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The consumption of phytoestrogens, natural substances of plant origin, through diet or in preparations playing a major role for its beneficial effects on health, particularly that of women.

Advances in nutrition have been generated in recent years a flurry of terms in which their names are as complex as beneficial consumption. These include phytoestrogens, natural plant compounds with multiple positive effects on the menopause, because of its potential protective effect in this cycle of women in preventing hormone-dependent cancers, especially breast-and even coronary heart disease. Of the several types of phytoestrogens that can be found in nature, the most studied, no doubt, are isoflavones, which are abundant in soybeans and products. Read the rest of this entry »

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Due to the natural body changes during pregnancy (especially in the stomach and other digestive organs, which is invaded by the uterus), it is possible to be any kind of intolerance in relation to food in other circumstances were accepted easily .

1) They usually cause discomfort foods and strong spices of all kinds, fried foods, sausages, smoked or salted fish and elaborate cakes.

2) Reduce the consumption of all foods of third category or no nutritional value, devitalized, demineralized and desvitaminizados.

3) A proper diet is necessary to prevent or reduce the consumption of substances that essentially contain caffeine, which excite and stimulate the body, without feeding. When the mother drinks coffee, the caffeine level in the blood of the embryo reaches immediately the same as that of the mother but the mother while caffeine is eliminated over time, in the embryo the removal process is much more slow. Caffeine ingested through coffee, tea, cocoa and cola. Taken in quantities interferes with the growth and development of the fetus, causing low birth weight and increasing the risk of spontaneous abortions, and also to inhibit iron absorption by the body.

4) Should also avoid all canned foods or complex preparation, because the more elaborate a meal, more is depleted of nutrients while increasing their calorie content. Read the rest of this entry »

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Assess the energy needs that the body needs every day is a matter that each person must be present so that the forces will not abandon us during the day. Therefore, from this health blog reviewed and we make a list of the top energy food.

Are those foods that if we include in our daily diet we will see increases our strength to endure physically every day.

Thus, there are foods that can not be missed because they are an important source of energy. In this regard include nuts. Getting used to take them every day will help you have more energy. Specifically, in nuts, walnuts stand as a power food par excellence. The nuts contain vitamins E and B, and also consist of essential fatty acids omega 3 and 6. They are also a good food to protect the body from cardiovascular diseases.

On the other hand, among the highlights best energy foods pasta. One of the foods consumed by athletes and their base are the carbohydrates that the body absorbs them slowly to provide all the energy they have. They are also low in fat. Read the rest of this entry »

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An investigation is ongoing and promoted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation attempts to establish what type of exercise, combined with what kind of diet, and taking into account the individual’s genetic makeup, is the ideal combination to combat obesity. From the results we all benefit ..

We should not insist on the broad, unfortunately well-grounded, health authorities and experts about the rise of overweight and obesity in developed countries. In Spain, for example, 38.5% of those over 20 years are overweight or obese. This is having, and have more in the future, a serious impact on quality of life for broad segments of the population. Read the rest of this entry »

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You drink three to five cups of coffee every day, you can reduce the risk of dementia by 65 percent. This emerged in a survey done by the University of Kuopio in Finland, in cooperation with the National Public Health Institute and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between coffee and risk of dementia. Until now, caffeine-term effect on the central nervous system was unknown.

Prolonged study
1409 people participated in the survey. They specified how much coffee they drank in 1972, 1977, 1982 or 1987, depending on when the participants were middle-aged (average 50 years). They were divided into three groups based on their consumption of coffee:

- Small coffee: 0-2 cups per day Read the rest of this entry »

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Do not fall into the mistake of thinking that to lose weight is to stop eating! To lose weight is essential to eat, but not in any way, but in a healthy way, trying to eat everything in the right amounts and making five meals a day.

If you can not eat between meals, morning or mid afternoon snack, here you can take different light snacks between meals to lose weight by eating:

* The cereal snacks are another option to make cereal, but look to be healthy to prove it really reads the nutrition facts label because some snacks on the market there are more chocolate, and that if it is not a healthy snack. Today there are cereal snacks low in fat, but still check the ingredients. Read the rest of this entry »

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The plum detox diet is indicated for those who have been exceeded after eating and drinking, they need to cleanse your body.

The plum detox diet is a cleansing diet to help you feel better, deflate your abdomen and also enables you to lose weight about 1 kilo.

Detox Diet plums must be made in three days (no more than this time) and who decided it should be in good health.

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• As with any other diet should first consult with your doctor. Read the rest of this entry »

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Exercise Helps to Supplement the Diet and Weight Loss of

To maintain the line, choose a diet and by exercise. It is best to opt for both at once, as they are complementary, both to lose weight to improve health.

Dieting to reduce weight is the most effective measure, no doubt. Even an expert in physical exercise, acknowledges that 70% of physical fitness comes from food and the remaining 30% is due to exercise, so that the ideal is to combine exercise with diet.

The main problem is the lack of consistency. The gym can be tough and boring, and therefore the concept of fitness is changing to become increasingly a place of leisure, rather than of effort and suffering. “A kind of social club,” said Angel Santos.

To this end, many gyms are introducing new exercises, more entertaining and interactive. For example, the “Spinning” is music for aerobic exercise bike, and in it the music changes depending on the training. No more listening to our dull and exhausting only gasp or the sound of the pedals. The “Fitball” are balls of colors and large size, and an ideal instrument to liven up the exercises.

Anything goes, then, to combat boredom during the year. And if we do not like gyms, maybe we can save the bus and make the journey to work on foot, walking through the forest, regularly practicing a sport and a thousand other possibilities to complement and strengthen our diet, improving the way, our state health.

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