COWBERRY's Blog: Organic Food, Recipes & Healthy Living

Ten jowar atta benefits, each with the IFCT 2017 nutrient or the study behind it: fibre, protein, gluten-free, iron, minerals, blood sugar, polyphenols and more. Plus the side effects, who should limit jowar, how much per day and how to eat it.

Honey vs sugar: 304 kcal and 82.4 g carbs per 100 g against 387 kcal and 100 g, a GI of 63 against 70, and a heavier spoon that flips the per-spoon comparison. Taste, cooking, cost and which for whom.

Bajra for diabetes: the tested GI of 57 across three India-tested flatbreads, carbohydrate per roti and per katori, what the 2021 millets meta-analysis found, and how to plan portions.

How green tea is made, step by step: the young leaf is plucked, heated quickly, rolled and dried so it stays green, and never oxidises the way black tea does.

Jaggery vs sugar: jaggery keeps small amounts of minerals and the molasses flavour, but both are sugar at 354 and 387 kcal per 100 g. Side-by-side nutrition with honey, glycemic index, taste and cooking, cost, and which suits whom.

Turmeric vs curcumin: turmeric is the whole spice, curcumin is the yellow compound inside it. Absorption, the 2000 percent piperine finding, supplement safety and which one fits which need.

Hing vs compounded hing: hing is the oleo-gum-resin alone, the only form FSSAI rules let call itself pure, while compounded hing is hing with other materials mixed in, declared on the label.

A2 ghee vs normal ghee: the difference is in the milk, not the fat. Both are 900 kcal and 100 g of fat per 100 g with 0 g protein; what A1 and A2 are, what the studies say, and what the label means.

Honey recipes grouped by meal: honey water, ginger tea and haldi milk to drink, porridge, toast and yogurt for breakfast, honey chilli potato for snacks and laddu, kheer and fruit salad for dessert. Three dishes have full step-by-step pages; the rest carry a two-line method.

Asafoetida nutritional value per 100g from IFCT 2017: 332 kcal, 6.34 g protein, 71.95 g carbs, 5.13 g fibre, 15.68 mg iron and 266 mg calcium, plus what a 1 g pinch of hing adds to a dish.

Honey nutritional value per 100 g: 304 kcal, 82.4 g of carbs, 0.3 g protein, no fat, 0.2 g fibre, plus mineral traces from potassium to zinc. What each figure becomes per teaspoon and tablespoon.

Jaggery calories and nutrition per 100 g from IFCT 2017, per teaspoon, tablespoon and piece, how much of it is sugar, the minerals a real serving gives, and why no glycemic index is quoted for jaggery.