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Healthy Living With Pattern Vegetarian Diet

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Healthy dietVegetarian diets

The vegetarian diet is to consume plant foods while avoiding animal products. However, some vegetarians also eat eggs, cheese and fish.

Vegetarian diets can provide all the nutrients you need at any age, as well as some additional benefits to health. Vegetarian diets often has lower rates of total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol than a diet of meat, in addition to providing more fiber, magnesium, potassium, folic acid and antioxidants like vitamins C and E. The vegetarian diet can reduce blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels and help maintain a healthier weight, while reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes, factors that reduce the risk of heart disease and of cerebral vascular accident (stroke). (more…)

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Food and Cancer

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Food and CancerAlthough the existence of a link between excess food and different diseases is accepted, it is difficult to establish a direct relationship between diet and cancer, for lack of scientific evidence unstoppable.

Food is one of the main factors implicated in the onset of cancer for the following reasons:

- Supply current is too high in fat and calories and low in fruits and vegetables. Obesity causes food decrease dietary fiber are involved in the development of gastrointestinal cancer.

- Alcohol is one of the most important factors of cancer, as shown cancer rates in areas heavy consumption of spirits, as the region of Calvados. Alcohol is particularly implicated in cancers of the throat and esophagus.

- Hot drinks like tea (especially in Asian regions), are a risk factor.

- The meats are barbecued at the root of many carcinogens, like nitrosamines.

- Dyes and food additives, now well controlled, have long been a source of concern carcinogens. (more…)

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Diet – Fruit season: autumn zoom

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Diet with FruitThe autumn season has just begun, bringing with it new fruits and vegetables, which will call your diet. At this time of year, grocery stores and markets are beginning to see the best fall market.

While some early potatoes are available regardless of season of the year, some of them are waiting and rendezvous with our taste buds only during certain seasons.

Discovery Health has compiled a list of the best fruits fall to the health food with using FoodFit founded by Ellen Haas. Not only these 15 fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals essential to the body, but most are easy to store and prepare.

Apples fall from trees during moisd’automne. They can be gathered with family, or be purchased at the market. Apples are an excellent source of vitamin C and carctérisent by their high content of fiber (pectin). The apple will keep for six weeks with refrigeration or a free week. Easy to cut, they can be eaten plain or with fresh cheeses, in salads or vegetable dishes, added to meat dishes, or baked as a dessert.

Oranges provide an important input in vitamin C and fiber. In the case of traditional oranges, mandarins, clementines, they usually last a week or maybe two to three weeks in the refrigerator. The oranges are a refreshing snack, and also fit well in many salads.

Banana is available all year in most parts of the country, but fall is a particularly good season for this fruit. Full of vitamin B-6, fiber, potassium and vitamin C, it is a consistent result that can be incorporated into any diet. The color of the banana is a matter of taste, some love them less ripe and green, while others prefer darker and thus more mature. If your bananas have become brown, you can still enjoy performing with them in breads or cakes. (more…)

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Diet For a Good Digestion

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Diet For a Good DigestionThe diet for good digestion is a type of consumption-based dietary fibers that accelerate and facilitate the functions of the digestive system disorders and avoiding the discomfort of digestive difficulties.

In addition, fiber intake with this diet is based tends to give the feeling of satiety allowing less hungry to get the next meal. But most important of this diet is that it also facilitates the evacuation and thus, those who have difficulty using the toilet can go lighter on this diet.

For this diet is quite effective, it is very useful to combine this diet with daily consumption of at least two liters of water.

Procedure:

For breakfast:

* 1 orange into segments
* 1 egg mixed with potato peel
* 1 tortilla
* 1 coffee or 1 tea

For lunch at mid-morning:

* Vegetable juice
* 5 prunes

To eat:

* 1 lentil soup
* Average or 1 chicken breast fillet of fish baked or grilled
* Nopales salad
* 2 guavas in syrup

Snack:

* 1 packet fiber bars

For dinner:

* 1 cup high fiber cereal
* 1 cup skim milk
* 1 banana

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