Want to Enhance the Absorption of Nutrients? Here are some Great Hacks that you must Abide by!

The very basic motive of clean and healthy eating is to maximise the best of both the nutrients and fine health. But due to plenty of factors, we often end up cooking or preparing them wrong that can nullify their nutritional profile and their desired results. Healthy eating without getting the proper nutrients does not provide any benefits to the body. Here are some simple and easy to do hacks that will help you in absorbing the maximum nutrients in the food and lower down the risk of various digestive and gut issues.

So, abide by these hacks while cooking and modify the thread of ‘you are what you eat’ to ‘you are what you absorb’. These few simple hacks will retain the nutritional profile of your food and hence helps you in absorbing the most.

• Eat the skins of fruits and vegetables: Whenever you are heading towards peeling fruits and vegetables, you will be missed on various healthy nutrients. The peels and skins of fruits and vegetables contain healthy phytochemicals that can benefit the human body in various ways. The skin of various fruits and vegetables has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties as well. Peels are filled with fibre and can easily ease out constipation and various other digestive issues in the body. So, always eat your fruits and veggies with the skins. 

• Grind flaxseeds before consumption: If you eat whole flaxseeds there are possibilities that they might pass through your intestines undigested and as a result, you won’t be able to obtain the maximum nutritional benefits from it. To get all the nutrients from flaxseeds, grind them before consuming and this way you can effectively expand its absorption in the body.

• Iron + Vitamin C go hand in hand: To absorb the iron in the body, consumption of Vitamin C is a pre-requisite. The science of food combination says that Iron-rich foods when consumed with a dash of Vitamin C can make the iron easy to absorb in the body. Also, it offers a wide variety of health benefits to the human body like strengthening of bones, eyesight and immune system while maintaining a healthy weight. People who are suffering from anaemia must eat their iron and vitamin C together. You can make spinach soup with lemon juice, spinach smoothies with lemon or cook tomatoes while eating beans to enhance the benefits.

• Soak beans before cooking: A lot of people experience extreme gassiness after consuming beans. To reduce the risk of digestive issues like gas and bloating, it is extremely important to soak beans before cooking. This way beans become easy to digest and won’t trouble your stomach. Gas causing offenders reduced from the beans when you soak them overnight and it becomes easy for the body to absorb nutrients from the beans by this process.

• Do not consume tea or coffee with meals: Tea and coffee are acidic in nature and can also cause various digestive problems in the body. If you are taking protein in your meal and are also sipping your tea or coffee with it, then the acid found in protein make it hard to digest and can further create gas, bloating and uneasiness in the body. Not only this, if you consume tea or coffee with meals it can also easily hinder the absorption of iron in the body. If your body is a deficit in iron, try not to drink tea or coffee with your meals.

Footnote

Do follow these hacks to get the maximum absorption of nutrients in the body. Also, keep yourself hydrated and try to add healthy fats in your diet to make yourself happy and healthy.