Nutrition and Diet – Page 4

The truth about carbohydrates

April 18, 2015September 24, 2013 by admin

Surely you’ve heard a lot about carbohydrates. Well, in the next article we tell you the truth and clarify all your doubts.

In recent decades has been installing a kind of phobia of carbohydrates. They have been called the forbidden diets and enemy number one if what you want is to lose weight. But, what’s true in all this?

The reality is that carbohydrates are not the villains. Eating foods rich in carbohydrates is not synonymous with fat, so you can quietly enjoy a plate of pasta, rice, potatoes and bread. Carbohydrates are needed in our daily diet, as they give us enough energy to function during the day.

Proteins, sugars and fats: Base of our nutrition

April 18, 2015September 2, 2013 by admin

All foods in a balanced diet, are formed by basic nutrients: protein, sugars and fats, they are responsible to provide nutritional balance to our body. As we all know, the engine of our health is the stomach, due to bad habits produced by modern life, it costs us to maintain a good standard of living: eating fast food or eating unhealthy or abusive.

Meat, fish and vegetables are among the foods that contain protein (there are animal and vegetable proteins), milk, eggs and sausage are those containing fats, fruits, grains and starches are those that have more content in sugars or carbohydrates carbon.

Effective Diet Plan for Busy People to Get Rid of Extra Body Weight

April 18, 2015December 1, 2012 by admin

Do you want to lose weight? Looking for a workout routine, but quite busy with hectic schedule? If you are one of them, then you should think about your diet plan on a serious note. Following a restrictive diet plan is not enough for you. Your diet plan requires taking specific food for each meal. Here you can discover some guidelines, which can be of enormous benefit to people who have a busy schedule but still worried about their physical fitness.

Considering your needs, there are different inexpensive choices available in market. Such as you can have an easy to follow pre packaged or pre-made meals with low calories. Some food delivery companies offer such plans to lose weight with diet programs and also deliver it at your door step for providing you a convenience. These types of foods have been prepared to suit your requirements, they do not require any refrigeration or cooking and you can easily prepare them in a microwave. Most of the offices have microwaves for their employees. You can take benefit of these pre-cooked meals and can easily track your diet plan.

Dukan Diet – How it Function

April 26, 2015October 22, 2012 by admin

The number one rationale the majority of people are unsuccessful with dieting is due to a lack of consistency. But, do not fret… this isn’t your fault on your own! You could possibly believe that an absence of consistency concerns you and you simply on your own, but, it a lot more so concerns the kind of program you go on in addition.

In the following paragraphs here, we will present you tips on how to find the ideal variety of diet program software that may not only operate incredibly effectively for finding you amazing weight loss benefits, nevertheless it will even enable it to be pretty basic for yourself to remain reliable with also! Carry on reading through to understand extra…

Nutritional advise to control cholesterol levels and diabetes

September 4, 2016June 11, 2012 by admin

Diet plays an important role in prevention against high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) and diabetes (hyperglycemia). Discover what foods you should include and avoid controlling your cholesterol level and blood sugar:

1. Regime, the first step:
The plan is the first step towards the treatment of hypercholesterolemia; never take medical treatment before trying the diet for at least six months.

In addition, in the case of diabetes, we find that the low blood sugar level rises by eating fatty foods, sugar… which brings us to say that there is a relationship between eating and the rate of blood glucose and cholesterol, the evidence is that most people who suffer from overweight are reaching cholesterol and diabetes.

Food is key for people with HIV

April 26, 2015May 22, 2012 by admin

Food in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is very important.

As a metabolic disease is not common to associate HIV with food, but a proper diet is very important because it helps slow the symptoms generated by this ailment.

It should take into account several concepts to take care of the patient nutritionally and health giving a strict diet with specific foods.

Bluefish and benefits of consuming

April 26, 2015May 10, 2012 by admin

Oily fish and the benefits of consuming it have been revealed after investigations concerning nutritional issues where this food is recommended as part of the weekly menu.

All fish have varied nutritional properties and therefore should be part of within the considered balanced and healthy diet.

Furthermore, fish consumption, and kind of oily fish, significantly improves the symptoms of certain diseases contributing also to prevent the occurrence of others among the cardiovascular diseases, but always alternating fish consumption with other foods that provide animal and vegetable proteins.

Reasons why you should eat watermelon

April 26, 2015April 25, 2012 by admin

The warm weather arrives and with it come back on the market fruits and vegetables that are healthy and not to be missed in the daily diet. One is the watermelon. But why are you eating?

The answer is simple. The watermelon is a fruit which is characterized by nutrition as well as by presenting a number of high water; approximately 93% is water, giving rise to be advisable to be consumed in slimming diets by its low calories: approximately 20 per 100 grams. It is also very satiating.

But also has carbohydrates, fiber, potassium necessary for the nervous system and muscle activity, magnesium, folic acid and beta carotene. And a big plus is that it contains lycopene, a pigment that gives you that pink tone and has excellent antioxidant properties.

Vitamin D, a good ally!

September 22, 2024March 31, 2012 by admin

It’s no secret the importance of vitamins and nutrients in our diet, and without them our health is compromised. But it is clear that each group offers different contributions, discover all they have for you vitamin D.

The summer day brings more relaxed, warm and lots of outdoor options, but also opens a window to improve our health and it is precisely thanks to sun that our skin is able to produce vitamin D, essential to keep our bones strong and improve the appearance of teeth.

But this is not its only function; it is also closely linked with calcium absorption as it increases making them inseparable companions. Our body is also benefit to including it in the diet to increase the absorption of phosphorus.

Evening primrose oil: Vitamin E and premenstrual syndrome

January 27, 2018February 24, 2012 by admin

Today I remember a fatty acid that give very useful in Orthomolecular Nutrition and helps improve PMS. The evening primrose, associated with vitamin E.

The Evening Primrose is a plant whose qualities have been so little known eighties. But research conducted in the early eighties showed that evening primrose oil has some interesting medicinal properties.

The oil extracted from the seeds of evening primrose is very rich in essential fatty acids among which linoleic acid essential for the stability of the membranes of cells throughout the body, for neural development, to balance the hormonal system and the regulation of blood coagulation among other functions.