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Hypercholesterolemia: Vascular Disease Prevention
What can be done to prevent vascular disease?
Arteriosclerosis (with complications) is a complex disease that has no single origin. High cholesterol level, although one of the most important risk factors, there is usually determined by its appearance alone. Typically, several factors coincide, causing a marked increase in risk. It is therefore essential to recognize and correct as many of these.
Smoking
All studies clearly show that men and middle-aged women who smoke have a much greater risk of suffering a myocardial infarction. By quitting, the risk decreases progressively. Read the rest of this entry »
Beauty Diet
The fluid intake is essential for skin protection, as the sun’s rays are the biggest abusers of our skin and lead actor of his age.
A balanced diet and good hydration protects our skin. If we follow a diet that ensures the correct supply of all essential nutrients can keep in perfect health when not then subject to intense sunbathing without any protection.
The fruits and vegetables in season, with a high water content fill our hunger and thirst and help keep our skin well nourished and hydrated. Its fiber contribution allows us to satisfy the appetite and provide an optimal bowel function. In addition, its rich natural antioxidants protect our health.
Day 1
Breakfast
Tea with skim milk and a slice of bread with low fat cheese.
Lunch
A small portion of noodles with 1 tsp. olive oil, diced a tomato and basil.
Effective Methods for Weight Loss
Choose white meat rather than red meat. White meat, including fish and poultry, is infinitely better than red meat including pork for those trying to lose weight. Remember that fiber multi-grain breads are better than white bread. Have you heard that it is necessary to increase the fiber content in foods? This is one response to that. Not only is better in terms of fiber content, but also in terms of protein content as well. Reduce your consumption of pork. Pork is not something that can help you lose weight. If you consume less than this element, the better the chances of losing weight. And remember that pork includes pork products such as bacon, ham and sausages.
Limit your intake of sugar. If you can not take things without sugar substitutes go to it. These things can be used effectively as a sweetener, but certainly not fattening. “Graze” 5-6 times a day. Instead of sticking to just three meals a day, “doing pastoral.” This means you can perfectly eat 5 or 6 small meals instead of three king sized meals. It’s a great way to have less food. There are many things you have to avoid from your diet, but may have an unyielding desire not to comply with its non-final consumption. Do not avoid them completely.
Gestational Diabetes Diet
Food is vital for diabetics, there are many foods that are prohibited and must constantly care for sugar levels in the blood. Women who suffer from diabetes and going through a pregnancy should take into account some important factors in a gestational diabetes diet is essential to normalize blood glucose levels for the welfare of the child and to ensure seamless growth.
The diet should be according to each pregnant specifically taking into account body weight before pregnancy, metabolism, physical activity level and even the customs and habits of each woman.
Gestational diet must be complete, which means it must provide sufficient amounts of carbohydrates, proteins and fats as well as vitamins and minerals, especially iron and calcium are minerals of higher requirement throughout the duration pregnancy.
1500 Calorie Diet
Recommended for cases of moderate obesity. Any doubt, always consult with a specialist.
Breakfast:
-200 G. skim milk (1 cup approx.), with or without sweetener, saccharin. It can be consumed alone or, if you prefer, coffee or malta.
-50 G. brown or white bread, toasted or fresh.
-200 G. fresh fruits (plums, cherries, tangerines, apples, oranges, grapes, pears, peaches).
Lunch:
A dish of mixed vegetables-chard, spinach, asparagus, cabbage, tomatoes, beans, seasoned with a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
-150 G. meat of any kind, but choose one without much fat.
-100 G. potatoes, boiled or baked.
-25 G. white bread, roasted or unroasted.
A fruit (apples, oranges, bananas, pears).
Lemonade diet
Unlike most diets, the lemonade diet is not aimed primarily at achieving weight loss, although in reality it is effective in lowering a few kilos. The lemonade diet is a plan designed to cleanse the body of toxins, so it is also known as cleansing diet.
This is a pretty tough diet, because fasting is a plan that only allows you to drink lemon juice for a week or a few days. The lemonade diet was born 50 years ago by the hand of Stanley Burroughs, creator of various alternative remedies.
Lemon is a citrus fruit that provides many health benefits. However, our four meals reduce lemon juice can have adverse effects on our health, as with all demanding and prolonged fasting. Obviously, with such requirement, the extra kilos virtually disappear from the figure and that is why many people are ending up with the lemonade diet to lose weight quickly.
Diabetic Food
Diabetes is one of such diseases with which they can live together without problems, provided they incorporate a number of healthy habits to prevent or control the disease. In this sense, food is one of the pillars to coexist peacefully with diabetes.
Knowing what foods he can consume a person with diabetes, learn to control the quantities and know what foods are best avoided, it is essential to have a good quality of life. Eat in moderation, maintain schedules, and eating variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains are some habits that need to incorporate.
When you have diabetes your nutritional needs are like any other person and you continue to enjoy those foods you love while you do it in moderation. Power Good advice for diabetics is to increase consumption of vegetables and fruits. Follow a diet rich in nutrients and low in fat.
Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet does not exist. It sounds strong, but we must bear in mind that some 16 countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, so that the diet varies from country to country, even between regions within a country.
The cultural, ethnic, religious, economic and agricultural produce different diets, different forms of food.
However, there are similarities between the dietary patterns of the Mediterranean. These common features are those commonly associated with the Mediterranean diet:
- High consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread and other cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts and seeds.
- Olive oil is a major source of monounsaturated fat. Read the rest of this entry »
Diet Low In Carbohydrates
There are a lot of weight-loss diets. One of the most fashionable today is low-carb diet, ie a menu discards all that food rich in carbohydrates like pasta, bread, rice, sweets and biscuits.
The idea of reducing consumption of carbohydrates in the diet has to do with reducing the amount of calories they bring the body and thus achieve the main task, which is thin. However, we note that a low carbohydrate diet alone does not necessarily make us lose weight.
While there is evidence that lower intake of carbohydrates reduces the amount of calories in the body and help you lose weight after six months is not more effective than other diets. The calories from carbohydrates are lost are offset by the calories that gives us the consumption of fats and proteins. In addition, diet is necessary to burn calories and that is achieved with regular physical activity.