Friday, April 29, 2011

Tempeh - The Innate Benefits Inside the customary Food

Tempeh is a traditional food from Java, Indonesia. This traditional food has been spreading across the world, and became one of the vegetarian diet full of nutrients and also appetizing at the same time. You can find tempeh in some other countries, such as the Netherlands and Malaysia. Tempeh spreads throughout the world following the migration of Javanese during colonialism period, when they moved and settled in Netherlands. In Malaysia, tempeh was brought by migrant workers from Java, and come to be beloved food in there.

Nutrients in tempeh are quite equilibrium and can replace some nutrients from animal, make it favorable for those who come to be Vegan. So what exactly is the content of nutrients in tempeh? agreeing to Usda National Nutrient Database, cooked tempeh contains the following nutrients:

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Water (59.56 g per 100 g serving)

Protein (18.19 g per 100 g serving)

Lipid (11.38 g per 100 g serving)

Energy (196 kcal / 822 kJ per 100 g serving)

The protein inside the tempeh is more than its fat. It have 3.745 g per 100 g serving monounsaturated fatty acid and 2.636 g per 100 g serving polyunsaturated fatty acid. So the major fatty acid from tempeh is a good one.

Another micronutrients abundances inside the tempeh are niacin (2.135 mg per 100 g serving), potassium (401 mg per 100 g serving), phosphorus (253 mg per 100 g serving), magnesium (77 mg per 100 g serving), iron (2.13 mg per 100 g serving), manganese (1.285 mg per 100 g serving), and some more.

From these facts, we can see the surmise why tempeh should be being included to our diet. There are more healthy, traditional foods which can be good if we put them in our diet, much best than an additional one junk foods nearby us. So, instead buying high-priced junk food, we'd best start eating healthy, cheap food from now.

Tempeh - The Innate Benefits Inside the customary Food

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