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Bust stress eat healthy

tress is caused by external pressures such as work or family responsibilities and internal influences of our biological make up.

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The condition creates negatively affect eating lead to other health complications. It initiates the release of stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol), an increase in blood sugar, a rise in blood pressure as well as

Glytime Foods promotes ‘lifestyle medicine’ to prevent and treat disease by treating the cause of the problems rather than the symptoms. This includes a whole-food, plant predominant eating physical activity as well as restorative sleep. Stress management, avoidance of risky substances and positive social connection are primary modalities. These are delivered by certified clinicians trained to prevent, treat and often reverse

In today’s high stress response remains on full alert and the body chances of recovery. A balanced and healthy

Physiological Changes

Start the day with a balanced diet and avoid sugary cereals, pastries and excessive caffeine. During the day, do

Aim to have small regular meals to maintain mood and energy levels and to reduce irritability and fatigue, but avoid high calorie snacks. Whole natural foods, dark green leafy vegetables and fruit are highly recommended.

When stressed, the body demands more protein. You get the nutrient from lean meat, white meat, eggs, beans, lentils nuts and seeds. Protein decelerates the release of sugar into the bloodstream.

Keep away from highly refined foods and those with sugar additives and refrain from excessive alcohol intake.

Do not be drawn into emotional and stress-eating. Stress diverts blood flow away from the digestive system causing bloating, gas and general discomfort as well as weight gain.

Glytime Foods aims to increase health consciousness and wellness by offering a range of innovative formulations. These are namely cereal (granola), health snacks (roasted split nuts and roasted corn) as well as the selection of vegan burgers, sausages and balls. The company also packages pure honey and desiccated coconut and mixed raisins baking aids.

If you are feeling stressed and anxious it is best to seek advice from a health professional.

Address: 12 Coventry Road, Workington, Harare

Contact Numbers: +263 242 662 406/399/ +263 776 178 128

E-mail: sales@glytimefoods.com

Website: glytimefoods.com

Confectionery connoisseurs can now enjoy a fresh experience at The Bakehouse which has extended its market presence to the recently opened Madokero Mall. The Madokero branch opened its doors to the public on 22 December 2022 and since then the business has performed reasonably well. The Bakehouse first opened at Kamfinsa Shopping Centre in Greendale.

The Bakery focuses on walk in customers and has a range of products tailor made to cater for the daily needs of its clientele.

“We also bake to orders any special request that our customers may put forward,” adds The Bakehouse general manager Farai Tsuro.

The Bakehouse makes a fantastic range of products among these are the High Fibre seed bread, yummy pastries and cakes all made from distinctive recipes that will always leave customers yearning for more.

“The Bakehouse has always prided itself in coming up with unique recipes for products that are developed from scratch mixes to avoid the monotony of premixes. There is always special attention to detail to ensure that the qualitative aspects of products are met with a special emphasis on freshness,” Farai stresses.

The Bakehouse product range

Breads & Rolls

Standard 700gram brown bread

Standard 700gram white bread

High Fibre Seed Bread

Wholemeal Rolls

Hamburger Rolls.

Hot dog rolls

Dinner Rolls

Sweet buns

Confectionery

Swiss Rolls chocolate and vanilla

Chelsea buns

Doughnuts

Chocolate éclairs

Ginger bread.

Fruit Madeira

Plain Madeira

Choc chip cookies.

Ginger biscuits.

Jumbo muffins

Muffins

Cup cakes

Croissants

Cakes

Black forest 8 inch cake

Vanilla cake 8 inch

Carrot cake

Chocolate cake

Birthday cakes

Cake slices-vanilla, chocolate, red velvet

Pastries

Steak Pie

Steak and onion pie

Steak and Kidney pie

Steak and onion pie

Pepper steak pie

Beef samoosas

Chicken pie

Chicken and mushroom pie

Chicken peri-peri pie

For those who want extra convenience by ordering from home, the Bakery does deliveries within a 10 kilometre radius.

These may stretch further as The Bakehouse already undertakes deliveries concentrated in the Harare CBD, Borrowdale and Avondale as well as Mabelreign.

Westgate, Hillside and Greendale plus Msasa are other locales that the eatery makes deliveries to. These areas can be covered from the Kamfinsa Branch as well. The patisserie also caters for events and functions for the provision of eats.

Despite The Bakehouse having only two branches the distribution network for products such as pastries, tortilla wraps and bread grissini covers almost the entire nation. These products are distributed via retail chain stores. However, the cake, confectionery lines and pies are excluded from this particular distribution network.

Because you deserve something delicious, healthy breads or just a bite on the go, stroll on over to The Bakehouse in Madokero Mall, they will definitely bake your day.

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