Health Foods and Multivitamins

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1. Do not skip meals – plan your meals and snacks.
* Believe it or not – eat 3 meals and 2 snacks is the best way to keep your energy levels and healthy weight. You’ll be more likely to overeat or to select foods low in nutrition when you’re too hungry.
* Are you going to eat outside the home? Do not get stranded – carrying food with you or know where you can buy foods that are healthy and satisfying.
2. Learn simple ways to prepare healthy food.
* Think bake, boil, broil, fry and microwave cooking healthy ways of cooking instead of frying your food.
* Try dried herbs (basil, oregano, parsley) and spices (lemon pepper, chili powder, garlic powder) to spice up your meals, instead of adding butter, margarine and gravy.
* Take off the skin and fat from meat, you will continue receiving the nutrition they need and continue to enjoy the rich flavor – and it is healthier for your heart!
3. Sugar is “power void” – avoid eating too much.
* Carbonated beverages and soft drinks are a big source of empty energy. This means they contain a lot of energy that do not need and few vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber. Try diet soda or unsweetened drinks, and water instead of soda and juice. Even unsweetened juices contain a lot of energy that do not need. But do not overdo it – it is OK to take 2 small glasses of regular soda or juice a day.
* The sugar in desserts, cookies and candy. Occasionally you place in your diet to these foods, but be sure to eat nutritious foods by eating sweets.
4. Pay attention to your body and what you eat.
* Eat slowly. Try to relax and eat slowly so that your meals last at least 20 minutes, since that is the time it takes for you to feel full.
* Listen to your body. Come when you’re hungry and stop eating when you are full it will help your body to balance energy needs and has to feel comfortable. Ask yourself: Am I eating because I have hunger, or because I have stressed or bored?
* Try foods that are hot (soups, cooked cereal, cocoa) and foods high in fiber (whole grains, vegetables, beans) to make you feel full.
5. Stay healthy and happy – avoid thinking about diets.
* There are no good foods or bad. All foods that are consumed in moderation can be part of a healthy diet.
* You do not need to buy foods that are fat-free diet. Fat-free foods or dietary supplements are not necessarily low in calories – some of them add sugar to replace the fat!
* YOU are more important than your weight or your body size – Believe! Your health and happiness can be hurt by drastic weight loss plans. If you have not yet reached your adult height, excessive weight loss could interfere with your growth, even if you are overweight. For youth who are growing, it is important to maintain a stable weight as you grow, instead of focusing on weight loss. If you’re overweight and want to make changes in your food intake and your lifestyle, ask your doctor (a) to give you a referral to a nutritionist.

Maintain a healthy diet, with a general trend of healthy cooking, is essential to maintaining good health. Below is a list of healthy foods with a brief description of their properties and how they influence their physical well-being.

Olives: combat constipation and gallstones. The olives are capable of dissolving the gravel and small stones in the gallbladder. The mineral salts battling intestinal fermentation.

Olive oil: Lowers cholesterol and risk of heart disease, lowers bile acids and prevent ulcers. However, it should be borne in mind that pure olive oil in Spain is being adulterated with hazelnut oil and groundnut, as recent complaint to the European Union by the National Association of Edible Oil Packers.

Garlic: It’s ideal for hypertension. Reduce breast cancer and prostate cancer and slows the progression of tumors in people who already have the disease. Facilitates blood supply to the brain, which protects from Alzheimer’s and even Parkinson’s and relieves symptoms of depression and fatigue.

Artichoke: Its use is beneficial for the treatment of liver diseases.

Apricot: Fight obesity and nausea. Apricots agree to people who need treatment at the same time tonic and purifier. The apricot is alkalizing and energy, facilitates cellular regeneration and strengthens the body’s resistance. It is also rich in vitamins A and C.

Sweet Almond: Shape meat healthy and neutralize the acidity in the blood.

Celery: Clean your body of toxins.

Rice: Rich in fiber and vitamins of group B. It stimulates the immune system and helps digestion.

Broccoli: Rich in calcium, vitamin C and fiber. Anticancer properties.

Brown: Food enable intestine and relieves the kidneys.

Khaki: Nutritious and antidiarrheal.

Onion: Expectorant, ideal for the treatment of bronchitis. Anticarcinogenic.

Cherry antacids, combat indigestion, anemia, gout and rheumatism. Besides strengthening the blood, give good color and enhances renal function.

Cherimoya: Very nutritious.

Plum: Stimulates the liver and intestine. It has laxative properties and purification.

Dátil: Increases organic heat and nervous energy. Very nutritious.

Peach: Laxative, diuretic and alkaline.

Raspberry: It soothes the nervous excitement and purifies the blood.

Strawberry: Cooling, diuretic, laxative and solvent of uric acid. The strawberries in addition to its exquisite aroma and taste are antigout properties and worming. Wild species dissolve joint concretions of uric acid. Whoever cultivates strawberries and wish them a taste wild, pine needles that spread around the plant.

Wheat germ: The high selenium content slows the signs of aging.

Sour cherries: blood alkaline.

Nutrition is the set of processes by which humans ingested, absorbed, transformed and used the substances found in food and have to meet four major objectives:

1. Give energy to maintain their functions and activities,

2. Provide material for the formation, growth and repair of body structures for reproduction,

3. To provide the substances needed to regulate metabolic processes, and

4. Reduce the risk of some diseases. Read the rest of this entry »