Moong sprouts are quite low in calories but rich in quality nutrients. Sprouts (or sprouted moong beans) are known to be quite healthy, a powerhouse of antioxidants, and a top way to keep unwanted hunger pangs away.
Sprouts are plant-based protein sources that are also filled with dietary fiber. This is why sprouts are great for weight loss. They help improve satiety, keep one away from binge eating, and further add to the daily protein requirement.
Delhi’s leading weight loss dietician Avni Kaul shares reasons how a cup of moong sprouts could make your weight loss journey easy.
Filled with fiber
100 grams of sprouts has 1.8 g of fiber. Fiber provides satiety (the feeling of fullness) and supports reducing food intake. It also helps you reduce weight by lowering your appetite
Low in calories
Sprouts are quite low in calories. 100 g of sprouts has just 30 kcal of energy. Since they are low in calories, so one can indulge in cooked or raw sprout salad to curb their hunger pangs and fill up their stomach.
High in protein
Raw and lightly cooked sprouted grains are a good source of plant-based protein. Moong sprouts are an especially top source of protein. Moong sprouts has extra proteins the sprouting enhances the availability of proteins. For instance, on sprouting, the protein content of moong grows by 30%, i.e., 100 gm of unsprouted moong has 24.9 gm protein, but while sprouting it goes to 32 gm.
Low in fat
Eating moong sprout salad for breakfast or lunch is extremely beneficial in providing satiety and promoting weight loss. Sprouts are low in fat. Food items that are low in calories and fat and rich in fiber have been found to decrease body weight as per studies.
Control hunger pangs
Including moong sprouts in your daily diet helps you control those dreaded hunger pangs and fills your stomach for longer. One study done in the US found that foods that are rich in nutrients, particularly fiber, fill up your stomach for longer and curb unwarranted food intake.
Therefore, it lowers hunger pangs and prevents binge eating. The equation is quite simple – less binge eating leads to less weight gain.
Author Avni Kaul is a qualified nutritionist, experienced dietician, Diabetes Educator and founder of Delhi’s successful diet and nutritionist clinic NutriActivania. She is also one of India’s eminent weight-loss experts, diabetes dieticians, pregnancy dieticians and child nutritionists and helps kids to develop a strong immune system, fight allergies, gain height and weight as well as fight overweight / Obesity with an effective diet plan that is easy and fun to follow by children.
In Buenos Aires, 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games Nutritionist Avni Kaul was the Advisor (Nutrition) from India. She is a Gold-medallist master’s science graduate from the University of Delhi in the subject of Food and Nutrition. Avni Kaul is a diet and nutrition columnist in some of India's leading newspapers and magazines like - NDTV, TimesNow, Grazia and more.
Diet Programs by Avni Kaul
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