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Black tea is the variety most used in the West and the more aromatic. It also has many benefits which we will see in this article: So what are the main properties of black tea?

Black tea improves dilation and contraction of blood vessels, helping to maintain proper tissue or endothelium that lines the inside of blood vessels, which experts say can help reduce the risk of heart attacks. This is also beneficial for those who are prone to blood vessel dilation.

Facilitates the oxidation of cholesterol is not “good” and makes the formation of plaques that are responsible for many strokes. Fluorine and its contribution has collaborated in the prevention of dental caries.

Externally, black tea is very useful for those people suffering from conjunctivitis or eye strain, which is applied by a dip or as an eyewash. It is also widely used by women to reduce bags under the eyes, known as circles, using black tea as a cold compress.

Its protein content helps relieve fatigue and can relieve headache or headache when it is due to fatigue.

Despite its benefits, should also take precautions when consuming the black tea:

Because of its high protein content, black tea is not recommended apra children, very nervous people or those suffering from insomnia or have trouble sleeping.

It is also not recommended for those suffering from ulcers or gastritis because it can activate the production of gastric juices.

Mate is an infusion set with leaves of yerba mate, mainly plant native to Paraguay, Uruguay and Paraná. To make the infusion was cut, dried and ground leaves of yerba mate, and prepares like any other tea, but has a bitter taste because it contains tannins. It can be sweetened with sugar or honey, or taken without anything else.

To drink mate there is a special vessel to contain the infusion, it is usually taken in any container or a glass, this container also has a particular way, or even a drinking gourds.

From the Guarani when they buried the remains of their loved ones, so far is infusion very taken, especially in America, although this tradition also reached Europe?

Mate is a tonic and cleanser, has diuretic properties and is good for the study and greater concentration. It is a good anti-anxiety and gives more endurance to the physical or mental, as well as supporting a better state of mind of the people who consume it. Moreover, good knowledge of their cholesterol-lowering properties.

It contains vitamins B1, B2, C, A, sodium, potassium and more components to good health.

The yerba mate is not only a tradition originating in the Guarani and a simple drink that is taken for its tradition, but also has good health. That’s why every day more consuming this drink anywhere in the world like any other tea.

There are many everyday consumer products that produce less absorption of vitamins to ingest them or eliminating them. Good or bad habits, it is useful to consider these reductions because most people are consuming at least one of these products.

Snuff
Consumption of snuff causes an impoverishment of the body in beta-carotene and vitamin C, and produce other problems and diseases of snuff consumption. Smoking a pack of 20 cigarettes per day doubles the daily requirement of vitamin C. There are several problems caused by the consumption of snuff, and those related to food, nutrition and oral health are explained in our health section.

Alcohol
This results in lack of B group vitamins and vitamin C. Alcohol has several effects on food, some positive and some negative, it is important to know. Read the rest of this entry »

Feeding your children. Healthy nutrition from infancy to adolescence
Obesity and overweight are epidemic and characters. It is a disease with serious consequences in adulthood that begins in childhood: 26% of children and youth of our country are overweight and almost 14% are obese. But even more disturbing is the trend exhibited by this sickness.

There are many reasons that led to this situation. First, our country has undergone great changes in recent decades that have impacted greatly on the type of food. Traditional diets have been replaced with diets with higher energy density, which means more fat and more sugar added to food, coupled with a decrease in consumption of fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. In addition, these dietary changes combined with lifestyles that reflect a reduction in physical activity at school and during leisure time. Read the rest of this entry »