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Calcium

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Calcium constitutes 2% of body weight, distributed mainly between the bones and teeth hard tissues, so it is vital for training and good health of them. Also involved in blood clotting and muscle function, and is vital for nerve transmission.

Deficiency Softening and weak bones, fractures, osteoporosis and muscle weakness.

PLEASE NOTE: The most important time to do something about it is during childhood, a diet rich in calcium is the first step in optimal development. The body needs the sun to synthesize vitamin D, absolutely essential to absorb calcium, so in addition to a healthy diet is necessary to take the sun and fresh air. Menopause, pregnancy and lactation are also moments of special care by the need extra calcium required by the body. Read the rest of this entry »

There are other elements (silicon, boron, vanadium, tin, arsenic and nickel) of those not precisely known biological function, if they have it, or deficiency diseases in humans, although they can sometimes cause experimentally animals.

This causes suspected to play a role in our body (the silicon in bone development, the boron in calcium metabolism). Some sellers of “nutritional supplements” try to believe that other elements such as lithium, germanium, gold, etc, are essential for health, and must be obtained by buying their products, and natural foods do not contain. That is simply a fraud. Do we need mineral supplements? Most minerals are distributed widely across all types of food, so that any diet that includes an aberrant is not enough most of them. Read the rest of this entry »

Nutrients usually bought at the Pharmacy and really do not know which nutrients we need, where we can find, the dose required and their characteristics.

Besides carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur that are part of the organic molecules, our organism needs other elements (or as structural components or their catalytic capabilities as part of the active sites of enzymes).

Minerals and description

Calcium
It is the most abundant mineral in the body, since it is a fundamental component of bone. Also involved in nerve transmission and is part of the structure of several enzymes Phosphorus is an essential component, along with calcium, the structure of bones and teeth. Part of many organic substances essential in many metabolic pathways especially those involved in the acquisition and transmission of energy. Also in that maintain and transmit the genetic message. Read the rest of this entry »

The World Health Organization has given the maximum value that soy can have a food protein, because of its high nutritional benefit, similar to that of meat, eggs, milk and fish, plus it contains no cholesterol. Know this food, one of the most complete in existence.

Its origin is China, was used in Japan for over 2000 years and was brought to the West since the early twentieth century. This ancient nutrient comprises 38% protein, which in turn comprise all amino acids needed by humans, ie so-called essential (histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine ), which can only be acquired through food.

Soybeans, the production is very cheap, is a food rich in vitamins, especially B complex: vitamin B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin) plus folic acid and minerals like calcium, iron and phosphorus. Read the rest of this entry »

Some foods that are part of our diet can interfere with the effects of the medications we take to improve our health, so it is recommended not to mix at least for a while, what are they?

Side effects (that cause certain types of alterations to the body) of certain drugs may be due to our own body, as there are factors that influence it so. For example, the process of digesting food in the body can interfere positively or negatively on the use of the drug in the body, as there are some medicines that are deemed better in the presence of food in the digestive tract, also there are others that require an empty stomach to perform adequately.

High percentage, when the drugs taken on an empty stomach may cause some gastric problems such as abdominal pain, nausea and cramping, but this also depends on the patient’s nutritional status, sex, age and dose of drug. Read the rest of this entry »

The Mayo Clinic diet is just one of the diets that offers rapid weight loss, something we all look at the approach of good weather.
On what basis is the Mayo Clinic Diet

The basis of the diet in May is a low-calorie menu where the most important are proteins. The main idea is not to take any kind of fat for the body to consume that has accumulated and thus produce weight loss.
Who can the Mayo Clinic diet?

This diet can carry out all the people who have good health when they are to implement it.
Must refrain from pregnant women, children and people with liver problems, kidney or cholesterol.
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The diet of the points has the virtue of being very flexible in the foods you can take and that makes it more balanced than other diets fast.
What is the diet of the points?

The diet of the points is based on a set of values, or “points” given to each food based on their calorie and carbohydrate level, trying not to spend a specific amount of points a day.

Usually the recommended average is equivalent to between 17-19 points per day (equivalent to about 1,400 calories) spread over five meals. But you can do a specific table according to size, weight and lifestyle. With what you eat everything while not exceeding the number of points corresponding day.
The diet of the points and the average dimension Read the rest of this entry »

A study in Chile has shown that cereal manufacturers have made changes to the presentation of their products, but not the content of its grain.

According to the Organisation of Consumers and Users (Odecu) of 50 brands tested, only two grains in the Chilean market are healthy blood sugar levels, fat and salt.

The study found things like that 46% of the contents of a box of Froot Loops Kellogg’s is sugar. On the other hand, the highest amount of salt corresponds to Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, which has 1,100 mg of sodium (salt) per 100 grams of the product. This is equivalent to three grams salt. One gram more than the recommended dose in adults by the World Health Organization (WHO). Read the rest of this entry »

Constipation or constipation is a disorder that is associated with infrequent bowel movement, in many cases the act of defecation can be painful and / or complicated. People with constipation or constipation usually evacuated at least three times a week.

Take the following measures to regulate your bowel transit so you can relieve and prevent constipation or constipation:

* Increase consumption of foods high in fiber (fruits and vegetables).
Consume plenty of water * (to avoid alcohol or caffeine).
* Make exercise (20-30 minutes each day). Walk a little every day.

This article is a continuation of, free radicals, “enemies of our health? represents the program that governs our lives, leading to uncontrolled cell, and the development of diseases such as cancer, or the deterioration of the arteries, cardiovascular disease, which produces the oxidation of cholesterol that is responsible for keeping them in good condition, when in equilibrium the HDL and LDL, or good and bad respectively.

How to stop the action of these cellular balance thieves?, Through food, the so-called antioxidants, which function to provide the missing electron to balance them, preventing oxidation and premature aging and the appearance of really serious diseases mentioned above.

Among them are the vitamins and minerals, today are sold complex synthetic antioxidants, but len nature are in abundance, where our food is varied. Read the rest of this entry »