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Myths and Facts about Proteins in Sport

Monday, August 30th, 2010

drinking milkThey have always wrongly associated the excessive protein intake and growth of muscle mass. That is, our muscles grow thanks to a generous intake of foods rich in protein.

But contrary to what is assumed, the extra protein is not who managed to increase muscle mass, but it is who gets the exercise, the exercise of strength and endurance, such as lifting weights in the fitness room.

But what is the best diet for an athlete? What is the balance?

The diet of an athlete must have a normal protein quantity and adequate but not excessive, since proteins are necessary to build and repair muscle and other bodily functions such as producing hormones and red blood cells, among others.

But any excess protein is used by our metabolism for energy when carbohydrates are scarce, or stored as glycogen or fat.

It is very important to note that diets rich in protein and low in carbohydrates are not recommended for athletes because they provide little energy for intense training. So bodybuilders need to carbohydrates in the diet for a demanding training program. (more…)

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Plant-Based Food: Vegetables and Grains

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

vegetables and grainsVEGETABLES

Although people usually call vegetables lettuce, carrots, celery and beets, the truth is that vegetables are all the garden vegetables or vegetables and are classified as:

* Leaves: as spinach, chard, kale or cabbage.
* For salads: as radishes, watercress, lettuce, chicory, endive, which are generally eaten raw.
* The stems and buds: as fennel, asparagus, celery or artichokes.
* From bulbs: as onions, garlic, scallions, leeks.
* In root and tuber as carrots, beets and potatoes among other

Vegetables occupy a position of real need and importance within the diet and home cooking, bring the sun calories, sugars and minerals from the earth, and vitamins. The ideal is to eat very fresh, with a bright color, with healthy tissue and consistent. (more…)

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Plant-Based Food: Legumes

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

legumesLegumes are all fruit or seed that grows within a pod, like beans and other grains. There are some chefs who believe for example that the banana is also a vegetable because it is a fruit that is within a sheath, or the peanut is a legume and not a nut or seed.

Vegetables or grains were long forgotten in the kitchen because of its property to cause flatulence, definitely were banished from tables and elegant palace of Europe for this.

Legumes became an important part of the daily diet, when America rediscovered regional dishes, simple and nutritious taste that simple and the property to satisfy the hunger of the people, went on to become irreplaceable in the kitchen ingredients home.

In America in colonial times were almost forced a plate, for ease of cultivation, the abundance and that paid in the kitchen. (more…)

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Healthy Living – Benefits of Daily Physical Activity

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

healthy livingMen

Adult men should check their weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Those over 50 should be checked to detect possible prostate cancer. Doing so in a timely manner can be a big difference in your quality of later life.

As women, it is important that men make regular visits to the doctor, as this will detect any abnormality and prevent in advance any major illness.

The importance of maintaining an active lifestyle

For a better quality of life and stay healthy longer is important to physical activity, which in short time not only allow you to feel better but it will reduce the risk of disease.

Experts recommend practicing a physical activity for at least three times a week for 60 minutes or, at least 30 minutes daily.

What to do?

Get up early, walk around, try not to use elevators and incorporate exercise into your daily routine. Physical activity need not be very hard to improve health. After 4-12 weeks of regular activity, you will notice the difference, just start. (more…)

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The Montignac Diet Tips

Monday, August 16th, 2010

montignac dietThis is one of the diets that celebrities often have the discipline, and they obviously were not born with these bodies to resort to methods like this: The Montignac method, which focuses on the right combination of foods.

Each food contains up to five nutrients (proteins, fats, sugars, starches and acids), and the combination of these nutrients directly affects your digestion causing more or less light and that the substances are more or less used by the body.

The Montignac method is a balanced diet and not as restrictive quantitatively.

It is based essentially on a choice of foods within each category:

  • Carbohydrates
  • Lpidos
  • Protein

This choice is made taking into account the nutritional value (ie the physical-chemical) of each food and its potential to generate induce metabolic reactions taking weight, diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors.

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The Mediterranean Diet Tips

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

mediterranean dietWe are convinced that the Mediterranean diet is a meal plan complete and tasty, with which one should not rely on dieting to maintain weight.

But the key to the success of this balanced diet is to organize the meals, the quality and quantity of each intake. This prompts us to see what the food pyramid Mediterranean diet.

Daily food consumption:

From 1 to 3 servings of each food up, you can choose from fruit, vegetables of all kinds, bread, cereal, polenta, potatoes, olive oil and wine (1 glass per day).

Weekly food consumption:

From 2 to 4 servings of each food up, you can choose from a variety of vegetables (four servings per week), nuts, game birds (maximum two weekly servings), fish (at least 3 servings) and eggs (3 per week .)

Food occasional use:

From 2 to 3 servings per month maximum for each meal, you can choose between ice cream, confectionery industry, sweets, desserts and meat (two servings per month). You are moderate portions, not whole meals, is just to please the palate.

As you see in the Mediterranean diet no junk food, which is replaced by quality and tasty food.

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Healthy Eating – Healthy Weight Loss II

Monday, August 9th, 2010

healthy diet• Drink plenty of fluids. This is to consume 2-3 liters of water per day to facilitate bodily functions and generate satiety.

We recommend the use of safe water, but we can also eat broths and soups, low-calorie juices, teas, jellies and diet sodas Last Light, which should not be abused by their content of preservatives.

• Eat more slowly and chew food, it better prepares food for further digestion in addition to causing satiety.

It should be noted that the stomach sends signals of satiety to the brain after 20 minutes of starting to feed. In this way if I eat more slowly, finally eat less quantity.

• Reduce portion sizes. It is not necessary to exclude all calorie foods that we like, if not enable us to know these foods in small quantities sporadically.

• Make meals always sitting at the table, this is a better way to monitor and be aware of what we consume. It is also helpful to keep a log of the foods we eat, ie write down all the foods that we do in the day.

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Healthy Eating – Healthy Weight Loss I

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

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Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today, although it is an old saying may be useful to apply it to healthy weight reduction.

Do not make the mistake of trying again to lose weight when you start coming spring and the first heats. Thus we are urged time and then turned to magic diets lacking many nutrients, fasting and strenuous exercise, so dear to achieve thinness.

But this is how we will improve our health and quality of life?

Here are some tips to reduce weight and keep it off:

• Set short term goals we want to achieve with the monitoring of the diet, eg down three kilos in a month, reaching a certain dress size, etc.. Keep in mind that we did in the past, identifying which factors affected the performance of our goals and take advantage of those mistakes not to re-commit.

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Overweight is Nightmare for Everybody

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

obesity

One of the nightmares of the twenty-first century is being overweight. There is nothing new that many overweight people eat more and sedentary consume calories and burn a few. This results in increased body fat, which in turn means increased weight.

But this equation is by no means absolute. Act also variables such as the pattern with the foods you eat and the types of food you eat.

This is important because obesity is not just a cosmetic problem. Also overweight people of all ages are more prone to disorders in their heart, liver, kidney and bile ducts, as well as problems with high blood pressure and hernias, among many other disorders.

And here go back and highlight one of the phrases in the preceding paragraph “overweight people of all ages”, since the rate of obesity continues to grow throughout the Western world, children and adolescents are the exception.

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The Symptoms for Allergy Sufferers

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

allergy sufferers

What are the symptoms that allergy sufferers?

The pollen allergy rhinitis seasonal produce. Symptoms vary from patient to patient but, generally, are characterized by sneezing a lot and have congestion, itching or fluid in the nose. His eyes may also have itching, burning, swelling or be watery. Other signs are itchy throat and cough. You can also have their ears plugged or diminish the sense of taste or smell. Sudden changes in temperature, smoke snuff and environmental pollution can worsen this allergy.

Some people have more severe symptoms as they are, in addition to the above, headaches, irritability, insomnia, sneezing and watery eyes. Sometimes you notice shortness of breath and wheezing with breathing.

Symptoms of food allergy: urticaria, eczema, swelling of lips, hands, feet, shock, and atopic dermatitis. The most common symptoms in children are diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting.

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