July 24th, 2009, Friday, 12:49
Apple is the best known fruit in the world and that not only thanks to the biblical reputation.
Apple is a tasty fruit, which hosts many vitamins that give you tone whenever you need.
Why we need apples
In the world, there are over 7500 species of apples. He was the first time in Kazakhstan, but those who have officially recognized the merits were the English saying “an apple a day keeps away the doctor.”
Apples give you the perfect dose of energy and can substitute dangerous snack for figure. When you get hungry between meals, or just when the appetite for a snack, apple is the perfect alternative to chips or crackers you often crunch, but not the healthiest choice for our body.
The benefits of apples
• reduce the risk of colon cancer, the prostate or lungs
• can combat heart disease by keeping cholesterol under control
• is ideal in the food belt of losing weight
• contain sugars in proportion of 10% but fat are virtually non-existent
• is an important source vitamin C, B6, potassium, phosphorus and fiber.
Apples in the kitchen
Some varieties of apples are hyperacidity, and hard tolerance by stomach, so it is recommended to balance consumption. If you have stomach problems, you should not miss the delicious apples - you can serve it in cakes, baked, or in jams and compotes.
In diets
In many diets is recommend that apple to serve as snack between meals. Contains very few calories and is virtually harmless to figure. By with a pretty severe diet, which had three days to eat only fruit apples – you can chose apples. Namely about 2 kg of apples per day. But is not recommend this diet - the drastic diets regimes are a sure road to anemia and the effects, although spectacular, are not for too long.
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July 15th, 2009, Wednesday, 14:02
You decided to spend your holiday at sea and relax on the beach, along with friends. Would you like to fully enjoy the holidays with no problems on head and with no restrictions, either to protect the silhouette?
The first way to say “step” temptation dishes, full of sugar and fat, is only to prepare in advance for some food for beach. This should include, besides breakfast (morning), and a number of dishes, if you will get hungry.
Here’s what could include:
Fruits and vegetables for vitamins
Firstly and more importantly - of various reasons: they are cool, have a rich content of water and vitamins, you do not create digestive problems (except in special cases) have fewer calories and zero cholesterol.
Apricots, peaches, nectarines, bananas, apples, cherries, watermelon - all you can find easy, sometimes even at kiosks near the beach. But carefully: it must be fresh and kept in optimum conditions, otherwise they lose nutritional value.
Vitamins that contain fruits mentioned help maintain vitality during vacation, especially if you want to practice a sport on the beach such as volleyball.
Milk, for calcium
An excellence source of calcium - which maintain bone health system - and vitamin D, milk products are delicious on the beach, if it’s cold. Choose skimmed milk, easy and healthier.
Natural drinks for hydration
The beach is paradise of beverages - whether it is beer, juice or sour cocktails. In truth, are delicious, you get cool when it’s hot and you have a maximum delight. But this type of hydration - in fact, an essential process during summer - not the healthiest.
Proteins and carbohydrates for energy
Undoubtedly, meat, eggs and bread are successful elections, that we should not miss. Each of these foods can be transformed into a product full of fat - the secret is to choose the way in which to prepare.
Sweets
If you are addicted to sweets then you could not imagine a holiday without it. Besides taste divine, sweets keep you young soul, reminding you of childhood. Don’t exclude them from the nutrition, wherever you are, even on the beach.
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July 10th, 2009, Friday, 09:05
Do not lose any crumb of our nutritional tips and discover the benefits found in bread, the basic human food nutrition.
To keep in shape, a bit of bread is required at every meal! Bread: nutritional consideration that lets you control the weight.
Bread contains complex carbohydrates, protein and fiber. Complex carbohydrates are the main source of energy for metabolism and to brain function and for central nervous system.
The bread composition gives us satieties to avoid crunching between meals.
Bread: a favorable effect on transit
25% of the populations suffer from constipation. It can be improved by increasing the consumption of soluble fiber and insoluble. Any bread is a source of fiber, both types. Obviously, the best bread is the integral, which contains insoluble fiber.
Bread contribute to energy intake
Athletes know how important is to eat bread when you make an intense effort. Bread contains about 50% starches, so a significant proportion of complex carbohydrates. Food on the integral wheat is recommended to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and colon cancer.
Bread: brain ally and cognitive functions
Even if the brain represents only 2% of body weight, it uses about 20% of total energy. The brain not only stores energy to have autonomy of 10 minutes. Therefore, brain performances are less good on empty stomach. Memory is also correlated with glycolic: bread for breakfast is very important for children.
Bread: all lies in the flour
Integral bread, made from several grains, is the best. Its dense aspect is showing signs of glycolic low.
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July 3rd, 2009, Friday, 08:00
Fibers accelerate loss kilograms in plus, but with one condition: to know how to consume! Here are some secrets of fibers to help you lose weight!
Which fiber helps you? Only natural fibers, present in fruits and vegetables, fresh or dried, in whole cereals, can help you keep your figure. Foods rich in fiber such as milk, are very valuable for the figure.
The same is true for tablets with cereal seeds: they act more on transit and constipation, than on the figure.
You must eat fiber at every meal to lose weight? To optimize the effect of fiber on the body, is preferable to consume at every meal. But through food diversifier you will diversify and the nature of fibers. In practice, this is how to join:
• Breakfast: a fruit, bread or whole oatmeal;
• Dinner: vegetable or fruit or dried vegetables or pasta or rice.
• Desert fruit (pie apples).
• Fiber: quantities ideal for losing weigh
Ideal would be to consume:
• Vegetables: at least 200 g at breakfast and dinner (raw, cooked or canned).
• Fruits: 1-4 daily, depending on hunger and appetite.
• Cereals: necessarily integral.
Why fibers strike hunger?
Several mechanisms explain that a diet rich in fiber limited calorific intake:
• Sources of fiber, like fruits and vegetables, are among the foods poorer in calories.
• Fibers require an effort to masticate. Eat more slowly, less so.
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June 30th, 2009, Tuesday, 08:00
One sweetened beverage per day and will be consequences for figure and heart!
A lot of sweetened drinks!
Carbonated drinks or flat, there is a wide variety of sweet drinks. First, fortified with carbon dioxide, including varieties of cola and lemonades, but and tonics, energy drinks and those based on fruit and / or tea.
Sweetened flat drinks go from fruit syrups to preparations based on milk or tea.
Destructive for figure
A glass on day does not hurt! So say a lot, and actually … hurts! A recent American study has shown it’s much harder to get down liquid calories than the solid obtained from food. So it’s no joke if you take care about the figure!
Harmful to the heart
More worrying, is that another study showed that regular consumption of sweetened beverages increases the risk of coronary disease. A woman who drinks at least 2 glasses per day is with 1.3 times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than a person who does not consume.
Alternative to sweet drink
In short, in terms of appealing taste, juices will hurt our figure. To keep your figure and health, consume only sugar-free drinks. Virtually all brands were developed “light” versions of the originals. Or, even better, adopt healthy through excellent, drink water!
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