Caribbean Fit

Hey Guys, hope everyone has been doing great. This week we are going to discuss one of my favourite things which are snacks. In the world over, most if not all people have a snack or 2 daily and each region may have  a different interpretation of what a snack is for them. In the Caribbean, when we hear snack we automatically think of something in a rustling pack like corn curls, cheese sticks, chips, biscuits or a candy bar. However, snacks are more than just manufactured products in a pack, they are an important means of adding more nutritional value to our diets and therefore we should choose them wisely. Common Caribbean Snacks Snacks are small food amounts eaten between your 3 square meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) that prolong the filling effect of your main meals. Let's face it your three square meals don't cut it (well at least not for me 🤣) and you need something in between them to hold you over until it is time for your next meal, or just something to ...

Hey Guys! Welcome to another edition of Caribbean Fit and this week we will be discussing dieting. Over recent years within the Caribbean and the world over new diet trends have been emerging rapidly. I am sure this has been very confusing for persons all over the world not knowing which diet is right for them. So, with all that in mind we will discuss different diets that are trending and how to choose the right one for your needs. Firstly, we need to define what a diet really is. A diet is what a person eats or consumes on a daily basis, in other words it is the eating habits of an individual. Therefore, we can say that everyone who eats is on a diet. However, when we talk about the different diets that are emerging such as the gluten free or paleo diet, they are referred to as specialized diets. Persons often adopt a specialized diet to gain some kind of benefit like weight management or to combat a particular health issue. We will discuss the Paleo, Macrobiotic, Gluten Free and K...

Hey guys! Welcome to another edition of Caribbean Fit. I was recently asked by one of my followers to do a post on peppers and the nutritional value that they possess within our diets. So today we're going to bring that spice of the Caribbean, because its all about peppers!!!!! 🔥 In most Caribbean islands many kinds of peppers are incorporated into our dishes. From the mild flavour of the sweet pepper to the intense heat of the Moruga Scorpion Pepper, we love the spice that peppers bring into our stews, sauces and cook ups, but do peppers bring any value besides heat and flavour? Pepper Sauce Moruga Scorpion Pepper Guyana Pepper Pot *Photos courtesy google images Peppers are fruits which bear from the Capsicum species of plants and contain a oily chemical called Capsaicin embedded in its veins and seeds that causes that sensation of heat which you either love or love to hate. By the way, in case you were wondering, I'm in the love category 😊😊. Peppers are lo...