HEALTHY FOOD : melograno “frutto della medicina”

The pomegranate is high in many several substances important for growth and good health, like vitamins, fibre, carbohydrate as sugar, antioxidants. According to some studies, the juice of this fruit prevent heart attack and a few serious illness. Also the pomegranate gives protection against Alzheimer.

This summer the juice of pomegranate is raccomanded in a lot of bar.

Advice for a fresh summer!

SUMMER MENU

Because of summer’s hot temperature, Italians use to eat less and mostly  fresh dishes.

In the Italian cuisine we can found theese type of food :

                  

                        ALICI MARINATE :

                     alici or acciughe is a type

of fish prepared with oil, lemon or vinegard

and  free choice of herbs and spices.

You can join to a thin piece of bread heated.

An excellent dish for who loves fish and rich in precious essential substances for good health.

    

 HAM AND MELON :

A fresh summer fruit added to a true salty cold cut that make an irresistible harmonize taste!  Then, this dish contains  the recommended daily intake of vitamins and proteins.

                                       

ANGURIA or COCOMERO :

If you are thirsty you can eat a big slice of watermelon.

Rich in vitamins it helps you to feel better in the hot summer days.

It’s also a “finger food” : in some city you can buy it along street!

                                                   

SORBETTO AL LIMONE:  

A refreshing dessert:  making you feel less hot.

A drink based on lemon juice.

THE RISTO-WELLNESS

THE RISTO-WELLNESS

1.The choice of ingredients
The ingredients in Wellness Kitchen ® are typical of Mediterranean cuisine: fruit, vegetables, legumes, cereals, fish, nuts, spices, herbs, extra virgin olive oil. Red meat, cheese, butter should be limited and their consumption should be well managed, but never censor them completely. Wellness Cooking Recipes ® are also enriched foods that come from other food cultures, such as those of the East, of which have now been widely demonstrated protective effects on human health, such as soy and green tea. And then the chocolate, rich in bioactive molecules ingredient can be discovered for the first and second courses and no longer relegated exclusively to the dessert.
The only foods are absolutely prohibited and non-natural, including those containing hydrogenated fats like margarine and vegetable creams. Tip: double check the labels of the products you buy.

2.The right amount
We all agree that a healthy diet is made from quality ingredients. But few stop to think that the majority of diet-related diseases than from synthetic additives or industrial processes are caused by a diet too rich in fats, simple sugars, and salt. In other words, the illusion of healthy eating only those who consume foods without preservatives but, for example, eat large amounts of cheese and sweet drinks.
Kitchen Wellness ® is attentive to the amount of nutrients and portions as shown in the Guidelines INRAN and WHO; also recommend that you deploy the foods according to the model of the New Pyramid Mediterranean.

3.The cooking methods
Vitamins, bioactive compounds, antioxidants and minerals have the power to protect us from viruses and infections, and are important to grow old with less damage. In particular, some vitamins such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and substances such as lycopene actively participate in the prevention of the aging process. But to get your fill of nutrients is critical to treat and cook food properly. For this we have deepened the latest scientific work who have studied the variation of nutrients, micronutrients and bioactive compounds depending on the methods of cooking. We shared the study with the cooks to transform research into practical suggestions to use in the kitchen. An example: the molecular action of lycopene in tomatoes is enhanced by cooking, as the heat would fragment into pieces making it the most active derivatives of lycopene itself. If, preparing the tomato sauce condiamo with the extra virgin olive oil, the absorption of lycopene and its fragments will improve.