Monday, September 26th, 2011 at
10:54 am
We have seen that all nutrients are essential for our health and in what proportions we should we in our food. But to see what we're doing wrong, we must also realize what it represents, in terms of calories each food you eat from day to day.
If the amount of energy present in what we ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011 at
9:42 pm
Micronutrients are nutrients that exist in small amounts in foods, they do not provide energy but are vital for the proper functioning of the body. Some minerals are even part of our body tissues - for example, bones and teeth, containing calcium and fluoride, and the blood that contains iron.
Micronutrients are divided into:
Vitamins.
Minerals.
Micronutrients
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Vitamins - List ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011 at
8:17 pm
The water has no nutritional value, but is essential for the proper functioning of our body and to help you lose weight.
Along with oxygen, is one of the key elements essential to life, it plays a decisive role in the metabolic processes of our body. We are two thirds water, and we only need to ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011 at
5:33 pm
Fats in foods are a source of energy in our body, so it is from them that you get some calories.
But note that fats are not "the energy source", only one of them. There are other energy nutrients - such as carbohydrates or protein - and is the union of all these nutrients is the ...
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Saturday, September 24th, 2011 at
10:54 am
They can be of animal origin (meat fat, fish, butter, eggs, cheese, cream, etc.) or vegetable (vegetable oils, olive oil, nuts, vegetable margarine, etc.) and are distinguished in:
Saturated: These are the most harmful to health, because they favor the increase of bad cholesterol, which is deposited on the walls of blood vessels and increases the ...
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Saturday, September 24th, 2011 at
10:23 am
Each food has a glycemic index value, according to a faster or slower absorption into the blood, and consequently a greater or lesser rise in blood sugar. The value is expressed as a percentage, taking as reference the GI of white bread, set to 100.
The slower absorption (and thus lower the GI), the food is ...
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at
1:29 pm
Are the ones that give us energy, and therefore should form the basis of our food. This energy is measured in kilocalories (but we all refer to them as calories only).
Macronutrients are divided into:
Protein: provides 4 calories per gram.
Carbohydrates: also provide 4 calories per gram.
Fiber: provides virtually no energy but are essential to the functioning ...
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at
11:28 pm
We eat to live. The better we eat, the better we will live. But ultimately, what foods do for us?
Food is important because provides our body the nutrients that he needs. We call nutrients to chemical elements or compounds that are essential for the functioning of our body:
Provide us energy to live.
Working in the formation ...
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at
10:26 am
Since we became an embryo in the womb that food becomes crucial to what we are. Initially depend on what our mother eats. An obese woman, or a woman that gain 20 or 30 pounds during pregnancy, can condition their child's future.
In the absence of food, the body doesn’t grows neither get fully developed, either ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at
6:11 pm
There are four major causes for obesity. Let's see what they are and try to see them in detail.
Food
Nowadays we eat higher calorie foods; we skip meals and let the big meals for the end of the day.
Lifestyle
Now more than often we do the least that we can to accomplish the tasks of day-to-day, we ...
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