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🍽️ Smart Eating Made Simple: A Beginner’s Guide to Portion Control

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 🍽️ Smart Eating Made Simple:  A Beginner’s Guide to Portion Control Do you ever feel like eating healthy means eating less or worse, feeling hungry all the time? Good news: it doesn’t have to be that way. Portion control isn’t about starving yourself. It’s about eating the right amount of food for your body, so you feel satisfied, energized, and in control. Let’s break it down in a way that’s easy to understand and even easier to follow.  What Is Portion Control? Portion control means knowing how much food your body actually needs to feel satisfied and stay healthy. It helps you: ✅ Maintain a healthy weight ✅ Avoid overeating ✅ Enjoy your meals mindfully ✅ Balance your nutrients better When you control your portions, you don’t need to give up pizza, rice, or even dessert — you just learn to eat them in smart amounts. Easy Tips to Start Portion Control You don’t need fancy tools or calorie-counting apps. Just a few simple habits can make a big difference: 1. Use Smaller ...

Almond's Nutritional Value

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 Almonds  Almonds are among the world’s most popular tree nuts. Almonds are nutrient powerhouses. They are highly nutritious and rich in healthy fats, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Almonds can be consumed whole, chopped, sliced, or ground into almond flour or almond butter. They can even be made into almond milk. Almonds boast an impressive nutrient profile. 1-ounce (28-gram) serving of almonds contains Fiber: 3.5 grams Protein: 6 grams Fat: 14 grams (9 of which are monounsaturated) Vitamin E: 37% of the RDI Manganese: 32% of the RDI Magnesium: 20% of the RDI (RDI is Recommended Dietary Intake) They also contain a decent amount of copper,vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and phosphorus. This is all from a small handful, which supplies only 161 calories and 2.5 grams of digestible carbohydrates. It is important to note that your body does not absorb 10–15% of their calories because some of the fat is inaccessible to digestive enzymes . Almonds are also high in Phytic acid, a subst...