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Benefits of fish oil

June 23rd, 2009, Tuesday, 08:00

Fish oil, an essential component of any healthy diet. Sound to you familiar? No, of course, because the consumption of fish oil in its various forms of presentation is extremely low in our nutrition, although the benefits it brings is undeniable.

Rich in unsaturated fatty acids, fish oil can be categorized as the most natural remedy that we can use in battle against a large number of diseases. Due to very high purity, fish oil can be taken successfully even by children of very small ages, after diversification of food.

But besides well known vitamins, fish oil also contains significant amounts of fatty acids Omega-3. It is reliable aid in the development of brain and central nervous system and in protecting with success of the heart and circulatory diseases.

Thanks to the important contribution in developing brain and retina, it is recommended to future mummy to take on the whole pregnancy period supplements containing fish oil, because they help in the long term to improve cognitive function of children.

Human body contains fatty acids Omega-3 about 60% in brain lipids, in the retina and in all cell membranes. But he cannot produce the quantity required for daily operation of the standard parameters, thus supplementing the daily ration helps to fight successfully against the disease.

Addition of fatty acids Omega-3 improves attention, vitality, resistance to stress and sustained effort over time and lead to significant slowdown of nerve cell damage. Therefore, is a reliable support even for persons in age. When you start a diet or you just decided to eat healthy, don’t forget about this precious source of health, the fish oil!

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What is wrong with orange juice?

June 16th, 2009, Tuesday, 08:00

What can be better and healthier than a glass of orange juice at breakfast? It seems as though the drink from trade, which says “100% Natural”, is not as natural as you think - the manufacturing process that fruit passes through various processes, from heat to conservation in order to wait about a year to be consumed.

What should consumers be surprised to know about orange juice?

Great orange juice producers of pasteurized juice (which is not derived from concentrate) keep the juice in aseptic huge reservoirs to ensure reserves for a year. Juice stored in this way should be deprived of oxygen, a process known as de-aeration, to not rust the tanks.

When the juice is devoid of oxygen, is also devoid of chemicals that give it flavor - if you try juice from the tanks, would taste like water with sugar. Thus, the producers hire companies to manufacture perfumes flavors to be added that “with sugar water”; to make it have the taste of orange juice.

How are we misleade by label?

A good example would be “drained of fresh oranges”. Even if the oranges would be fresh when they were crushed, which is not true, however not much difference in the moment that the juice is injected with any artificial substance to offer the “natural” flavor.

Best alternative?

You can buy orange juice produced by supermarket sites and bottled them at place. Are more expensive than mass produced, and they are diluted with water but still natural. The healthy alternative is to buy fresh oranges from market and prepare it at home.

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