Dec
11
Importance of a Healthy Diet
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The athletes need more protein to develop better and the minerals to hydrate during the work out. The pregnant woman requires as well some extra folic acid and the teenagers need more quantities of iron vitamin c and calcium than the adults. The reality is with the hectic life there is no time to cook healthy food. That’s why people in this case prefer drink supplements to balance the essential nutrients. Just to cover the lack of others.A great example is the Omega 3 which is found in a natural way in fish, but as all we know the waters are being contaminated sometimes making this species harmful for our health because the metals found in the fish. These metals are toxic for humans. It is recommended to eat fish at least twice per week. If you don’t eat fish you should take a supplement to balance your diet in this important nutrient.
It is true that the supplements gives an extra expense over the natural food in natural way, also it is true that sometimes represents an advantage for those that suffer a deficit in their diet because the life style, overload of work, or those that do not have the time to cook the right food that provides the essential nutrients required to a healthy diet. If we do the math sometimes we can waste some money in fast food instead to spend it in good supplements. It is not about eat and keep on going, is about eating well and healthy. If the time is the problem is your health the one in danger in the future. We do not realize this when we are young only when is too late, or when our cholesterol is too high.
Dec
7
Supplements
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It is true that the supplements gives an extra expense over the natural food in natural way, also it is true that sometimes represents an advantage for those that suffer a deficit in their diet because the life style, overload of work, or those that do not have the time to cook the right food that provides the essential nutrients required to a healthy diet. If we do the math sometimes we can waste some money in fast food instead to spend it in good supplements. It is not about eat and keep on going, is about eating well and healthy.
The use of some supplements can be useful but in some cases those supplements are not necessary for your health as long as you eat right. How many times people go to the vitamin store and sometimes they do not know what to buy. Because we have too much information about the supplements sometimes creates conflicts in understanding them. It is important to gather the right information. Keep in mind the way you eat.
The supplements works as a complement to certain people and not to replace the variety of important food to achieve a good diet. Before use a supplement you should consult your doctor. As a reminder this precautions are very important during pregnancy.
People with some chronic problems like diabetes, arterial pressure or heart problems should consult risks with the doctor. The same case if you are planning to give supplements for your children. Could be very dangerous for your health if you combine supplements with medicaments. A good example is the aspirin with vitamin E and the supplements Gingko Biloba, there is a change that you can have internal hemorrhage combining these products. It is very important to consult with your doctor if you are going to have a medical procedure due that certain supplements can mislead results.
Nov
22
Food Intake
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Food intake can be affected for many reasons. We can considered body weight, physically activity, metabolism,hormones. Sometimes we need compensate all the nutrients needed as vitamins, minerals, water. we need to considered fruit:
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The fruit should be consumed daily. We can not miss in our diet 1 or 2 fruit per day even thought the bets would be 3 times a day.
In the case of small fruits we should eat at least a cup. In the case of big fruit we can eat an slice like watermelon. The concentrated fruit is good but it lacks fiber.
The legume should be eaten daily as well and take advantage of the variarity that the nature offers us.
One of the best ways to take advantage of this is vitamins and minerals is getting them raw or in salads.
We can bake them is another option. We can use the water left over to make delicious soups because over there we can find a lot of minerals. The average quantity per day could be 300 grams.
The milk and derivatives should be consumed daily because they are the main source of calcium and best nutrients to maintain our bones in great condition. I would recommend at leats 1 liter per day, or 3 glasses per day enriched milk.
Yogurts also add a lot of calcium nutrients. If we consume this since we are infants we can avoid Osteoporosis in adult age.
The eggs are really good in our diet even-thought they are blamed of high cholesterol which is not true, moderate the amount.
What is true is that the eggs add a lot of proteins, vitamins such as, A, D, E, B1, B2 and Iron.
It is recommended to eat at least 3 or 4 eggs per week.
Nov
22
Alcohol and Malnutrition
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One of the main causes in baby’s malformation is when during the pregnancy the mother consume alcohol. This type of behaviors with alcohol can endanger the fetus. There are many diseases and malformations and disorders due to alcohol consumption. Here are of the few consequences such as, growth retardation, impairment of the brain and central nervous system, poor motor skills and problems in coordination. We can find anomalies as well in the skull development and face. This consequences once created in the fetus unfortunately are not reversible. These abnormalities are called fetal alcohol syndrome know as FAS. That’s why is crucial to eat really well and avoid alcohol in the first months of the pregnancy.
Male alcohol ingestion can affect the fertility. Everyone knows all these consequences even the companies that produces alcohol, they place all these possible consequences in the labels placed on the bottles. My recommendation is do not drink alcohol prior conception or during pregnancy. All suggest a good organic vegetable, fruits to a healthy fetus.
Malnutrition can interfere with the ability to conceive. Without adequate nutrition during this period, the fetus can be compromise its development and health could be compromise as well. A woman with malnutrition problem faces a big challenge to support the baby and can affect the growth and baby’s health. Everything starts in the placenta when it doe snot receive the right nutrients. Sometimes consequences are seem after the second generation, grandchildren.
There is WIC program for those with the nutrition hardship to provide a good nutrition to the infants.
Nov
12
I’m completely agree. If we eat the right food we don’t need to take those pills. I will say save your money for a good food in a good restaurant. Take the most basic and inexpensive multivitamin as a precaution never as a supplement. It is really interesting how many things you can avoid to prevent diseasesWhy do not need these?A healthy diet is the best way to obtain the vitamins and supplements we need. One of the most important pieces of advice we can give is to increase your fruit and vegetable consumption. These are the foods that are nutrient rich, vitamin rich and mineral rich.These are the cases when is possible and acceptable to take the pills. In this cases is necessary because is matter of health and nutrition. Here is this link from this website.
The question is when is appropriate to take these pills?The scientist went on to detail the groups of people who do need to take vitamins and food supplements and here are the results.§ Women who are planning to get pregnant or have just become pregnant should take folic acid to help prevent spine bifida. § Asian women who cover up in black robes and have only a limited exposure to sunlight. They may lack vitamin D and they could take that in supplementary form. This could also apply to housebound people. § People who are malnourished for any reason. They may have come out of hospital after an illness or haven’t been eating well. This group could include people who have been on a restricted diet to lose weight or have difficulty swallowing or eating for medical reasons. Slimmer’s should think of eating more low calorie fruit and vegetables to avoid possible vitamin deficiencies. § People who are doing intense training for sport. Elderly people do not need to take food supplements as a matter of course. There may be reasons that make food supplements necessary like problems eating due to loss of appetite; dental difficulties; problems with swallowing or digestion or because they are housebound. But it is not just because they are old, it is a secondary problem. The undernourished and those in training need only take the most basic and inexpensive multivitamin as a precaution. In common with us all they should think of their diet and make sure it is up to the mark.
Source Citation:
Brennan, Colin. “Vitamin Supplements Are Usually Unnecessary.” Opposing Viewpoints: Health. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. CCLA, Palm Beach Comm College. 12 Nov. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010141237&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=lincclin_pbcc&version=1.0>.
Nov
7
Vitamins and Minerals
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This is how importance are the vitamins. Did you know the lack of vitamin A can cause blindness? Well yes this is why we need to be aware in the food we eat. If you don’t care about being in shape at least I will give some tips how you can be healthy. The lack of vitamin can cause dementia. Vitamins play a really important role in our body. But sometimes we don’t know what we can eat to get the right vitamins. Vitamin C helps to protect against any cancer and vitamin E help to prevent some cardiovascular diseases. Pay attention that many vitamin supplements do not offer many benefits that come from vitamin rich foods. Once again eat well is the key. Do not try to supply the lack of vitamins with supplements when you can get all the vitamins that you need directly from food and by the way taste better. It is fun to eat well and good food. Here are some sources of good B vitamin. The whole grains, vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, legumes, nuts, and milk products. All these are natural and really well prepare taste really good. Why to take pills when you can eat delicious food but doing it right. Remember do not over-serve your food. A good example is when we go to eat at any buffet we can eat a lot of food, but try to small amounts of food and you can try it all.
Nov
2
Nutrition and Aging
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It is a reality that when we start to aging we lose a lot of things in our body and we start to feel some changes as well. The aging process can be reduce but not stopped. There are many ways to help yourself in this matter. Our body start to decline some functions. We will have some physiological changes to influence our regular diet. The body weight changes progressively our metabolism start to slowing down and then we can have the risk that become obese. The BMI guidelines for a healthy body weight is 18.5 to 24.9, this guide apply to all mature people. Older adults who are obese will have some serious medical problems. The risk of a heart attack become possible and complications can occurred. All this risk can significantly reduce with weight loss. The body composition in older people tend to lose bone and muscle and start gaining body fat. Sarcopenia is known as loss os muscle, and it becomes progressive with the time. Thata why older peolple start having problems with movement and balance. Ooe of the best ways to maintain muscle mass and strenght and minimizing all these changes is with a lot of exercise and an optimal nitrution. Another chnage that older people will have is in the immune system. Exercise once again will help to maintain your immune system in a better condition.
Oct
20
Fast Food
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Many people see fast food as a good and easy choice, because is convenience and is fast food. The question here is how convenience is that kind of food, and how healthy is for you? A lot adolescents eat away from home creating a habit of fast food. Sometimes fast food restaurants does not offer more nutrients choices than standards hamburgers, french fries and sodas. This favorites snacks sometimes are too high in saturated fat and sodium, and too low in fiber and vital nutrients to suuport the future health of the body.
The beverages or soft drinks are preferred for young people instead of natural juices or milk. Adolescents choose these as the primary beverage. Teenager that have more chance to eat at home eat healthier. Just forget about that junk food, and start thinking healthier. Sometimes fast food is easier and convenience but once in a while. Enjoy those foods when you are young due that children will take more energy from fat. Moderation is the key or combine that type of food with vegetables and fruits. These days fast food restaurants are offering more healthy choices, we need just to take advantage of those as well.
Sep
24
Nutrition and Weight Loss
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You can eat all you want but has to be according in your needs. If you have a job that you are going to be seated all they long of course you don’t need to replenish all those calories that you haven’t burnt. If you work in construccion you are going to need a lot of water and a lot carbs. Carbs gives you a lot of energy to perform your job. Sometimes we get confused in our diet. Here is a progressive diet you can follow. Remember the amount per servings. Very important that you can have a good balance in carbs, healthy fats, proteins. You can have 6 meals a day if you lean how to balance the nutrients with pout getting fat. Also you can break the diet once in a while, after all we deserve to eat what we like most. Pick a goal everyday that you feel confident you can change in your diet for the next days. Every week, save informationabout your commitment and food you eating. Share your goal with those close to you and put a note of your goal on your refrigerator so you are more likely to succeed. Balance a good diet with a lot protein and low in carbs. Do exercise if is neccesary five times a week.
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Sep
3
Nutrition
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Why health and nutrition? I guess everything these days is about being healthy. Whatever we eat we need to be careful about fat, trans fat, and all those nutrients that you do not want in your diet. Every single nutrient is important if we care about our health. Remember this, you are what you eat. Who does not want to be in shape? Sometime is not enough going to the gym, is all about diet and the right food. All those factors combined will help you to build a good body. Another important detail is the amounts and portions in what you eat. We will discuss these later on. A very important point is exercise. You need to set your goals, and have a daily exercise routine. Your body need flexibility which is the capacity of the joints to move and ability to bend and recover without suffer any injury. IN order to achieve those goals we need the right nutrients and fuel. The we talk a little bit about the glucose and what it is and what is it for. The glucose is mainly store in the liver and muscles and is vital to physical activity. When we exercise the liver releases the glucose into the bloodstream and the muscles start using this as a the activities. Now where we can find such as energy? A high carbohydrate diet like milk, sport drink, small bagel, granola bar, an a 8oz pineapple juice. Just to give an idea how your body works.