‘nutrients’

The food and health

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The Food and HealthFood is the fuel of our body. With good fuel your body works better than low-quality fuel.
Forget the word diet or lose weight, you need to eat well to feel good and be healthy. These are some truths of food:

No need to diet to lose weight. You need to eat less.

Ouch! my heart
If you eat lots of saturated fat can develop heart problems. Saturated fat is one that is solid at room temperature.

The heart also suffers from eating too much salt. Poor heart, treat him well.

Hydrogenated fats like butter and margarine common up the cholesterol that affects the arteries and heart.

The heart and arteries healthy fats needed to balance the not so healthy. These fats are omega-3 fats found in flaxseed and cold-water fish, fats from avocado, olive oil and the like.

Fertility and diet

A diet containing skim milk can affect ovulation in women
A diet high in simple carbohydrates and sugar can lead to fertility problems
According to studies of mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy have children more prone to addiction to this type of food.

Good humor eating well
A diet high in sugar can give a bad temper, irritability, stress, lack of concentration and others.

Disease and food

Many cancers can be prevented with a healthy diet. Among these are the colon, stomach and breast.

Much sugar can cause diabetes

Too much sugar makes us age more quickly and deteriorates our skin.

Food nutrients lacking in low immune system.

Strong Bones

A diet deficient in essential nutrients and calcium can cause osteoporosis.
Sodas tails contribute to the loss of calcium in the body and hence to osteoporosis.

What is healthy food
1 – It is a varied diet, eating the same thing missing some nutrients.
2 – It is a diet that includes all food groups including plants
3 – It is a diet that reduces nutrient-poor foods. Do not necessarily remove them only consumed in moderate amounts.
4 – It is a diet where you can eat everything in moderation.

Tags: , ,
Posted in Health | No Comments »

Vitamins and Minerals during Pregnancy

Monday, December 21st, 2009

pregnancy Vitamins and minerals help your body use the energy provided food for you and your baby. They also help repair and maintain cells and tissues.

You can get the most vitamins and minerals they need through a healthy diet. Since it is difficult to get enough iron, folic acid and calcium from food, many pregnant women take a prenatal vitamin every day.

Folic acid is one of the vitamins contained in most prenatal vitamins. The Institute of Medicine recommends that women consume 600 micrograms of folic acid daily (from supplements and food) once to get pregnant. Most prenatal vitamins contain this amount or up to 1,000 micrograms of folic acid.

What You Can Do
Take your prenatal vitamin every day. Take vitamins as indicated. Read the label and call your healthcare professional.

Do not consume more vitamins and minerals unless your health care professional has recommended it. Taking large amounts of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin A, can be dangerous. Do not take more than 5,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A daily. Also do not take more than 1,000 micrograms (1 milligram) of folic acid without first talking to your healthcare professional.

Eat a diet that includes a wide variety of healthy and nutritious. What are some good options? Fruits, vegetables, breads and pasta, dairy and protein sources of low fat, like low-fat red meat, beans, tofu, poultry and some fish. (See Food Safety A list of fish that pregnant women should not eat).

If you have trouble digesting lactose (the natural sugar in milk), the low-lactose milk products and orange juice fortified with calcium can help you get the calcium you need. (more…)

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Pregnancy, Vitamin and Minerals | 1 Comment »