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"Eating a bowl of porridge a day could help keep the doctor away."

About Porridge (Dalia)

Porridge is a hot cereal similar to oatmeal. While oatmeal often consists of crushed, rolled, cut or coarsely ground oats, porridge consists of any type of crushed grain, including oats, wheat, rice or barley. Eating porridge on a regular basis offers numerous benefits. The hot cereal is rich in fiber, has high protein content and helps stabilize your blood sugar.
Porridge contain whole grains which are good sources of nutrients such as protein, fibre, vitamin E, B vitamins, zinc antioxidants and phytochemicals. Like fruit and vegetables, it provides us with a package of nutrients which may help keep the bugs at bay.
Dr Madigan also highlighted the link between eating breakfast and energy levels.

"We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet according to the British Dietetic Association, 10-33% of us regularly skip this first meal of the day,"
"Breakfast provides the perfect opportunity for the body to refuel after an over-night fast. Skipping breakfast can make you feel sluggish, tired and reduce your ability to concentrate during the day.
"What we eat is fundamental to our energy levels, so if you lead an energetic lifestyle and want to feel fit and healthy over the period, having good eating patterns will pay real dividends."

Why GreenBite Instant Porridge (Dalia)?

• High Fiber:The high fiber content in porridge may improve digestion, reduce high blood cholesterol and help prevent heart disease. Porridge consists of whole grains, which contain both soluble and insoluble fiber. Insoluble fiber promotes movement of waste through your digestive tract and improves constipation, while soluble fiber helps lower glucose levels and low-density lipoprotein blood cholesterol. A fiber-rich diet may also decrease your risk of hemorrhoids and reduce blood pressure. The Mayo Clinic recommends eating 5 to 10 g of soluble fiber each day. A 1/2 cup of porridge contains 3 g of dietary fiber

• Essential Nutrients : Foods, such as porridge, that are made from whole grains provide the essential nutrients present in a whole grain seed. Crushed, cracked, rolled or cooked grains also offer the nutrients found in the whole seed. Porridge contains protein, zinc, iron, magnesium, antioxidants, vitamin B, vitamin E and phytochemicals. This package of essential nutrients can help boost your immune system and fight infection.

• Stabilizes Blood Sugar :Eating porridge on a regular basis may help stabilize blood-sugar levels and reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The fiber content in porridge helps slow the absorption of sugar, which may improve blood-glucose levels for people who suffer from diabetes. Controlling blood glucose levels also reduces your risk of kidney problems, stroke and heart disease.

• Weight Loss : Not only do high-fiber foods, such as porridge, help with digestion, they also may help you lose weight. Fiber-rich foods are generally low in calories but high in volume. This helps you stay full longer and may help reduce the amount of food you consume throughout the day. Eating porridge as a breakfast food also starts your metabolism and improves energy levels. Eat a bowl of porridge with an 8-oz. glass of skim milk and 1/2 cup of raspberries for a balanced breakfast.

Fascinating Facts On Porridge

• Porridge boosts your protein intake: of all the cereals porridge has the highest protein content.

• Porridge is the ideal food for slimmers – fibre rich foods are usually low in calories but are also quite filling and may therefore help reduce food intake when dieting.

• Eating porridge for breakfast provides you with enough energy for the first half of the day, helping you to avoid those mid-morning snacks

• Porridge stabilises blood sugar levels. Eating porridge on a regular basis can help reduce the risk of Type 2 (Adult onset) diabetes.

• Porridge aids digestion and unlike bran, oats are gentle on the stomach.

• A diet rich in fibre has been implicated in preventing heart disease. Many studies have found that those people who eat a lot of fibre rich foods are less likely to suffer from heart disease that those who eat very little.

• Soluble fibre which is found in fruit, vegetables, peas, beans and of course, oats, helps reduce blood cholesterol. It's a complex process but, put simply, think of rolled oats as tiny sponges in your body that soak up cholesterol.

• Eating porridge helps the brain to produce serotonin. Serotonin is a brain transmitter that helps keep our spirits up and our appetites down. Levels of serotonin dip when sunlight is low – i.e. during the winter months and can frequently lead to Seasonal Affective Disorder.

• People who eat porridge; Wallace and Gromit, Big Brother house mates, Nelson Mandela, Zoe Ball, Bill Gates, Demi Moore, Kate Moss, Calista Flockhart, Tim Henman and Jane Fonda.

• Porridge is traditionally the food of mountain climbers and explorers as it gives a slow release of energy – it is the ideal cereal for those involved in sports.

• Porridge has been carried by explorers Richard Byrd and Roald Amundsen to the North and South Poles respectively, and has been taken into space by US astronauts.

History of porridge

The origin of making and eating porridge is mentioned in the "Vinaya" texts. As per the "Four Part Vinaya", Lord Buddha explained the five benefits of taking porridge, shortly before his attainment of Nirvana. This clearly reflects the power of this food. The five benefits of porridge have been addressed as Five Endurances (Wuchang): Overnight digestion, reduced flatulence, the quenching of thirst, the suppression of hunger and reduced constipation. Moving ahead of the bliss of Buddhist meditation, this food received immense popularity in the cold countries of Europe like Scotland. Over there, the dish was regularly consumed by habitants to keep their bodies warm during the long winter months. They made it from oats stewed with either milk or water, and served with salt or sugar. The dish received different names in varied regions of Scotland viz. 'lite' leetch-yuh Gaelic & 'milgruel' in Shetland.

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