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We have been almost a month without hardly leaving home. We barely move and, to try to calm our anxiety or entertain ourselves, we spend the day chopping or baking.
In case we did not have enough, Easter comes and, with it, the French toast. What do we do? Did we skip this year? No! Nothing of that. The coronavirus has robbed us of freedom and will mark a stage of our life that we will never forget but we cannot allow our traditions to steal us as well.
How many should we eat? In moderation is virtue. In agreement, it is a typical dessert of this time but not for that reason we must be having breakfast, snack and dinner French toast one week.
Why? Because although all the ingredients are very healthy, it is a highly caloric dessert, which provides us with a high fat content, many fast absorbing carbohydrates and little fiber and protein.
To what extent is a French toast healthy? All the ingredients that compose it are healthy and must be part of our diet:
-Egg: the white is made up of 90% water, the rest is made up of proteins (ovalbumin, the most abundant) and vitamins. The white is the only food that provides fat-free protein. The yolk contains fat (lecithin), protein, iron (whose animal origin allows easy absorption), sulfur, and vitamins A, B, D, and E. It is rich in fat and cholesterol. The egg contains proteins of high biological value.
-Pan: it is a good source of vitamins of group B and of mineral elements such as phosphorus, magnesium and potassium.
-Milk: it is essential in a balanced diet since it contains the vitamins, proteins and minerals necessary for the development of human beings. It provides energy due to its high lactose and fat content and is the most important food source of calcium.
-Cinnamon: it has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Scientific studies have shown that it improves the sensitivity of cells to insulin and acts significantly on blood glucose levels, even in people with type 2 diabetes. It also acts on LDL bad cholesterol levels and triglycerides.
-Olive oil : both virgin and extra, are rich in vitamins A, D, E and K. It favors the absorption of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc; It is effective in the digestive process, avoiding gastric acidity and facilitating intestinal transit. Improves control of blood pressure. Helps control blood glucose level.
The high amount of polyphenols (a natural antioxidant) in olive oil helps and prevents degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, and acts against aging. Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, increasing HDL or good cholesterol.
SIZE DOES MATTER
Seeing the above, it is demonstrated that the French toast is a very caloric product (about 250 gr contributes about 500kcal) but very nutritious and with ingredients that all of them contribute something to our body.
That in moderation because all its ingredients except for the egg are highly caloric
The next question would be, can we make them lighter? The amount of calories will vary, first of all, depending on the size of the French toast.
Secondly, depending on whether we use whole or semi-skimmed milk (in this case we remove calories and fat and keep vitamins).
Thirdly, the amount of sugar , if in addition to sugar we put panela or sweetener the calories will drop a lot.
And finally, if instead of frying them we bathe them in milk with cinnamon and lemon and put them in the oven , in this case we are saving a lot of calories. In this way, in addition, they are very spongy, they are easier to prepare, since they are all done at the same time and on top they get less dirty.
But what really lowers calories is eating half as much as the previous year and ... moving more!
María Amaro is an expert in Nutrition.
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