Daily Health Care
Tips To Reduce Fat Intake
There are two types of fats. On the one hand, there are good fats that are essential for our body because we provide energy, regulate metabolic activity and absorption of vitamins, among other body processes. On the other hand, are the bad fats, which are called trans fats or saturated fats.
If we consume too much saturated fat, have a higher chance of obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. It is important to reduce the consumption of trans fats for healthy, although not easy, as are usually present in delicious foods, like potato chips, burgers, sweets, cakes, donuts, among other delicacies.
Do you think that reducing trans fat consumption is impossible? No, it is not. We bring you some tips to consider when preparing your meals.
* Eat more lean meat, poultry, chicken, fish or shellfish because they have less fat than beef, lamb or pork.
* Cut away visible fat. If you do not remove fat from the meat you serve is your plate, surely finish eating. When eating chicken, remove skin.
* Increase consumption of plant foods. Trans fats are much more prevalent in animal products, so if you increase the amount of vegetables in your daily diet, you will reduce your fat intake well.
* Avoid fried foods. It’s much better to cook in the oven, steamed or roasted. These are healthier ways to cook our food without using too much fat.
Healthier Drinks
Healthier drinks – food and nutrition
The University of California (USA) has released a study detailing the health drinks, of which most are fruit. This is a list of healthier drinks, according to specialists in the U.S. house of higher learning:
- Apple juice
-Tea
- Orange juice
- Cranberry Juice
- Cherryjuice
- Red Wine
- Pomegranate juice
Summer Tips: Orange Juice Preparations
Summer Tip: Prepare your orange juice just before consumption
On these hot days, nothing more tasty and nutritious food to cool a glass of fresh orange juice. In this sense, we share some advice: to keep vitamin C and nutrients from these fruits for the most part you have to do is squeeze the oranges just minute before drinking the juice.
If, otherwise, we prepare in advance, for instance, drink some juice for breakfast and retain the rest to take after, during those hours will be lost through a lot of nutrients, and vitamin C, the effect of air and light, factors that promote oxidation.
So now you know: preparing only the amount you go to eat at the moment and savoring a nutritious and refreshing orange juice without delay.
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Body Care
* Alpha therapy: It uses light and sound waves to relieve stress and increase concentration level.
* Moisturizing treatment: Deep cleansing and exfoliation is followed by a massage and deep moisturizing treatment using marine sediment.
* Mud wrap: Treat arthritis and muscular ache by applying warm mud layer on the body and wrapping in warm blanket.
* Seaweed wrap: Reduce muscular and joint pains and cellulite using seaweed paste with essential oils that is applied on the body to relax and energize the body, nourish the skin and eliminate toxins.
What are Plant Sterols
Reduce levels of LDL (bad) is an obsession of many people in this modern age. In addition to leading a healthy and balanced diet, there are other aspects that you can consider if you want to lower bad cholesterol and improve your cardiovascular health: plant sterols. But what are plant sterols?
Although cholesterol is a type of fat that our body needs a certain type of cholesterol (the bad guy, known as LDL) which is responsible for producing arteriosclerosis, ie hardening and narrowing the arteries. Also, know that the majority of cholesterol the body manufactures itself, but there’s a part that we eat, and therein lies the problem.
It is here where they come plant sterols. Let’s say you are natural substances that prevent cholesterol absorption by the body. Thus, adding these substances to your diet provides us with an element that fights cholesterol naturally.
Power Plate – Vibration slimming
Finally technology has invented the object that both were expecting. I’m talking about the revolutionary Power Plate, a vibrating machines that stimulate contractions of our muscles in a matter of minutes. Just stand, sit or lie on it depending on the muscles you want to work, press a button and ready to wait for the results!
The basic principle of this training is to stimulate the body’s natural response to vibrations that transmit waves of energy throughout the body creating reflex muscle contractions between 25 and 50 times per second.
Therefore, Power Plate is the latest craze in gyms for those who seek results in the shortest possible time with 15 minutes of Power Plate for 3 times a week enough.
Decrease of 34% of maternal deaths worldwide
The number of deaths related to complications of pregnancy and childbirth has declined by 34% worldwide in nearly 20 years, from 546,000 in 1990 to 358,000 in 2008, according to the latest report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday, September 15. If progress is undeniable, the annual rate of decline remains lower than that set for achieving the objective of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely a decrease of 5.5% per year.
According to WHO, the decline of 34% observed between 1990 and 2008 represents a decrease annual average of only 2.3%. In addition, only 10 countries out of 87 have achieved an average annual decline of 5.5%, against 30 which have hardly progressed since 1990.
The report also reveals that women living in developing countries have almost 36 times more likely to die from a cause related to complications of pregnancy or childbirth than women in developed countries.
“To achieve our overall goal of improving maternal health and saving women’s lives, we must work harder to reach those most at risk. This means that we must reach women in rural and poorer women belonging to ethnic minorities or indigenous groups and women living with HIV, “said Anthony Lake, director general of UNICEF.
WHO reports that severe bleeding after childbirth, infections, hypertensive disorders and unsafe abortions remain the four leading causes of maternal deaths. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are the most affected areas.
Mindfulness meditation treatment does bulimia?
Mindfulness meditation (also called “right mindfulness”) is a meditation on consciousness vigilant of your thoughts, actions and motives, in order to cultivate your attention the moment. This type of meditation is essential in Buddhism where mindfulness is essential for spiritual awakening.
Various studies have already suggested in the past that mindfulness meditation can help reduce stress, anxiety, depression and hypertension. Now a new study concludes that the practice of mindfulness meditation can also help reduce binge eating and increased sense of control while eating.
Recall that bulimia is an eating disorder that involves episodes of compulsive consumerism sometimes followed by purging, fasting or overly intense sports sessions (to compensate psychologically).
> About the study
The U.S. study was published in the journal Health Psychology. She has analyzed the effectiveness of a program of mindfulness meditation that lasted six weeks on bulimics. U.S. researchers analyzed 18 obese women suffering from bulimia. These women were obese exercises standards mindfulness meditation in relation to food consumption, under the supervision of researchers.
The researchers were within range of data on participants with bulimia, particularly to establish the scale followed by Herzog for bulimia, and respond to the questionnaire / score of depression and anxiety Beck. The 18 bulimic participants were evaluated 5 times: 3 weeks before the start of the study at the end of the first week of the third week and sixth week during the study, three weeks after the end of the study .
> The results of the study
The researchers found that binge eating have declined in frequency and severity. Participants with bulimia have also improved their sense of control of food consumption. Binge eating was increased from 4 to 2 per week. The researchers also found that scores of Herzog and Beck declined significantly.
> What must be learned from the study
“The results suggest that mindfulness meditation can be an effective component in the treatment of bulimia,” say the authors of the study.
This study is important because it suggests that therapy with mindfulness meditation can be an effective complement to conventional therapy for bulimia. Mindfulness Meditation in connection with the eating bulimic participants helped to improve the awareness of why they eat, which can help treat the negative trends in food consumption.
Wash hands effectively
The hand hygiene is vital to ensure an optimal daily lifestyle. With our hands, we are constantly interacting with our environment, swarming bacterial flora, flora viral contamination and toxic elements. While most of these bacteria are harmless, but it must protect themselves. For this, there is a simple solution: hand washing. Here’s everything you need to know to wash their hands effectively.
Why wash your hands?
It is by the hands that spread nearly 80% of infectious diseases (eg flu, gastroenteritis, food infection, etc..). Keep hands clean by washing them regularly is the best practice to reduce or limit the risk of transmission of germs. Provided however, that the washing is done carefully and following a few rules.
Hands clean under all circumstances: when washing hands?
You should wash your hands several times a day with soap. And more specifically:
- Before eating or cooking;
- After using the toilet, but before;
- Before leaving your job;
- After coughing or sneezing;
- After having been in contact with an animal;
- Whenever you come home you.
Contrary to what one might think, the toilet is far from being the most populous area of bacteria in your home. The prize goes into effect, and by far, your phone, your office desk, your computer keyboard and mouse. So remember to wash your hands accordingly after having made use of.
How to wash hands effectively?
- Start to wet your hands;
- Then lather, preferably with liquid soap (bar soap is less hygienic). Take the time to rub the palms of hands and the outside, the area between the fingers, not to mention the inches. Do not forget to rub the nails and the tips of fingers and wrists. An effective cleaning should last about thirty seconds;
- To dry your hands, preferably using a towel or a disposable towel.
Note: According to some studies, hot air dryers would in reality the bacteria to proliferate.
- If you do not have access to water and soap, you can use a water-alcohol solution sold in pharmacies or supermarkets.
Note that there are solutions for hand hygiene all natural, no preservatives (parabens and phenoxyethanol) and very low alcohol content (eg Mainbiose Mainbiose for adults and kids).
Fibromyalgia: obesity and physical inactivity are risk factors
Women who are overweight or obese, especially those who do no physical activity or are less than an hour a week, have a higher risk of suffering from fibromyalgia, according to a study published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.
Other suspected risk factors are stressful or traumatic events such as a car accident, family history and rheumatic diseases such as lupus.
Eric Matteson of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and colleagues analyzed data on 15,990 women followed over 11 years. Of these, 380 have developed the disease during this time.
Women who had a BMI greater than or equal to 25 (see what he is overweight) had a risk of 60% to 70% more likely to develop fibromyalgia. Exercise tended to offset the risk associated with overweight. More women were doing the exercise, they showed less risk of developing the disease.
How overweight affects the risk of fibromyalgia is not well understood but studies have suggested that high levels of certain inflammatory proteins could be involved in fibromyalgia as well as obesity.
It is already known that people with the disease that makes exercise go much better than those who do not, said Matteson.