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Allergy to Nuts (Part 2)

Friday, April 30th, 2010

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2. How to deal with an allergy to nuts?

There is no specific medicine to treat allergies to nuts. The improved treatment, without a doubt it’s as simple as avoiding eating all foods or products containing nuts.

We must bear in mind that some people are so sensitive that not only should avoid eating them but also unable to take foods that are made with the same instruments that are used in the processing or manufacturing products that contain them. In these circumstances plays a key role food labeling.

They also may have an allergic reaction just by smell or touch them with skin. If we have a child with nut allergy is the vital importance of information on such an allergy to any person you let the child (school, family, friends), even in bars and restaurants when we eat away from home.

3. How to read a label for a diet without nuts?

If you have a child allergic to nuts, the key is to avoid giving foods or products containing such products, it is essential to read all labels very well. Make sure that the food label does not include these ingredients and avoid them: Almonds, Brazil nuts, Cashew, Hazelnuts, Sunflower seeds, Chestnuts, Nuts, Peanuts, Pistachios, and etc.

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Allergy to Nuts (Part 1)

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Nuts allergyToday allergy to nuts can be considered an important condition because it usually manifests at a young age and large numbers of cases lasts a lifetime.

Almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc can cause symptoms in people even without consuming them simply by skin contact or inhalation.

1. Did you know?

They are named (nuts) due to suffering from drying during processing. Different plant species are included, but are characterized by being rich in protein and fat and have less than 50% water. It is advisable to wait until 3 or 4 years to make the nuts in the diet of children.

Since these are a very allergenic foods and we should be cautious when the demos for the first time to our children. Allergy to nuts is an abnormal response of body to the protein found in nuts. After the fish and seafood, nuts are the foods most often cause food allergies in the population.

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Popular Beliefs about Nutrition and Obesity (Part 3)

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

obesity and nutritionIs it true that toast or bread crusts contribute less calories than the crust (white)?

NO. The composition of both the toasted crumb crust or the same in all. Just change the water content, as the crust and toast contain less.

Does the oil in “raw” is not fattening?

The thermal effect does not change the calorie content of the oils, all provide 9 cal per gram. What is certain is that you saturate when cooked, becoming harmful to health, but the calories are the same, both raw and modified by cooking.

Why is it recommended to increase water consumption when performing a low-calorie diet?

There are mainly 3 reasons:
• increases satiety
• helps to correct intestinal transit, when the diet is low in fat
• prevents the formation of kidney stones, decreasing the density of urine.

Is sparkling water, add calories?

NO. With gas or without gas, water gives energy, so it is never a factor of concern about weight gain. The sparkling water is often restricted for persons with hypertension, given its high sodium content.

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Popular Beliefs about Nutrition and Obesity (Part 2)

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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Does eating quickly and hastily fattening?

NO. Is the consumption of excess calories which results in an increase in body weight. What if it happens, is that people who eat quickly turn usually eat more food.

Does salt fattening?

NO. Salt being a mineral, is heated (no calories). However, its intake can cause fluid retention in people with heart disease, kidney or liver. Fluid retention does not mean fat.

Are vitamin and mineral supplements increase our weight?

NO. None provides calories (energy).

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Popular Beliefs about Nutrition and Obesity (Part 1)

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

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A brief description about each myth or misconception regarding nutrition is concerned, will help us understand the true reasons for the different processes of food and metabolism. Have clear ideas give us some knowledge, which will improve our decisions and therefore quality of life.

At the same time, avoiding misleading advertisements that threaten our health and wellbeing. The correct information on the most common questions and concerns, leads us to know how to choose, knowing how to respond and decide clearly, in situations that allow us access to a healthy lifestyle.

Then try to clarify the following points regarding nutrition and weight gain:

Is it possible that obese absorb more nutrients than thin people?

NO. Nutrient absorption occurs in the same way in both.

Is obesity hereditary?

Inheritance is one of the factors that influence the development of obesity, namely that children of obese parents are at increased risk.

However, other factors such as sedentary lifestyle, inadequate intake and an unhealthy lifestyle, which will lead to this disorder.

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Facts About Cholesterol (Part 2)

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

cholesterolFact # 4: Physical exercise will lower cholesterol levels.

An increase in body weight tends to increase blood cholesterol, blood pressure, and in general the risk of adverse effects on heart health. In addition to maintaining body weight in balance, physical activity can help lower blood pressure and increase the health and general welfare.

Things can change to lower cholesterol:

• Maintain a healthy weight (a weight gain tends to increase cholesterol levels)
• Make physical activity (reduce LDL cholesterol)
• Lower stress
• A healthy diet (elimiinar especially saturated fats that raise cholesterol levels)
• Limit alcohol consumption
• Stop smoking

Things we can not change:

• Sex (men tend to have higher cholesterol levels than women until menopause, when men and women are at equal risk)
• The age (cholesterol levels increase with age)

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Facts About Cholesterol (Part 1)

Monday, April 12th, 2010

cholesterolFact # 1: Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in the membranes of cells in our body.

Basically, cholesterol is a lipid, which is broadly defined as any fat-soluble, naturally occurring molecule, such as fats and oils. Cholesterol originates naturally in the body through the liver, but can be created in small quantities through our diet.

Cholesterol plays an important role in the body as a building block for cell walls and bile acids and is necessary to make hormones and vitamin D. A low level of blood cholesterol is natural and healthy.

Cholesterol only becomes a problem when more cholesterol in the blood than the body needs. Can cause the buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries, reducing blood flow in the arteries and then can become a problem for heart health.

Fact # 2: There are two types of blood cholesterol (good and bad) that are transported in special packages, namely:

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) transports cholesterol from the liver to body tissues. If there is a high level of bad cholesterol (LDL) levels can accumulate in the walls of blood vessels and lead to narrowing.

Your total cholesterol is made up of LDL and HDL. Therefore, the total cholesterol level recommended for heart health should be below 200 milligrams per deciliter (mg / dl).

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10 Tips to Avoid Insomnia

Friday, April 9th, 2010

insomniaIt’s called insomnia sleep disorder that is difficult to sleep, that is sleeping or waking up several times during the night.

Studies have shown that this condition affects between 10 and 30 per cent of the adult population, who are more prone to insomnia are women and the elderly, can also occur even in individuals with high socioeconomic status or those with psychiatric illness.

It is not considered when insomnia occurs only for one night. But if insomnia is filed by more than 15 days, it is necessary to go to the doctor to detect the causes.

Some of the causes that can cause insomnia have coffee consumption, smoking, alcohol and drugs. Are considered poor living habits such as stress, very noisy environment, extreme temperatures, schedule changes, among others.

For some people, insomnia can be a very serious disease and may even affect their daily lives, change their mood, they may feel sleepy during the day, this may affect the degree of losing concentration while driving some machinery or car.

10 tips to avoid treating insomnia:

1. Try to set a schedule for sleep, this is that you sleep and get up at the same time, including weekends.

2. Make sure when you go to bed is an optimal environment, that is, not too light in the room as quietly as possible and with a moderate temperature.

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The Diet in The Treatment of Obesity (Part 2)

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

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The most common causes of obesity are overeating first the food and energy, and to a lesser extent: metabolic endocrine disorders (Cushing’s disease, hypothyroidism, etc.)

Certain psychological disorders (Bulimia nervosa), the iatrogenic (related to consumption of certain drugs like steroids, etc.), and in extreme obesity, genetic factors (current research). In all likelihood one of the tasks ahead is to develop preventive level of each country.

These are general recommendations that should be made to the general population from the schools, media, health institutions, etc. They cover a number of indications that must be assumed by the general population (decreased saturated fat intake, increased fiber intake, moderation in intake of sugar, alcohol and salt, etc.) The second approach should be made to individual level, bearing in mind that obesity is a chronic disease and must be treated as such.

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The Diet in The Treatment of Obesity (Part 1)

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

obesity treatmentObesity is a disease that can be defined as the increase in body weight over 15% of its value considered normal, due to increased body fat.

There is a parameter that lets you easily define the existence of obesity, body mass index (BMI):
BMI (kg/m2) = Actual Weight / Height x Height
* Weight in Kg
* Length in meters

Obesity is a carrier of any person with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater or equal to 30 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) also serves to classify the different degrees of obesity:
* BMI 30-40 kg/m2, moderate obesity
* BMI> 40 kg/m2, extreme obesity.

In Spain the prevalence of obesity, according to a study led by Javier Aranceta and collaborators in 1995, was 13.4% in men and women aged 25-60 years. What is more worrying is the fact that it is increasing.

Another important aspect from the point of view of morbidity (increased risk of illness) and mortality, is the fact that people with a BMI over 30, have an increased risk of diabetes (excess weight causes a resistance to insulin and may be caused by either a carbohydrate intolerance, but not all obese people are diabetic and vice versa), hypertension (with increasing body mass, the heart must pump more blood, which is an increase in the values of blood pressure)…,

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