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Want to throw the best dinner party? Make sure you stuff the menu with enough chicken dishes. It is our fool-proof secret, and well, is it even a secret anymore? Chicken unites all meat-lovers, and it is possibly the easiest thing to work with and let's not forget how versatile it can be if given a chance. Yes, you heard us. You can prepare a whole gamut of things using chicken, hence being boring is just not an option! If you can use chicken to make the most robust curries, you can also use it to make slightly soothing delicacies like shorba. Shorba is a kind of a soup that was popularised during the Mughal era. Made with bunch hot and soul-satisfying spices, this soup is mostly of a watery consistency and has an almost tangy undertone. Chicken shorba is a Mughlai classic that you must have tried at various restaurants, now make it at home with this stellar recipe of ours. To make this chicken shorba, you would need chicken, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, salt, cream, corn flour, ginger garlic paste, butter, lemon juice and green chilli paste.

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Weight-Loss Benefits Of Chicken Shorba:

If you cut back on corn flour, this shorba could make for an ideal weight-loss friendly-dinner. Chicken is an excellent source of lean protein or good quality protein. It helps build muscle, the more muscle you have the lesser room there is for fat to build. Protein also helps keep you satiated for long and preventing urge to binge. Eating in controlled portions is one of the key step towards sustainable weight-loss.

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Shorba is a kind of asoup

How To Make Chicken Shorba:

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1. Boil chicken till soft. Let it cool and shred. Save the water for later.2. Heat butter in another pan, add ginger garlic paste. Sautee well.3. Add shredded chicken, followed by green chilli paste and salt.4. Then add turmeric powder, coriander leaves and mix everything well.5. Add the chicken water, mix everything well.6. Add some lemon juice for the extra zing. Mix again.7. Add cream, followed by corn flour. Mix well, until combined. Let it cook for a few minutes.

Serve hot and enjoy. You can find the full recipe with detailed-list of ingredients in the video above. Try it at home and let us know how you liked it in the comments section below.

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About Sushmita SenguptaSharing a strong penchant for food, Sushmita loves all things good, cheesy and greasy. Her other favourite pastime activities other than discussing food includes, reading, watching movies and binge-watching TV shows.

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Metabolism is a term often coined by people within the fitness industry, but what is it exactly. Metabolism refers to the process that helps break down incoming food to release energy. This energy is then used by the body to carry out its everyday activities occurring at cellular levels. In simpler words, metabolism helps burn calories and determines the speed at which the bodys motor is running.

Boosting and supercharging this metabolism is among the sure-shot ways of losing weight. If this metabolism slows down and becomes sluggish, the body is unable to burn the incoming fat and is forced to keep storing it in different parts of the body, eventually leading to weight gain. Such type of weight gain is extremely stubborn and does not go away as easily as expected. So for people who often complain of gaining weight despite working out daily and being watchful of their dietary intake, the problem lies within the metabolism which needs to be supercharged to experience any visible weight loss benefits.

The good news is that there are many different ways to boost a slowed-down metabolism in completely natural and harmless ways, for example, drinking more water, sleeping optimally, and taking help from a natural metabolic booster like Meticore.

Not maintaining adequate levels of hydration inside the body has been associated with slowing down of metabolism by a factor of 3%. While this may seem trivial to many, it greatly affects the bodys capability to burn fat and can significantly increase the risk of obesity and weight gain. Therefore, it is important to keep drinking enough water on a daily basis. As a general rule of thumb, 8 glasses of water are a must for every individual for supercharging the metabolism.

Another way to supercharge the metabolic processes is beginning the day with a cup of coffee. While coffee is a great way to energize and start the day with high levels of freshness, it is also a potential way to supercharge the metabolism in a completely natural way. Research has shown that consuming 100 milligrams of caffeine, found in an 8-ounce cup of coffee, can reset the bodys metabolic rate and increase it by 3 to 11 percent.

For people who are not a fan of coffee, green tea can also provide similar benefits in terms of metabolic boost. Green tea contains lots of catechins that can reduce the oxidative stress in the body, making it easier for metabolism to run optimally. You can also read this review of Meticore on Washingtonian for more details.

Eating green vegetables will help reach early satiety and keep users fuller for a much longer time. Additionally, these vegetables can also help the body burn more food instead of storing them inside the body, eventually leading to weight gain. Some of the best greens to include in the daily diet are celery, green peppers, lettuce, and broccoli.

Not consuming enough fiber can negatively affect the gut health and digestive processes. Eating it more often, on the other hand, promotes prolonged satiety and saves from repetitive binging and unhealthy snacking. Aim for consuming 30 grams of fiber per day through fibrous vegetables and other natural alternatives like psyllium husk.

A lot of people believe that working out too hard will help them burn more calories which is completely wrong. In fact, working out hard can reduce the total duration of exercise as the body eventually loses stamina and willpower. Moreover, intense workouts also lead to more hunger which consequently forces people to overeat. Instead, aim for long cardio sessions that are less-intense and more practical for weight loss.

While all the above-mentioned tips are likely to trigger weight loss, it is never a bad idea to complement these efforts with a natural, effective weight loss supplement like Meticore. Found only at meticore.com, these pills include the best ingredients sourced from plants, each of which has been scientifically proven to exert weight loss by supercharging the metabolism.

Consuming one pill per day of the Meticore supplement may reduce inflammation, decrease toxin load and fight oxidative stress, the three most common culprits behind a slowed-down metabolism in the body. As a result, weight loss takes place which is not only smooth and rapid but also sustainable.

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The new bottles will be available in convenience retail locations in the Northeast, Florida and California this month; across the Coca-Cola trademark brands (Coke, Coke Zero Sugar, Diet Coke). Fanta 13.2oz bottles will also be available in rPET bottles. In California, Texas and New York, 20oz 100% rPET Coke trademark bottles will also be available.

Across rPET innovations across its portfolio including with Coke, Dasani, Smartwater and Sprite the company says it is reducing the use of new plastic across its portfolio in North America by 20% from a 2018 baseline. This represents a 10,000 metric ton reduction in GHG emissions a year or the equivalent of taking 2,120 cars off the road for a year, says the company.

The new 13.2oz (390ml) 100% rPET bottle (excluding cap and label) has to deal with the demands of a carbonated beverage, without the consumer being able to notice the difference to a traditional plastic bottle.

Developing a new bottle made from 100% rPET was a challenge, Alpa Sutaria, vice president and general manager of sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company North America, told this publication.It took us about nine months to get to a point where we had designed a bottle that could not only meet the packaging performance required for a carbonated beverage, but also, once tested with consumers, we had a final product they were happy with.

The consumer should not notice a difference in their drinking experience.

Like other companies, Coca-Cola has had to address availability of rPET in order to create a bottle that can be produced at scale.

One of the biggest challenges in creating this bottle is procuring enough clean, food grade recycled plastic to be able to make enough of these sustainable bottles. We are working with several suppliers to source rPET for use in our packaging across the US. We are also continuing to invest in local recycling programs and infrastructure to help ensure that Americans can recycle our bottles and cans conveniently whether at home, at work or in public spaces, which is -- in turn -- recycled and reprocessed to make rPET for use in our bottles and other products.

Coca-Colas new rPET bottles will also include Recycle Me Again messages to prompt consumers to recycle bottles. It also champions the bottles design makes for a more sippable package for consumption on the go.

While launching 100% rPET bottles for its biggest and most iconic brand will boost its use of rPET, the 13.2oz bottle is just one of the sizes and packaging format for brand Coke and the company remains tight-lipped on how many 100% rPET bottles will be available or what percentage of its brand Coke sales can be expected to come from the bottles once they roll out at scale in the summer.

The price of the 100% rPET remains on a par with Coca-Cola's other bottles ($1.59 for the new 13.2oz size compared to $1.99 for a 20oz bottle).

At the moment, rPET accounts for around 10% of Coca-Colas global plastic packaging, although this depends on the market (in California, for example, Coca-Cola puts this figure at around 20% rPET). The company wants to boost this to an average of 50% recycled material in bottles and cans by 2030.

In the US, a series of transitions to increased rPET are scheduled for the coming months. This will start with the 13.2oz sip-sized bottle in the Northeast, Florida and California; then see Sprite roll out 13.2oz clear bottles made from 100% rPET in February in the same markets. Dasani will debut 20oz 100% rPET bottles in California, Texas and New York in March; while the brand will take these bottles to 30% rPET nationwide. In July, smartwater will launch 20oz 100% rPET bottles in California and New York.

In the summer, the 100% rPET 13.2oz bottle will roll out nationwide across a variety of brands including Coke trademarks, Fanta and Sprite.

Elsewhere, the trademark Coca-Cola brand already uses 100% rPET bottles in the Netherlands and Norway (as does the whole of locally produced beverage brands in the countries). In the UK, Coke bottles use 50% rPET.

Across the wider portfolio, Coca-Cola Company currently offers 100% rPET bottles in some form in 18 markets globally.

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Februarys a great time to focus on your heart. For one thing, theres Valentines Day. And for another, since 1964, February has been designated as American Heart Month to place a public health emphasis on cardiovascular disease education and prevention. There is certainly a genetic component involved when it comes to heart health, but many lifestyle factors can influence ones probability of developing cardiovascular issues. One of the most significant modifiable factors is nutrition.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and represents almost 30 percent of deaths worldwide. Atherosclerosis and hypertension are two of the most common conditions classified within cardiovascular disease.

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory condition that contributes to major incidence of cardiovascular episodes and mortality. It is characterized by the build-up of cholesterol, fat and other molecules in the arteries that results in plaque formation. Excessive calorie intake and inadequate physical activity can contribute to the release of inflammatory molecules that causes fat and cholesterol to penetrate and harden into arterial walls -- creating plaque. As more plaque accumulates over time, blood flow can be restricted and cause cardiovascular episodes. Symptoms can go undetected for a long time, which is why it is important to practice preventative measures through diet and lifestyle.

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In addition to nutrition, high total cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol, high LDL-cholesterol, being sedentary, a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, or hypertension may also contribute to atherosclerosis. Hypertension is the scientific diagnosis for a high blood pressure reading above 140/90. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in two Americans has hypertension, yet only one in four have it under control.

The DASH diet was created as an eating pattern to tackle the high incidence of hypertension diagnoses. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, and research has shown the eating pattern alone was the only intervention to decrease blood pressure in patients with both high and normal blood pressure. The typical Western diet is high in plaque-promoting fats and refined carbohydrates with low nutrient density. Compared to the American Diet, the DASH eating pattern emphasizes intake of whole grain carbohydrate, a mixture of plant and animal-based proteins, and is much higher in fruits and vegetables. Today, the Mediterranean Diet is studied and promoted as a well-rounded expansion of the DASH eating pattern to improve blood pressure and cardiovascular measures. Here are a few specific nutrition recommendations for optimal heart health.

Aim for moderate carbohydrate intake from plant-based sources and grains: Carbohydrate is the main source of fuel for both the body and brain; therefore, we absolutely need some carbs on all of our plates. In addition to being our primary energy source, plant-based carbohydrate such as fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes are high in fiber as well as micronutrients that can lead to better arterial function and blood flow. A prime example is polyphenols, the most abundant dietary antioxidants found in plant-based foods. Whole grains like oats and barley contain polyphenols and a type of soluble fiber called beta-glucan, which has been shown to limit cholesterol reabsorption, lowering blood markers of LDL, or bad cholesterol. Thinking about trying the low carb, keto diet? Think again. Research shows that low carbohydrate intake can have a negative effect on cardiovascular measurements in the blood and can exacerbate plaque formation. Aim for a fist-sized serving of plant-based or whole grain carbohydrate on your plate at each meal.

Limit refined and processed foods: These foods are typically low in fiber, low in overall nutrients, and high in sodium. Reducing sodium intake has been shown to lower blood pressure in those with high and normal blood pressure readings. In addition to contributing to the flavor of food, sodium is used as a preserving agent to extend the shelf life of packaged foods, commercially baked pastries and some canned foods. The sodium content in canned foods can be easily decreased by draining the liquid from the can and rinsing the food under water to shake off the salt. Its recommended that sodium intake is less than 2,300 mg per day, which equates to about 1 teaspoon of salt. If you are someone who exercises frequently and sweats heavily, sodium should not be as much of a concern for you.

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Replace trans fats and saturated fats with unsaturated fats: Like protein and carbohydrate, fat is the third macronutrient vital for nutrient absorption and to protect your heart and brain. People often believe that lowering cholesterol through food translates to lower blood cholesterol values. However, this is not the case for the majority of the population! Dietary fat is actually a more influential nutrient than dietary cholesterol when it comes to improving cholesterol. Bad fats refer to trans fats and saturated fats found in commercially baked foods, processed or cured meats, coconut oil, butter, margarine, vegetable shortenings and desserts like ice cream. We want to limit trans and saturated fats, which raise LDL by carrying cholesterol toward your heart. Good fat is found in protective unsaturated fats such as nuts, seeds, olive oil, oily fish, peanut butter, almond butter and avocado. Swapping trans or saturated fats for unsaturated fats has been shown to have a positive effect on lowering markers of cholesterol and improving heart health.

Focus on your overall eating pattern rather than a single nutrient: When I work with a patient aiming to improve heart health and/or lower cholesterol, I find there is typically a fixation on a single nutrient or food, like the cholesterol in eggs or salt in deli meat. Rather than hone in on increasing or supplementing a specific nutrient, emphasis should be placed on maintaining a well-balanced dietary pattern complemented by a variety of nutrients.

Major organizations like the American Heart Association and the National Institute of Health recommend an integrative approach for cardiovascular health that addresses diet, increasing physical activity, low to moderate alcohol consumption, stress management and limits smoking.

Use these nutrition habits to prioritize your heart health this month, and every month.

Emma Willingham is a registered dietitian who practices in an outpatient hospital clinic and through her private practice, Fuel with Emma. Willingham specializes in sports-performance nutrition, weight management and nutrition counseling, and aims to promote a resilient relationship between food, mind and body. You can find her on social media at @fuelwithemma.

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If you think that papaya is only awarm-weather fruit, or to beenjoyed on vacation in a tropical paradise with a slice of mint, you're missing out on the amazing benefits the bright orange fruit has to offer. Studies show that papaya, with its lycopene-filled flesh, packs in more antioxidants and vitamins per100 grams than almostany other fruit. Lycopeneis known to reduce inflammation linked to major diseases, and eating a high-lycopene diet helps lower your risk ofcertain cancers andprotects your skin from sun damage and early signs of aging.

Studies also suggest that eating lycopene helps fight inflammation, which contributes to chronic diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, Crohn's disease, and more. But, that's not the only reason to love papaya.

Unripeor green papaya contains high levels of what's called papaya latex, amilky liquid thatcan be potentiallyharmful to pregnant women since it has been known tolead to uterine contractions. The seeds are also known to spur contractions so if you are pregnant, doctors warn you to not eat papaya.

Papaya is a favorite for anyone who loves tropical fruit since it's a combination between cantaloupe and mango, with a softer texture, and a butter-like consistency that melts in your mouth. If you find it too rich, mix it into smoothies and use it to sweeten any recipe instead of other juice.

Half of small papaya contains more vitamin c than a single orange. It has 87 milligrams per cup or 157 percent of your recommended daily requirement of vitamin C, so eating papaya in the cold winter months is an immune booster.

Half of small papaya also contains 33 percent of your recommended daily requirement of Vitamin A, which is also great for immunity, as well as eyesight. The same half papaya will deliver 14 percent of your recommended requirement of Vitamin B9, which helps support healthy cell function. This folate vitamin also will help you feel less sluggish.

Papaya gets all this done efficiently, with only 62calories in a cup, which is extremely low for sweet fruit. Papaya is a good source of fiber,packing in nearly 3 grams per serving. Because most fruits do not contain protein, papaya is uniquein that it contains1 gram of plant-based protein.

Studies show that the lycopene in papaya helps protect your body from damage caused by free radicals. Think of free radicals as negative ions that cause trouble, and the antioxidants as positive forces that neutralize them. By eating lycopene you lower yourlevels of oxidative stress, which is linked to chronic diseases,such as somecancers, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer's, according tothisstudy. By eating foods containing lycopene such as tomatoes, watermelon, guava, and papaya, you protect your body from the risk of disease.

Another studyindicated that "higher lycopene consumption was linearly associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer,"and the study also stated: "there was a trend that with higher lycopene intake, there were reducedincidence of prostate cancer."

Chronic inflammationis a leading cause of many lifestyle diseasessuch as heart disease and type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. In fact, whenyou eat the typical American diet that is full of animal products and processed foods, your cells become inflamed even if you don't realize it. This cellular inflammation causes the body to age faster, according to several studies. The best way to avoid this type of unhealthy inflammation and reduce the risk of disease is by eating a healthy, clean, whole-foods, plant-based diet.Studies prove that fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants, including papaya, help reduce this inflammation.

You don't need a lot of fruits and vegetables to make an impact on your health. In one study, a trial group of nonsmoking men consumed 2 servings of fruits and vegetables for 4 weeks, increasing their average intake up 5 servings and then to 8 servings a day. Results found that a moderate intake of vegetables and fruits may reduce inflammation as effectively as eating more fruits and vegetables. So you can add 2 a day and get the benefits your body needs. Still, those who ate more did register higher levels of healthy carotenoid and other cancer-fighting compounds and were even healthier, but if the goal is to reduce inflammation, 2 servings a day gets the job done.

Tropical fruit tends to be lower in fiber than hearty choices like an apple, yet, papaya delivers all the sweetness and fiber that you need when you want a sweet snack but you are trying to stay away from added sugar. One small papaya contains 3 grams of fiber, making it a perfect addition to a smoothie or acai bowl, and an easy afternoon snack.

High-fiber foods are linked to weight loss because they fill you up and make your body burn calories slowly. The soluble fiber in papayaslows down the digestion rate of other nutrients (like carbohydrates that you eat) and prevents sharp spikes in blood sugar, therefore you feel full quicker and stay full longer, which makes it easier to lose weight, according to research.And because your body isn't rapidly digesting food, when you eat high-fiber foods like papaya, you won't experience a sugar crash or feel hungry soon after eating.

For younger-looking skin that does not show damage from the sun or other environmental elements, eating papaya can turn back the clock, since its high levels of vitamin C and lycopeneact as potent antioxidants that have been proven to help reduce signs of aging. These two powerful compounds are known for their anti-aging properties.

Vitamin C stimulates collagen growth and collagen is the underlying structure of your skin. It also protects your skin cells against damage from UV light, according to a study.

Lycopene is known to reduce wrinkles by making skin smoother. In a study, post-menopausal women consumed a supplementof lycopene and vitamin C, and after 14 weeksthey found that their wrinkles had become smoother and their complexions younger looking. This may be one reasonthat manynatural skincare products include papaya extract for its smooth, clear skin properties.

The body's aging process starts at 30 years of age, sooner than you may have expected. One way to slow the impact of aging on your skin and body is to eat a diet rich in fruit vegetables and add high fiber, vitamin-packed foods likepapaya to your plate.

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