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Now in the autumn the fruits that nature offers us are great and necessary for our body, perfect season to take care of ourselves and give a vital boost, therefore, nuts and dates are the fruits of this season.
Perfect if you’re on a diet, nuts are a great dessert in moderation, as fulfilling and not load the diet with more carbohydrates. On the other hand, to fill the appetite, the brain must receive an order from the stomach and that only happens with certain foods, like nuts.
Also, do not forget that power, especially if you feel very tired, hazelnuts will provide magnesium, the brain needs to keep working.
Chestnuts are dietary and protective, a star of autumn fruit, which has the magic to stir memories, because when we took them in hand in a bag on a cold evening, smoke the roast, evokes childhood.
They are ideal for inclusion in the diet as a barrier against cancer by vitamin C and its low in calories, so if you’re dieting you can afford to eat a small bag. Nor is saturated and is a substitute in lowering bad cholesterol. Hypertensive patients may benefit from its properties, as it is rich in potassium and low in sodium, so does diuretic.
On the other hand, hazelnuts have a big effect on stress, this nut gives us vitamin E which are antioxidants and thus help us offset some of the negative effects that occur in the body as a result of stress.
The dates for its wealth of vitamins B, transforms food into energy, muscle and brain, making it particularly suitable to take it whenever we need to be active for the duration of a long workday.
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We talked about what cholesterol can have on our health, when their values are high, so it never hurts to occasional dietary recommendations, as a balanced diet, low in fat, accompanied by physical activity leads to significantly reduce these high values, so harmful to a healthy life.
To reduce cholesterol should eliminate the consumption of certain foods:
Meat and sausage: Always remember that the cuts of meat or pork must be lean, meaning that need not have visible fat, it is preferable to eat chicken, turkey, rabbit, hare or partridge that are less fatty, provided Be careful when removing the skin. From black pudding sausages is the less fat you have.
Organ meats and seafood, shellfish high in cholesterol have therefore should moderate their consumption, as well as kidney, liver, brain and sweetbreads.
Limit egg consumption to three a week, but not delete it from your diet because it is a food very rich and full, you can eat without problems and its clear that the highest concentration is in the yolk fat thereof.
The type cheeses provolone or fontina Sardinian should be consumed in moderation, it is preferable to low-fat cheese or white.
Precooked, prepared or ready to heat, it is better to cook it yourself at home.
Usually the nutrients that provide fresh, raw foods assist the prevention of aging, but many other products obtained from the sea, some plants such as olive oil, and many vegetables and grains for their great nutritional virtues have effects positive for our health.
Marine products provide high quality protein, omega 3 fatty acids, minerals and are great for keeping the body healthy, elderly arrival.
Yogurt, detoxify the intestines and helps to neutralize excess hydrochloric acid in the stomach, thus preventing its consumers of developing gastric ulcers.
Broccoli is a food that belongs to the cruciferous family, is rich in beta carotene, fiber, phosphorus, iron, potassium, and low in calories, provides some protection on some types of cancer.
Oats, is of all cereal grains, one of the most valuable because it provides generous amounts of protein, complex carbohydrates, B vitamins, potassium, magnesium, and fiber, on the other hand oat bran is excellent to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
Olive oil is more than important and should not be excluded from the diet, and monounsaturated acids with valuable, working with our body by lowering levels of cholesterol, keeping arteries free of atherosclerotic plaque formation, also has high amounts of vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant and prevents degenerative diseases and premature aging of cells.
Maintain proper nutrition and healthy can easily get to 80. Do not hesitate to consult your trusted doctor.
The European Food Safety recently confirmed that it is safe to consume the sweetener aspartame. Two new studies of this organization have shown that maintaining an adequate amount in the body, without excess (about 40 mg per kilo of your body weight), aspartame does not cause cancer or other health complications.
The sweetener aspartame is consumed by many people in the world, as it is included in most diet soda in tabletop sweeteners, cakes, pastries, gum … It is odorless and comes in powder, and also many sweet flavors intensify own food, so many people have become their preferred choice to replace sugar. Nor cause caries when consumed.
However, this product fell into disrepute and the controversy a few years ago, when several scientific reports appeared suggesting that aspartame was harmful to health. In 2006, the Italian scientist Morando Soffritti revived the controversy over this sweetener, is an experiment conducted at the University of Bologna, Italy. For 8 years, presented Soffritti aspartame on 1800 rats. The experiment concluded that aspartame caused cancer effects in rodents.
The sweetener aspartame, above suspicion
Since then, the big brands use aspartame products, such as the European Food Safety, have sought to show that this sweetener is harmless to our body, provided it is consumed responsibly and without excess. It seems that finally they have succeeded, finding no evidence of damage to health by Aspartame.