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Do not forget that calcium not only in dairy products

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

dairy pfoductsAfter watching closely on television advertising, which promotes a product enriched in calcium, I feel the need to clarify that calcium is not only in dairy products and tell you not to forget this fact, because they often believe that as our intake of milk is low, do not cover the AI for calcium, when in reality, there are many foods that are not derived from milk that can help us meet the needs of this mineral.

The publicity was assessed calcium intake of a person questioned about their consumption of dairy products, however, was not provided for other sources of calcium in the diet, such as fish, some fruits and vegetables, bread, cereals and other .

For that reason, I believe we should not forget that calcium is not only in dairy products because even though we have a high intake of milk, yogurt or cheese, we can cover our share of mineral using seeds, dried fruits and other common foods.

This erroneous concept that the calcium in milk only this can push us to consume mineral supplements or calcium-fortified products have a high cost.

Beyond economics, if exceeded recommended calcium intake can suffer hypercalcemia that, although rare in its development by the diet, also has serious consequences to health.

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Meet the caffeine content of some foods

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

the caffeinCaffeine is a matter of opinions, even controversial, but the reality is that everything leads us to believe that its consumption may have beneficial effects and harmful depending always on the amount consumed, so, in moderation is the spice.

It is generally recommended not to exceed three cups of coffee a day, for an intake above 300 mg is already considered high and may present risks to health, it encourages the development of fatigue, nervous irritability and tremors, and insomnia, So today we intend to help you calculate your intake of caffeine showing you the contents of some foods high in cholesterol.

* 1 cup 180 ml: 100 mg of caffeine
* 1 cup of decaffeinated coffee 180 ml: 2 mg of caffeine
* 1 capuccino 190 ml: 73 mg of caffeine
* A Coca-Cola 330 Ml: 41 mg of caffeine
* 1 Coca-Cola Light 330 ml: 41 mg of caffeine
* 1 360 ml Pepsi Cola: 35 mg of caffeine
* 1 360 ml Pepsi light: 33 mg of caffeine
* 1 cup of black tea 180 ml: 3.6 mg of protein
* 1 bar of black chocolate 40 grams: 194 mg of theobromine

As you can see here include foods such as chocolate and tea theobromine owns that contains protein, substances with an action similar to caffeine, central nervous system stimulants, so too much can produce the same effects as caffeine.

Remember, less than 100 mg caffeine consumption is low, between 100 mg and 300 mg consumption is moderate, while above 300 mg caffeine intake is already considered high and may cause side effects in the body.

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Weight Loss Tips

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Weight Loss Tips

Although many programs advertised to help one lose weight, the only proven long-term and safe is to burn more calories than you consume.

This is accomplished by consuming fewer calories (eat less food or healthier food) or increase energy expenditure (exercise). Often times, we use behavior modification techniques like eating smaller meals to help control eating habits. Once weight is lost, these habits can be modified slightly for weight maintenance.

If you have unwanted body weight, this can be a symptom of medical or psychiatric disorders may be due to a variety of exercises to increase or decrease food intake.

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Healthy Chocolate, Fat-Replaced Water Content

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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High fat content in foods chocolate makes people afraid of getting fat if you eat them. Now researchers have created a low-fat chocolate with a fat substitute to water.

Low-fat chocolate is almost two-thirds contain water. Yet this chocolate have the same taste with a delicious chocolate because it is generally much fat.

Brown breakthrough is expected to be healthy foods that will help overcome the current obesity crisis, especially in children.

cases of child obesity in the UK increased in 1995 to 2008 from 10 percent to 17 percent. One reason is the high-fat foods and sugar and chocolate.

That’s why researchers create brown water that will connect the water particles with the crystal so that the 60 percent cacao chocolate will contain water. Because the particles are very small, this chocolate will melt at a temperature of 34-36 degrees Celsius.

Very possible if the small particles of water and stable is designed to resemble the fat particles to produce low-fat foods.

The same technique is also being developed researchers to make low-salt foods and retaining pulp satiety.

Water particles will turn into a gel when meeting with stomach acid and can finally stop their hunger for up to 6 hours. Because the effect lasted 5-6 hours then the product is suitable to eat between lunch time.

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