of dessert at the end of a meal, it favors the digestive process. Eaten at the time of snacking away the sense of hunger and strengthens even more the intestinal flora because the good bacteria of which is rich away from meals are able to carry out more their protective action against the intestine. There are many types and based on different ingredients. Choosing the right fridge counter is not easy at all, especially if you are on a diet or have a few extra pounds to lose. With the help of the doctor Vittoria Candita, biologist nutritionist, we see how to orientate in the choice.

Is yogurt an ally of the line?

"Yogurt when consumed properly helps keep us healthy and in line. It brings a great quantity of minerals like calcium, useful for the bones. Ensures, then, many vitamins: H, perfect for the health of hair and nails; PP, precious for digestive functions; and those in group B, involved in immune processes. In addition, it provides noble proteins, essential for the construction of muscles and essential fatty acids such as Omega 3, which promote the health of heart, arteries and brain, "explains nutritionist Vittoria Candita.

What is the best for those on a diet?

«The whole white yogurt ensures all macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids and proteins) and is more complete nutritional compared to other types. In addition, compared to the lean one ("light", "0% fat) that provides more sugar, gives a greater sense of satiety, useful for those on a diet or have a few extra pounds to lose."

Better cow or goat yogurt?

«Compared to cow's milk, goat's yogurt is more digestible. In fact, it provides lipids that are digested more easily from the intestine. However, pay attention to the label on the package. Some types can make more calories and fat ".

Better Greek or Icelandic?

"Greek and Icelandic yogurt called Skyr, which is actually a cheese, share many properties, like the richness of vitamins. Skyr, however, has the advantage of having less fat and more protein. Both can be safely consumed by those on a diet ".

How to choose it: look at the label

"The ideal is choose yogurt that has the shortest list of ingredients. It must contain only milk and live cultures. Instead, those containing added sugar such as fructose should be avoided, which on the label may be referred to as "fruit sugar" or "grape juice". Those who are on a diet or need to lose a few extra pounds should then avoid the types that contain fruit or cereals, various flavors, glucose or fructose syrup and preservatives . Attention, then, to nutritional values. «The advice is to choose a yogurt that has a quantity of carbohydrates and sugars not higher than 5-6 grams and that brings from 50 to 65 kilocalories per 100 grams. And finally, it is important to dwell on the expiry date. «As it gets closer, the number of good bacteria in the product decreases and, consequently, the benefits of this product are reduced.

Crêpes ham and pistachio sweets – Italian Cuisine

In a bowl, beat the eggs with a pinch of salt.
Separately add the milk and flour, then add the beaten eggs.
Mix the ingredients.

Then get a smooth and homogeneous batter.
Cover it with food foil and transfer it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
In doing so, the flour will release all its starch.

After this time, melt a knob of butter in a crepe maker.
Mix the batter and, with a ladle at a time, cook each crêpe for about a minute to the side.
As the crêpes are imprints, stack them on a flat plate.

Once ready, place them on aluminum paper, overlapping them slightly.
Cover the surface with a little béchamel, ham, cheese and chopped pistachios.

Roll the crêpes gently onto themselves, forming a sausage.
Then cut it into thick washers.

Put a little 'béchamel sauce on the bottom of a pan and arrange the crêpes swirls, close but not overlapped.
Cover with the remaining béchamel sauce and sprinkle with the pistachios grain.
Bake at 180 ° C for about 20 minutes and then let it cool slightly.

Your crêpes sweets ham and pistachios are ready to be brought to the table.

The schiscetta is social on Instagram – Italian Cuisine

Bringing lunch at home can turn into a fun and creative operation. Just a bit of imagination, a little 'organization and the desire to confront each other by sharing our ideas

The main difference between cooking something that will be consumed at home and preparing lunch in advance, is that the second case does not allow improvisations. The Milanese rite of the schiscetta (which in the rest of Italy is breakfast or packed lunch), requires organization, imagination and a little practical sense. Because let's face it all: to put in a bowl two peeled carrots and a few slices of ham we are all capable, but to prepare something that will gratify us when it arrives at lunch time, it takes something more. The risk, otherwise, is to dive on unbalanced, poor or unappetising meals that will tempt us to run to the nearest bar in search of a well-stuffed sandwich.
To tell us about it all we do not have to do when we prepare our lunch to take to the office, the Instagram account @schiscettebrutte, fueled with irony by all those who realize they have not given the best of themselves by preparing the slab.

This image, for example, which has earned the profile picture of the account, teaches us that the knife could also be used to eat pasta. A paste that is glued, hot and slightly seasoned and has taken the shape of the container that contained it. Are you hungry looking at her? It's over! And the more we look at it, the more we convince ourselves that a well-made slab is a whole other thing (below an example from our March issue on newsstands).

Something very different from picking up what's left of dinner in a plastic container with lid or from assembling foods that we would never match in messy and disgusting meals. The schiscetta is think of a meal that can be preserved without difficulty playing with flavors, textures and colors. Preparing a good lunch is to spend a few minutes more on the day to our well-being, to the throat, but also to our balance.
A bit of commitment, lots of imagination and you're done. In the gallery above we have collected the most beautiful slabs of Instagram… do not you want to prepare one to share?
This month, Italian Cuisine invites you to do it with a game inspired by the March issue on newsstands. In the article below (Prepare your sketch!), We explain how to participate!

Cover image: Instagram @The Italian Cuisine