Media Health Issue

Archive for June, 2011

The offer of vitamin supplements is on the agenda. The question is whether, at the end of accounts, positive or negative for our health. Are you a good choice at the time to improve our nutritional requirements? Or do you on the contrary must avoid its consumption? Once again we are entering the item.
The vitamins are a small group of substances essential for growth and development of our body. Therefore, the need to have of vitamins is indisputable. In addition, many of them may not be created by our body and, therefore, we need to come to our diet.
Some people who consume supplements believe that this is why they need not worry about how they eat. This means neglect important. In addition, many studies have shown that vitamins that are in the supplements do not react in our body in the same way than those who come from the meals. Read the rest of this entry »

The sugar is a source of great calories and therefore, if you want lose weight, one of the first steps that tomes is to reduce its consumption. The problem is that many believe that cut with the cakes, cookies and candies means discard the sugar in your life. This is not so. You must take into account that there are many sources of sugars we eat without realizing. Know what they are.
Yogurt: In general, this is a food that people considered “healthy”. However, unless you choose the natural flavor you will receive a large amount of sugar. Check the label and you will find on average about 20 or 25 grams of sugar in 170 grams.
Salad Dressings: The salads have always been regarded as good options on the time to carry a diet. However, these not only can be loaded with fat but can also be packaged with a coup sugar due to the garnishes that accompany them.
Soft Drinks: Here is where a huge amount of sugar! Studies show that the soft drinks represent up to 33 percent of all added sugars that consume daily. Therefore, if you want decrease the amount of sugar opts for those drinks that are free of it. Read the rest of this entry »

Unlike what many believe, at the time to lose weight not only has to take into account what we eat but also how we do. Of course, one of the keys to not fatten is to reduce the size of the portions in the meals and physical exercise, but we must not forget to eat slowly.
Several times you have to eat slowly are a great help to lose weight. In addition to control what you eat, reduces levels of anxiety and so common sense that want all eat us alive when we have very hungry. And that there is evidence…
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism analyzed two groups of people who took ice cream of identical portions: one did so at full speed, because what eaten in just 5 minutes, while the other group took its time and the ice cream them lasted about 30 minutes. According to experts, the hormones intestinal of the people of this latter group showed a higher level of satiety that those who devoured an ice cream identical in 5 minutes.
Now you know that the strategy of eat slowly, follows the following tips to apply to your everyday life. Read the rest of this entry »

The researchers at the University of Toronto have recently completed a new study on the strawberries and its effect on cholesterol.
The study examined 28 men and women with high cholesterol that took a diet low in cholesterol and gave half of the group three cups of strawberries a day for 30 days and the other half more bread of oat bran.
At the end of the month, the subject that ate the strawberries lowered cholesterol, which also had a reduction of oxidative damage that generates the LDL or bad cholesterol.
“In the excess, LDL (bad) is detrimental to our arteries, but it is even more harmful if it is oxidized, therefore the antioxidants contained in the strawberries help reduce the free radicals that cause oxidation in the body.
This small study was supported by the California Strawberry Commission, although the study clearly contributes to the promotion of the sales of strawberries, but they help these new findings to demonstrate that the strawberries, as well as other antioxidants that are very rich in fruit and berries, represent an important part in a healthy diet and disease prevention. Read the rest of this entry »

The Spirulina is one of hundreds of species of algae, which are commonly known as green algae, blue agencies are tiny often grow on inland waters around the world.
The algae is generally divided into colors, some of the different algae are of blue-green, green, yellow-green, red and brown.
Throughout the world, there are 8,000 species of green algae, of the three main types of algae, the spirulina is easier to digest.
The Spirulina contains chlorophyll and carried out the photosynthesis, unlike many other plants, the spirulina creates proteins and sugars, as well as animals.
The Aztecs of Mexico the consumed as a staple, the dried and prepared in tortillas, Africans in the Sahara region also used dry with grains and vegetables, throughout the world, the spirulina is used as a source of food for the animals and humans.
The Spirulina contains antioxidants that enhance the immune system, in addition to be highly nutritious, because it is an excellent source of protein, chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
For example contains 26 times more calcium than milk, as well as phosphorus, vitamin B12 vitamin meat (cyanocobalamin), iron highly bioavailable, transforming it into ideal for cases of anemia’s ferropenicas.
It is a safe food without side effects and is easy to store, has been called the “Manna of the future,” within the diseases for which is used are; cataracts, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, glaucoma, hepatitis and metabolic imbalances as obesity. Read the rest of this entry »