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Archive for March, 2011

The Olive Oil comes from the olives, which is the fruit of the olive tree. Has monounsaturated fats, which are compounds antioxidants beneficial health; in addition, has a significant amount of polyphenols that also benefits, such as increased cholesterol ‘good’ (HDL or high-density), decrease in the triglycerides and markers of oxidative stress (which is one of the major risk factors for the atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases).
It is assumed that the olive oil is one of the fat more healthy, but despite the fact that this is true, can be harmful if consume in our diet, too much of the types of oil incorrect. The correct balance of fats and types correct oils are essential for optimal health. What you know you can do damage, especially if you act thinking that it is true, when in reality it is not. In fact, there is a relationship in the health indicators, after having consumed fat, both olive oil as junk food.
We must always include a healthy portion of fruits and vegetables in our daily diet, and seek lower fat. And when buy Olive Oil, or any other type of oil, it is always best buy only those who are “first pressed in cold”, which are the resulting from the pressing direct of the oil through mechanically and physical and a temperature-controlled. Read the rest of this entry »

The salads group of meals healthier. All healthy diet replaces fittings of French fries by a dish of salad. Eat a rich salad you brings many fiber and vitamins and very few calories. But it is clear that sometimes the spices too, or chose ingredients with many calories, and not remains as healthy as appear.
Let us not deceive ourselves! A salad is a healthy food if and when the shape with the appropriate food. Do you want a salad as healthy as possible? The next time you prepares a salad Follow these tips for preparing a salad healthier.
Add fresh fruit instead of dried fruits. Many salads have cranberries or dried grapes between their ingredients. If instead chose fresh fruit, you will have more input of fibers and less than sugar.
Uses oil and vinegar instead of creamy dressings. The latter tend to have more saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium. In contrast, olive oil, for example, is healthier. If you want is a healthy salad. Choose raw nuts instead of salted nuts or sweetened. The salad with walnuts is well known, but seeks stay with the option healthier for you. While the nuts are a source of fats “healthy” troop many calories.
Adds lean protein. Opts for chicken, beans, tuna or cooked eggs instead of fried meats. They are good sources of lean protein. Have fewer calories. Read the rest of this entry »

The frangula abounds mainly in the rain forests and mountains low in Europe, with its crust, once harvested and dried, the most widely used in Fitoterapia.
For ensuring their properties, must be kept at least a year to disappear antronas free, which are present in the fresh plant and the cause of irritations.
But, after a year, these substances disappear, so that the crust can be used.
Its therapeutic virtues are known from around the 16th century, when they were discovered their properties colagogas (that is, to facilitate the secretion of bile).
The aforementioned bark contains glucofrangulinas that help increase the hydration of the depositions, stimulating the bowel movement (peristaltismo), thereby exercising a laxative effect certainly stimulant.
It should not be used in children, and it must take into account the treatment in people must not exceed 10 days, and may be used but only in cases of occasional constipation.

Yet it costs enough to science finally determine the role that genetics occupies in the obesity. In this study of Plymouth’S Peninsula Medical School results play more in favor of culture, in abeyance the incidence genetics. We are going to the facts.
With a view to determine the influence of obese parents were in relation to the weight of their children, researchers from the institution decided to hold a follow-up to 226 families to observe the influences that parents exercised on their children.
The results were revealing and extremely curious. In the families was a unique phenomenon, in which male children with father obese tended to develop obesity, going the same with daughters with mothers who are obese?
This relationship determines that the condition obese parents exert greater influence of the believed for the children. However, the researchers involved in the study determined that the relationship is not a matter of genetics, but rather that it is a cultural phenomenon. The children could be influenced by their parents, going the same in the female.
Therefore, if you really want to care for the health of your children in terms of obesity, take of both sexes of your children, but keep in mind this data to know who presentable more attention.