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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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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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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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Essential nutrients

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Nutrients are essential, we tend to forget. We pay much attention to what we are supposed to avoid when we eat (especially outside) that should make us reflect on the need to compose our menus at different nutritional levels.

Of course, we are all supposed to avoid overeating, too much salt foods, putting too much butter and cheese sauces on our foods. We are supposed to avoid all this in order not to clog our arteries and keep our waistlines under control. But conversely, what could be our health problems if we do not eat enough something? What should we order more at a restaurant or buy more to the kitchen to get more nutrients?

Essential nutrients

According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the seven most neglected nutrients (international average) are (from most to least deficient deficient): potassium, fiber, vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin C.

Take calcium for example (which may, with vitamin D, boost weight loss). Currently, 9 out of 10 girls do not consume enough calcium. This lack of calcium affects significantly the likelihood of developing bone fractures and osteoporosis later in life.

List the 3 nutrients consumed in priority:

1) Potassium
Potassium regulates blood pressure. To address the lack of potassium, eat the following foods: citrus, melons, bananas, lima beans, potatoes, spinach, etc.
Suggestion menu: spinach or the Tuscan spinach salad with orange slices.

2) Dietary Fiber
Fiber helps digestion, lower cholesterol, reduce the risk of cancer and provide satiety. To address the deficiency in dietary fiber, eat the following foods: oatmeal, brown rice, cereals, beans, fruits, vegetables, etc.
Suggested menu: sushi with brown rice, accompanied by cucumber salad.

3) Vitamin E
Vitamin E supports the immune system, healthy skin and acts as an antioxidant to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. To fill the deficiency in vitamin E, eat the following foods: vegetable oils, avocados, nuts, etc.
Suggested menu: sliced avocado sandwich with mayo low fat.

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Avoid senility with the Mediterranean Diet

Monday, April 5th, 2010

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Keeping healthy diet is the key to excellent memory and avoid the risk of disease dementia (senility). Mediterranean diet full of fresh materials and low-fat foods was mentioned very useful to prevent senility. The experts believe, the combination of nutrients contained in fish, nuts, and vegetables, commonly consumed by Mediterranean peoples can maintain the function of brain cells.

known to those who often eat a salad, beans, fish, fruit and vegetables, and rarely consume a diet high in fat and red meat, is the respondents who were free of dementia.

The researchers speculate that the combination of nutrients contained in a varied diet is extremely important. Mediterranean diet rich in contents note-3 and omega 6, vitamin E and folic acid and vitamin B12.

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Want More Morale? Eating Spinach

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

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If you ever feel tired and sleepy after eating, maybe there is something wrong with your menu is. So it is no longer interfere with your productivity, choose foods that release energy slowly, thus providing the energy to live a day longer.

food intake is very important, especially when you often feel exhausted due to stress and hectic lifestyle. Repeated fatigue will become a chronic disease and makes you vulnerable if not immediately addressed. One of the ingredients that you can choose to fight fatigue is spinach.

Spinach is rich in essential nutrients to fight fatigue and help the body’s energy at its peak. Spinach is a food that most content rich in iron, magnesium, and potassium. It also represents the main source of B vitamins that improve energy. (more…)

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