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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.

Women who take high doses of vitamin C are at increased risk of developing age-related cataracts, according to a study in Sweden. Among some 24,600 women studied over eight years, who consumed a dose of 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C regularly or occasionally were 25 percent more likely than those who did not use the supplement to cataract were excised.

The risk was even greater in users of extra vitamin C for 10 or older or aged 65 or over, or taking hormone replacement therapy or corticosteroids. But in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the team Alicja Wolk of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, warns that the apparent relationship between vitamin C and risk of cataract excludes vitamin C from fruits and vegetables.

Instead, the study assessed the risk of cataract associated with high doses of vitamin C supplements common in Sweden. According to the authors, the results support previous findings.
59 percent of women 49 to 83 years in good general health reported using a dietary supplement. 5 percent of them said to take only vitamin C and 9 per cent multivitamin with 60 milligrams of vitamin C. Read the rest of this entry »

Fruits are a great option for lowering cholesterol, you have to bear in mind that this is a disease with a high risk and therefore care must be taken.

One of the care to keep in mind is the realization of a checkup on a regular basis. And if you suspect you have high cholesterol or want to start to take care of you should try to avoid alcohol, coffee, cigarettes, eggs, and foods that are fat.

If you go to a doctor and discover that you have cholesterol prohibit the consumption of certain foods or activities should pay attention, so you better start as soon as you take care of you.

I tell you a very good option to achieve good cholesterol reduction is the addition of fruits to ordinary food. This way you’ll see much better able to cope with this disease so complicated. Read the rest of this entry »