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Simple tips to improve your diet

Do not lies, if you want to stay healthy and thin enough to put into practice some simple tips that will prevent add unnecessary calories to your diet and improve health as well get on the table. Read the rest of this entry »

Healthy Drinks for 2010

Fruit juices and green teas contain many vitamins, minerals and trace elements necessary for the proper functioning of the body, but its main feature is the hydration and energy input. Read the rest of this entry »

The mashed potatoes, no butter better

the mashed potatoesHealthier cooking is not necessary to implement new recipes or produce large changes in the production of meals, but some simple tips can help reduce fat meal and with it, reduce your calorie intake the same.

Therefore, the mash is better off without butter, they are simply replacing this source of saturated fat vegetable broth or chicken, for skimmed milk or yogurt and fresh herbs, we can save a lot of calories from fat in the mash .

A tasty mashed potatoes can be much healthier and lighter if the cream or butter substitute for the broth, skim milk, yogurt or cream cheese lean. We can also lighten the puree using the cooking water of potatoes and many herbs in place of butter. Finally, if we lack the touch of a fat body, we can add a few drops of olive oil offers healthier fat than butter.

Do not forget that calcium not only in dairy products

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.