Fun Recipes – Make your table fancier

Food is important for our health, because it converts the calories into energy in our body, and helps us to have energy to live. However, we should also enjoy the food.

In this post, I will introduce several recipes that I found beautiful and tasty.

Vanilla Sugar Cookies Credit

 

 

This picture is taken by Julia, a food blogger, who made this “Vanilla Sugar Cookies”. What attracts me is the appearance. It is very colorful and sweet. You can find the recipe by clicking “Credit” under the photo. In her blog, she is not only showing the recipe, but she also gives the readers many tips for making the cookies better. In addition, the blog provided the nutrition label, which readers can have an idea of how much calories it is.

 

 

No Bake Honey Nut Cheerios Snack Bars. Credit

 

This is also from another blogger, Averie. Cheerios snack bars are not really unique or rare. In fact, it is often see around us. However, the question is does everyone really know how to make Cheerios snack bars? I feel some of the people do not know how to make it. So I picked up this recipe in this post. It is easy to make and the appearance is cute and tasty.

*You can jump to the link of the recipe by clicking “Credit” under the photo.

The Importance of Vitamin B – Answer you why do people need Vitamin B

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Why does Vitamin B so important?

The simple answer is it will affect your health.

Vitamin B has different types, they are

  • Vitamin B1; it helps your nervous system, brain, muscles, heart, stomach, and intestines.
  • Vitamin B2; it helps to break down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates that you consumed in each meal.
  • Vitamin B3; it helps you to convert proteins, fats, and carbohydrates into energy by an enzyme.
  • Vitamin B5; it also help you to convert the food that you consumed into energy.
  • Vitamin B6; it helps your metabolism, and create red blood cells and neurotransmitters.
  • Vitamin B7; it helps your metabolism as well by functioning as a coenzyme.
  • Vitamin B9; it helps to control the blood level of amino acid homocysteine.
  • Vitamin B12; it helps to support the normal nervous cells function, red blood cells formation, and DNA synthesis.

Each of the types has different role,  and they are all contributing to your health and your body largely.

If you are lacked of any of the Vitamin B, you may get diseases, such as pellagra and beriberi.

Pellagra disease is caused by lack of Vitamin B3, which gives you symptoms of dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis. The skin gets dermatitis around the neck is what people commonly see as a symptom of pellagra.

Beriberi disease is caused by lack of Vitamin B1, which gives you symptoms of decreased in muscle function, paralysis, and rapid heart beats. When people get beriberi disease, their body will get extremely skinny in a short time period.

So what do you need to do in order to keep you healthy?

You can get vitamin B easily by food, which are salmon, leafy greens, liver, egg, milk, beef, oysters, legumes, yogurt, chicken, pork and more.

Resources

Berkheier, K. June 14, 2018. 9 Heath Benefits of Vitamin B12, Based on Science. healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b12-benefits

Jennings, K. November 26, 2018. 9 Science-Based Benefits of Niacin (Vitamin B3). healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/niacin-benefits 

Marcin, J. December 22, 2017. Pellagra. healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health/pellagra

McCullock, M. October 11, 2018. 15 Healthy Foods High in B Vitamins. healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b-foods#section16

Nordqvist, C. March 7, 2017. Benefits and sources of vitamin B2. MedicalNewsToday. Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/219561.php

Nordqvist, C. November 22, 2017. What is thiamin, or vitamin B1?. MedicalNewsToday. Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/219545.php

Nordqvist, C. February 7, 2017. Why do we need biotin, or Vitamin B7?. MedicalNewsToday. Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/219718.php

Streit, L. October 1, 2018. 9 Health Benefits of Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine). healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b6-benefits

Wilson, R, D. April 12, 2017. Beriberi. healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health/beriberi

Wilson, R, D. January 5, 2017. What Does Vitamin B5 Do?. healthline. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health/vitamin-watch-what-does-b5-do

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/supplement/vitamin-b9-folic-acid (Do not see information about the author)