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NZ Herald
14-07-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
As a gastroenterologist, here's what I eat in a day to boost my gut health
So I'm going to walk you through a typical weekday of food for me, offering two options for meals and snacks. (Keep in mind that these fibre estimates can vary depending on the kinds and sizes of the specific foods you choose.) As you formulate your own plan, remember that eating a variety of fibre sources – colourful fruits and vegetables, nuts, beans and whole grains – is the best path to a healthy microbiome and overall wellbeing. And choose wisely: Watermelon and iceberg lettuce are cool and hydrating but have hardly any fibre, so try pairing them with higher-fibre fruits and vegetables such as kiwis and peas. Look up the nutrition facts of foods you eat regularly and see where you can optimise the math, such as by adding hummus to your favourite sandwich. I also use fibre supplements every day: I mix psyllium husk powder into my coffee – and if I'm making pancakes for the family on the weekend, I mix one or two tablespoons of ground flax seeds and ½ cup of rolled oats into the batch. No one notices, and it's a no-brainer way to boost your fibre intake. Breakfast I like making overnight oats that I can grab on my way out the door and eat at work. But I don't always remember to prepare them the night before. On those days, I eat a high-fibre cereal (I buy ones with less than 5g to 6g of added sugar). I use oat milk mainly because it stays fresh in the fridge longer than cow's milk, so it's one less thing I have to deal with mentally. High-fibre cereal is a good breakfast option. Photo / 123RF Bowl of cereal: 8g of fibre - 1 cup high-fibre cereal: 6g - 1 cup oat milk: 2g Overnight oats. Photo / 123RF Overnight oats: 8.5g of fibre - Half a cup rolled oats: 4.5g - 1 cup oat milk: 2g - Quarter cup dried cranberries: 2g Lunch I tend to eat Indian food that I've cooked for dinners earlier in the week and saved the leftovers for myself. That means lentils, which are loaded with fibre, or saag paneer, which also packs a punch from the spinach. The yumminess of lentils cooked with an appropriately deeply browned onion is very underappreciated. Try my favourite recipe from Madhur Jaffrey for moong dal. Other days, I buy my favourite spicy cashew crispy rice salad. Brown rice is a good source of fibre. Photo / 123RF Lentils and brown rice: 7g of fibre - ½ cup cooked lentils: 5g - ½ cup cooked brown rice: 2g Snack I don't keep chips or crackers in my office – just a big container of roasted cashews. I make it easy for myself because I do genuinely love cashews and not having another option available makes it the only choice if I feel hungry. Coffee and cashews. Photo / 123rf Coffee and cashews: 11g of fibre - 1 cup brewed coffee with 2 teaspoons psyllium husk powder: 9g - ½ cup cashews: 2g Dinner Dinner with my toddlers has to be quick, easy and something we're all going to enjoy because my husband and I don't have time to make everyone separate meals. Luckily, everyone loves pasta. Some days, we use whole wheat or lentil pasta – but not always. Assuming we're just going with refined wheat pasta, here's how the fibre math breaks down for my family favourites. Spaghetti and Chicken Meatballs. Photo / 123RF Spaghetti and chicken meatballs: 8.5g of fibre. - 1 cup refined wheat spaghetti: 2.5g - ½ cup marinara sauce: 2g - Chicken meatballs: 0g - ½ cup peas: 4g One-skillet gnocchi and Brussels sprouts: 5.5g of fibre - 1 cup gnocchi: 2g - 1 cup Brussels sprouts: 3.5g Dessert After dinner, we have a tradition where my toddlers use tiny cookie cutters to make fun shapes out of fruit. Usually it's kiwis (which as a gastroenterologist, I'm obsessed with for many reasons) or pears (they use a bear-shaped cookie cutter, and we call them 'bear pears'). Kiwifruit are a great high-fibre fruit. Photo / 123RF - 2 kiwis: 6g - 1 pear: 6g This adds up to around 40G-42g of fibre a day. Even if I skip the occasional extra like psyllium, a snack or dessert – or eat white rice instead of brown rice – I still clock in well above my target of 25g per day. What I want my patients to know Suddenly ramping up fibre intake when you're not used to it can sometimes cause an upset stomach or bloating. Go gently and give your body time to adapt – but stick with it! The long-term payoff for your health is worth it.
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The Independent
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Zohran Mamdani's cringe moment as CNN's Erin Burnett makes him watch his 2019 rap video
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani found himself awkwardly confronted with a resurfaced 2019 rap video during a live interview on CNN. Mamdani, 33, appeared Thursday on Erin Burnett OutFront, where the host unexpectedly reminded audiences that the New York assembly member was an aspiring rapper who went by Mr. Cardamom. Burnett played a portion of his music video 'Nani,' which is still on YouTube, as Mamdani tried to keep a straight face through the embarrassment. The clip captured Burnett, friends, and Indian -born British-American actress Madhur Jaffrey, dancing in a food truck. In one scene, Mamdani wore an apron with nothing underneath. 'Once you do it, it's out there,' Burnett told Mamdani once the clip was over. 'I didn't think it was going to be on CNN,' Mamdani quipped, with a shy smile. Elsewhere, Burnett pressed Mamdani on whether critics' concerns that he may not be 'ready now' to govern America's largest city were valid. 'I would say a campaign offers a glimpse into what an administration would look like, and we built a campaign the likes of which the city has not seen in a long time,' he responded. This isn't the first time Mamdani's attempted music career piqued public interest. In a 2017 song titled Salam, Mamdani praised the "Holy Land Five' — five men convicted in 2008 of donating over $12 million to Hamas. The group was found guilty on 108 counts, including supporting terrorism, tax fraud, and money laundering. 'My love to the Holy Land Five. You better look 'em up,' Mamdani sang as Mr. Cardamom. Mamdani's rap background hasn't exactly won over 50 Cent, however, who offered him a 'first-class one-way ticket' out of New York after the mayoral candidate proposed raising his taxes. On Wednesday, the 'In Da Club' rapper criticized Mamdani's proposal in a social media post, writing, 'Where did he come from[?] Whose friend is this? I'm not feeling this plan no.' 'I will give him $258,750 and a first class one way ticket away from NY. I'm telling [President Donald] Trump what he said too!' 50 Cent added.
