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Against colesterolLa granola Granola is a food that comes in the ’70s as a different and healthy sweet alternative to offer especially to children. Currently, its use is extended to children with high cholesterol values, even those with normal levels of blood lipids. The granola is considered a healthy sweet and low in cholesterol, which can be enjoyed by children and not so young.

The granola is a food eating began in the early ’70s, as a sweet healthy and low in cholesterol as well, joining in the feeding of children and adults.

The granola is a mixture of different cereals and dried fruit or dried

* Oats.
* Wheat germ.
* Nuts.
* Raisins.
* Dates.
* Honey or molasses.

Ideal food for children with high cholesterol

what nutrients provide the granola?

* Complex carbohydrates, fiber.
* Proteins: albumin, essential amino acids.
* Fats: They provide a high percentage of omegas 3.
* Vitamins: A, E, B1, B2, B12, C.
* Minerals: Iron, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc..

Importantly, this nutritional information may vary according to the foods that make up the granola.

The granola is considered a healthy sweet and low in cholesterol, because it provides different benefits to consider:

* Helps to reduce LDL cholesterol, thanks to their contribution of omega 3 and omega 6, as well as by their content of fiber and natural antioxidants.
* Promotes physical and intellectual development of children.
* Improved muscle mass in adolescents and young adults.
* Controls weight of children in a healthy and without sacrifice.
* Facilitates intestinal motility.

Include granola to a child’s diet and because of all the family, brings many benefits, being a healthy sweet and low in cholesterol. Keep in mind that if you wish, you can make granola at home in a simple and economical.

If your child has high cholesterol, you need to find strategies that will help your food is not boring and tedious. Unleash your imagination and create fun and healthy dishes.

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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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 eating  fruits or the benefit from eating vegetables.

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 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.

While 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.