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Sodium

ROLE Sodium, together with potassium, regulates the fluid balance. Digestive process contributes to maintaining a proper osmotic pressure. Finally, by acting within cells, participates in the conduction of nerve impulses.

Deficiency is rare, but if there appears to dehydration, dizziness and low blood pressure. Sodium losses may be due to diarrhea, vomiting and excessive sweating.

PLEASE NOTE: The use of diuretics to lose weight, sauna and vigorous exercise in hot weather leads to fluid loss is not compensated by the simple ingestion of water, it can actually be harmful, and we need to take fluids enriched with sodium. Read the rest of this entry »

Potassium

Potassium power FUNCTION kidney activity helping to eliminate toxins. Essential for the storage of carbohydrates and their subsequent conversion into energy. Helps maintain a proper heart rate and blood pressure normal. It is an essential mineral for the transmission of all nerve impulses.

DEFICIENCY muscle weakness, fatigue, dizziness and confusion. Most diets contain enough potassium, but those who consume large amounts of coffee, alcohol or salty foods can reach a certain deficiency of potassium.

PLEASE NOTE: Potassium and sodium are closely linked to participate both in the control and level of body water level.

FOOD SOURCES green leafy vegetables, fruit and potatoes in general.  Read the rest of this entry »

Iron

Feature is the hemoglobin molecule component of red blood cells and hemoglobin is essential for transporting oxygen to the body. Although we require a small amount of this metal is essential that consumanos not suffer from anemia, beans and legumes lentajas are rich in iron.

Deficiency Anemia, fatigue, depression, palpitations and low resistance to infection.

PLEASE NOTE: Men and women have very different needs of iron. The woman, from the onset of menstruation to menopause, you need twice as much iron in the diet than men.

FOOD SOURCES Liver, lean meat, sardines, egg yolk, green leafy vegetables, dates, dried figs and fortified cereals. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

To maintain for long periods a hypocaloric diet, it should be varied, balanced, friendly and tailored to individual conditions. Before discussing the different types of diet, we need to examine the nutritional recommendations that should be considered in developing a diet for obese patients:
Carbohydrates:Should be 100 g minimum to preserve proteins, prevent ketosis and to avoid large fluctuations in weight due to changes in water balance.
Protein:0.8 g / kg / day plus 1.75 g of high biological value protein per 100 kcal of caloric deficit proposed. They are necessary for the maintenance of lean body mass.
Fats:Fewer than 30% of total caloric distribution of 10% saturates, 10% polyunsaturated and 10% monounsaturated.
Alcohol:Shortly consumption or permanently delete it. Provides 7 kcal / g.
Vitamins, minerals and electrolytes
According to dietary recommendations of the U.S. National Research Council, are considered necessary only supplements in diets with less than 1,000 kcal. The usual vitamin complexes do not provide electrolytes and minerals.

Fiber:The input fiber is useful because it increases satiety and may prevent constipation, frequent low-calorie diets, also recognizes its beneficial effect on the metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids. It is difficult, however, to obtain the recommended amount of fiber, 20-30 g / day or 25 g/1000 kcal / d, making it necessary to use supplements such as bran, oat bran or other.

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Malnutrition is a preventable condition that is by providing nutritious foods to baby consisting of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals in the amount of balance, health can be monitored diligently bring health care center to be weighed weight.
Malnutrition prevention efforts can be made
a. Directly
Direct prevention efforts may be improving the nutrition and immunization services, especially for the vulnerable poor nutrition
b. Indirectly.
Indirect handling guarantee food security include the household level, expand employment opportunities. Build and develop small businesses for a small population to increase people’s income.
c. By way of weaning
Weaning is the habit gradually so that the baby can eat adult food. Not a few families who do not understand nutrition baby and not able to prepare food that good nutritional value. The first age of weaning is 4 – 6 months, babies are ready to accept the food is not liquid because the teeth are growing and the stomach can digest starch. We have a baby needs is not enough just through breast milk alone.

d. Handling of cases of malnutrition followed by providing additional nutritious food free of charge to toddler-toddler poor families.

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