mineralsMinerals are essential micronutrients for the body to function properly. These minerals must be incorporated through food. Among them, according to their property.

The minerals are obtained through food and according to their composition and characteristics are part of the acid-base balance in the body. Each has his own composition, which may also vary according to the role.

It is important to note that in this case is being reported about the minerals that are consumed through food. Read more…

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best natural antioxidants

Nature is wise and through its food has given us everything we need, to a remedy to combat agingThe antioxidants in various fruits and vegetables helps us to prevent the effects of age and heart disease among other wonders.

Antioxidants act to fight with the body to eliminate free radicals, which are all internal and external agents that are toxic to health and accelerate aging. These range from those contained in the snuff or alcohol, as well as what we receive from the environment such as air pollution. Read more…

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childhood obesity increasesThere are now three times more obese children 15 years ago. The consequences of this development can be very disturbing, but solutions exist: the trick is to change habits.

The real cause of this epidemic (which can have very negative consequences in the future) is basically a change of habits. And especially with regard to nutrition and physical inactivity. Children, largely through the influence of parents, leaving the consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes and fish, for fast food, “sweets and pastries. With respect to sedentary, traditional physical activities are changing the television and video games. Read more…

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Soft drinks with fructose and fat caloric intakeAccording to research by Spanish scientists, soft drinks sweetened with fructose, common in our diet, have a greater effect on obesity that due to the calories they contain. Excessive intake of fructose can cause a metabolic disorder with leptin resistance included, which represents a notable tendency to gain weight.

Sugars can occur in two varieties: monosaccharides (such as fructose or glucose), which are basic units of sugar, or disaccharides, such as white sugar, which is the union of two monosaccharides. Although they have the same amount of calories metabolized by the body differently. Read more…

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the low-calorie diet is not temporaryA new study confirms and gives reasons for what many already felt: standard low-calorie diets (those that are followed during a certain time) will not work. They found that in response to the diet, the body releases cortisol, which causes stress and abdominal fat, which would justify to recover the previous weight. Changes in diet and physical activity should be forever.

Research conducted at the University of California (USA), whose results were published in “Psychosomatic Medicine”, done on the effects of traditional diets (temporarily subjected to caloric restriction, usually strict.) has reached some interesting conclusions. Read more…

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