Archive for the ‘Healthy foods’ Category
The probiotic product “Actimel”
June 2nd, 2011 | 
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Actimelis well-known brand products in probiotics, which has been consolidating as a leader in the market thanks to the properties of their products. These foods probiotics contribute to improving our nutrition favoring the increase in the intestinal flora and contributing therefore, to an improvement of our intestinal activity.
The products Actimel highlighted by helping the defense mechanisms of the agency, action in which involved the eca L. Casei Defenses. These agencies are naturally present in our intestinal walls, and the products Actimel increase its quantity favoring the absorption of micronutrients.
With the consumption of these products we manage to improve the immune response to threats that may harm, and even some doctors recommend during diarrhea for our agency will absorb nutrients more effectively. It is more, it is recommended its consumption continued to prevent them. Read the rest of this entry »
Why we need to keep bringing healthy snack
In addition to the keys to your house, the wallet and the cellular phone, there is something else that should not be lacking in your backpack, bag or portfolio when sales of home: the snack laptop. I am speaking of those foods you wear daily in your backpack when you go to school, work or a walk, which are essential in every manual of good food.
Why are so important? First, because they give us the energy that we need to continue with our activities when we are outside the home. In addition, because they help us to calm the hunger during the day, avoiding that at lunch and dinner. Read the rest of this entry »
Myths and Facts about food.
When we talk about food there are many myths and facts that arise, secure all we have heard once that is good take at least a glass of wine per day, that the chocolate will help us to be in good humor and the list may continue and continue.
It is time to talk about what is true and what is only a myth that we generates prohibitions and obstacles that we ourselves, without evidence indicating that things are really well.
*A classic “eat before going to bed is a crime”. The reality is that many of us finished the day very late and we have no choice but to dine late in the night. A study of the New York University indicates that the time at which do you last food is not really important.
The key is in what is what you eat before you go to bed. Those who consume fritters and sweet insurance to gain weight, but according to the investigation, who consume vegetables or fruit before going to sleep do not earn kilos and feed correctly. Read the rest of this entry »
The risk of large consumers of meat II.
The carcinogens that cause the disease were formed during processing high-temperature cooking, according to researchers.
Nobody is saying that people should completely avoid the bacon or hamburgers, but the evidence tells us that the reduction of these foods may reduce the risk to die of cancer and other diseases, because the meat is an important source of saturated fat, which has been associated with breast cancer and colorectal, said Ed. Yong of Cancer Research UK.
In addition, the decline of the intake of meat has been linked to a reduction in risk factors for heart disease, such as the reduction of the blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
The last study adds to a growing body of research that unites the red meat and processed joined the high consumption with a greater risk to health. Read the rest of this entry »
The risk of large consumers of meat.
Scientists have produced new evidence as regards the consumption of lot of red meat and processed, is harmful to health.
Found in large consumers of meat a risk manifested itself in death by on all causes during a period of 10 years, in contrast, increased intake of white meat was associated with a slight reduction in the risk of death during the same period.
Study of the U.S. , which appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine, were based on more than 500,000 people.
Determining the need of a significant reduction in the total intake of meat, said Dr. Barry Popkin, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The researchers of the U.S, in the National Cancer Institute, in which are those whose diet containing the largest share of red meat or processed in general, had a greater risk of death and specifically, an increased risk of cancer and heart disease on those who ate less.
Most of the people, who eat meat, eat around 160g of red meat or processed by day, or about 6 oz fillet. Read the rest of this entry »