‘Nutrients’

Importance of Eating Salad with Dinner

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Importance of Eating Salad with Dinner

Importance of eating salad at dinner Anyone who has done a diet or at least have heard of nutrition advice, you should know it’s always recommended to eat salads at night, sometimes alone and others served with chicken, meat or fish. And even if you really like the idea of repeating this dish every night, here are several reasons why it is very beneficial to eat some green leaves at the end of the day.

Tell us what your favorite salad?

To begin the salads are perfect when you want to lose weight because a good portion going to add many calories, especially before going to sleep which is when the body more slowly assimilated all that has been in the last hours. Of course, to really be dietary, it should be dressed lightly and not carry cheeses that are high in fat.

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The Rainbow of Health

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Eat fruits and vegetables, is one of the phrases cleaning business looking a little guilty eating habits inviting much healthier, but you know what are the benefits of eatingĀ  fruits or the benefit from eating vegetables.

The Rainbow of Health

Here is a list of colors and the advantages it offers eat that rainbow of health:

The green: These foods are good to protect against cancer because they are high in phytochemicals such as isothiocyanates. Contains two excellent antioxidants like lutein and zeaxanthin. Artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, green beans, are among the essential green foods. The avocado and within the kiwi fruit also come into this world that flourish more.

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Honey: Healthy Sweetener Option

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Honey is a product made by bees from the nectar base of plants and a mixture of water and two simple sugars glucose and fructose. The more fructose syrup has the lighter color will be.

 HoneyWhile honey does not make a lot of nutrients, beyond the simple carbohydrates, is considered a healthy sweetener option that refined white sugar.

Another benefit of honey on sugar is that it provides fewer calories per 100 grams of product value is 288 calories, while sugar contains 394 calories for the same amount.

The flavor of honey can change depending on the type of bees that produce and flowers have been used. One of the most soft and tasty is the acacias.

A honey also have been attributed, from ancient civilizations, several healing properties: among which are antiseptic, tonic, calming, diuretic and laxative. Even today, this natural sweetener retains its reputation as a remedy for respiratory diseases, especially to loosen and reduce phlegm.

Finally you share a trick with honey than you have in mind when you feel your sore throat or trouble: Try to mix a drink with two teaspoons of honey and the juice of half a lemon mixed in a glass of hot water, you will see that softens.

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