The vast range of different types of food we have in the advanced societies can be both a threat to our health (we offer tasty but unhealthy foods) as an opportunity, if we know and want to choose well. And if they also become habit is good choice, we’ll be won.
There are a number of small decisions made every day in the field of food that make this food is healthy or not. And we mean not only a qualitative level, but also the quantities. The result may, if these decisions are inappropriate, overweight or obese, while heavily involved in genetic predisposition. Read more…
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Alginate, a fiber in an alga, it can prevent the absorption of up to 75% of the fats you eat with it. Its incorporation into foods such as bread, crackers or yogurt could be a major breakthrough in the fight against obesity. It is now being tested.
The finding, by a team of researchers at the University of Newcastle (UK) co-directed by Iain Brownlee, has been presented at the Spring Symposium of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco. It focuses on the alginate, a fiber in a brown seaweed, kelp. Read more…
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Calcium intake, either as foods high in it or in pill form, could serve to lose weight, according to some studies. But others deny this so strict, so we will wait for further research. In the meantime, and if not hurt us, it would not hurt, according to our doctor, we changed the menu a bit and look more sympathetic to the dairy and its derivatives.
A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) has conducted a systematic review of human studies and concluded that “increasing calcium intake in the diet can increase fat excretion in feces and may play a role relevant in the treatment of obesity and the prevention of increased body fat. ” The result of this research has been published in Obesity Reviews. ” Read more…
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