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Vitamin Supplements do not Influence the Cancer Prevention
Prevention is the most important to protect the health of the heart, and defend our body from various types of cancer.
People often think that eating lots of vitamins and minerals, taking only supplements are sufficient to save our hearts of the problems associated with cardiovascular disease and especially to protect children from the presence of different forms likely cancer.
A recent study by a research group at the University of Hawaii has followed a group of individuals of approximately 82,000 men and 100,000 women with an average age of 60 years, for a long period of 11 years.
In this study participants were separated into two different groups. The first had a daily intake of multivitamins, while the second has led a life without regular intake of specific supplements.
The long-term research showed that both groups had the same complications and the same physical health.
Even if none of the deaths occurred in this time, was not particularly clear, a clear reference to the use of supplements and multivitamins.
The two groups have therefore presented the same physical conditions and characteristics and pathological conditions, without a clear distinction between those taking supplements and those who had not consumed.
Researchers have argued that vitamin supplements can be useful for a more energetic life, very useful when the body suffers from some shortcomings.
Prevention and heart health, especially, the enemy of the century, that is cancer, it remains the best solution to protect health.
Good habits, healthy living, regular physical exercise are of great help to our hearts.
Eat healthy foods, healthy eaters through improved cooking methods, and choice of steamed food and limit the use of fats, helps keep the body fit.
Eat foods that contain antioxidants and fiber, which are mainly fruits and vegetables are important to fight cellular aging and the accumulation of carcinogens in the body, thus preserving it for serious degenerative disorders such as diabetes and cholesterol.
Food supplements for sport: work or bad?
Proper eating habits usually make all the nutrients needed to properly practice any physical activity, and to cover all the nutritional needs and energy of the athlete or sportsman. In 90% of cases, if the person follows an appropriate diet for the type and frequency of activities carried out, not be using any supplements, especially not to risk needlessly jeopardizing the health products with little or harmful indicated.
Supplements or nutritional supplements for sports are many, some are only composed of minerals, vitamins or other only by amino acids (proteins): energy drinks, herbal extracts, etc… Read the rest of this entry »
Butter or margarine?
The butter should be banished from our tables, to save thousands of people from heart disease. Butter is the major source of saturated fat in our diet, and replace it with margarine or other derivatives could take shelter from cardio circulatory problems and save thousands of lives. It is the opinion of Kolvekar Shyam, a famous surgeon at University College London Hospital in Britain. However, according to nutritionist, Dr. Antonio Pacella, the best fat dressing is still by far the extra virgin olive oil, although you can insert into the small amounts frequently and very occasionally other types of fat, as well as reduce the consumption processed foods that contain these types of fats. The extra virgin olive oil is a natural product into the use of which may have some benefits on the organism.
According to studies credited the extra virgin olive oil has the following therapeutic effects: Read the rest of this entry »
Nutrition vs. Food
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 »
Decalogue for a healthy infant
The basis of good nutrition since we must put the children are younger and start eating with the family. We try to give them the best and that their habits are the healthiest possible, and for that we bring these ten tips for proper feeding of children.
It is a Decalogue developed by the European Council of Information on Nutrition (EUFIC), a nonprofit agency that provides scientific information on food and other nutrition related topics to the media, health professionals and nutrition, educational authorities and the general public. Read the rest of this entry »
Coral Calcium
About Coral Calcium
Coral Calcium is derived from corals of the order Scleractinia. Coral reefs are such an exoskeleton (external skeleton): This mineral structure, consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, is used to structure the settlement.
When a piece of coral off the structure and falls to the bottom of the sea, the organism dies and there remains only the minerals and trace elements of the skeleton. These debris that is ground into fine powder and is sold under the name of coral calcium.
The structure of coral is so similar to the bones of animals and humans as medicine uses it for several decades as the basis for bone reconstruction.
In Japan and India, traditional medicine has long used this substance as a source of calcium. However, advertising exaggerated which is the subject of coral calcium today, the United States in particular, lends properties that calcium does not and has never had.
The multivitamin is right for you
With the amount of supplements out there, choose the most appropriate can be a challenge. Do not think that a product that already satisfy all the needs of your body. Leslie Beck, author of an encyclopedia on feeding, a complex of multiple vitamins and minerals may be all you need it, but many people have specific needs. It is best to consult a dietitian or a physician specializing in nutrition, to personally examine you and design a supplementation program based on your age, gender and lifestyle. Meanwhile, here are some points to consider.
1. Covers all ages
Choose a complex of vitamins and minerals from broad spectrum to provide 100% RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance). The most complete formulas containing up to 29 essential vitamins and minerals. Avoid large doses of any nutrient, unless your doctor prescribed you or your dietitian.
2. Choose a supplement to compensate for all needs
Age, sex and medical history are important factors to consider. But you to go only by what the label says. Compare vitamin and mineral supplement that provides you with your needs. Do not be fooled by preparations that promise to impact not supported by proven results.