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Monday
Nov 17,2008

Lately it has become fashionable to the sale of bakeries to produce bread ourselves that we are going to consume daily. It is an invention that helps us save money on bread, but also provides us with a very healthy number of advantages.

You have to know first of all that this kind of machines are very simple to operate and that give us life doing at all times that we have a fresh bread and full of nutrients with some ingredients at all times controlled by us, so it is a 100% natural food, rich in benefits for the body. Since Viton we will highlight some of them.

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First of all we have to emphasize the ease of preparation because the machine provides us with the whole process, and the only thing we do to add the ingredients to monitor at all times, which gives this type of bread that features we buy often will not have, because we know the provenance of the ingredients and quality.

Normally the bread we buy in normal shops and bakeries usually contain refined flours in their development and an excess of yeast that eventually can damage the stomach and make our digestions the heaviest. The same goes for water intake, since other types of bread contain large quantities that give the bread more volume, but the remaining amounts of nutrients.

It is important that the flour used for preparing the bread is not refined, since less qualities. This can be controlled entirely if we make the bread ourselves, and we use rye flour or any type that is comprehensive 100%. In bakeries can also find bread, but in many cases it is too expensive and does not contain 100% of flour, but is mixed.

In addition, we can further enrich the recipe for our bread, as in the development we can add other ingredients such as raisins, red fruit, nuts … that will increase the nutritional contribution, making the bread in a food almost completely in highly recommended all diets, as the biological value of hydrates from flour is important.

In addition, the fiber that contains this type of bread, essential for the smooth functioning of the digestive system, as it helps us to digest and assimilate the best long fats, as well as the removal of toxins from the body. It also helps to prevent the emergence of some type of cancers, including colon.

We must not forget that the price and the cost savings are important, and to take into account, since making our own bread in addition to increasing the quality will cost us more money, because we consume a gourmet bread price of normal bread, in addition to our health care for a little more.

7 foods that fight over-40 fat

Tuesday
Nov 11,2008

To fight the fat from the body more effectively after age 40, at which men and women receive influences of the hormonal changes, studies have shown us 7 foods that help us deal with body fat.

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Water with lemon: a study in women found that those who replaced the sweetened drinks water with lemon, lost on average 1.3 kg over a year that those who did not perform the change. In addition, to reduce the consumption of soft drinks improves bone health, which prevents osteoporosis, a disease very common after age 40.

Fiber: a small British research has found that women who have a diet rich in fiber and carbohydrates that focuses on breakfast burn twice as much fat during the exercise carried out later, compared with a diet high in refined carbohydrates.

Flax or linseed: not only is rich in fiber and healthy fats, but some studies have shown that symptoms of the hormonal changes is to reduce their intake. Even their high input fiber allows faster quell the appetite and reduce food intake.

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Nuts: A study in Australia found that the intake of 8 to 10 units of walnuts per day allowed to lose more weight and body fat than if we simply a diet hipograsa. In addition, it helps to keep the storage of fat and reduces insulin levels in the blood.

Spicy condiments: not only is known to increase metabolism and accentuate the caloric expenditure, but a study of men and women found that after a spicy meal are reduced insulin levels and thus you reduce the storage of fat in the body by about 32%.

Canela: This sweet spice could replace a couple of teaspoons of sugar they only provide empty calories. In addition, it has been confirmed by research, which slightly reduced the cinnamon levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, thus benefiting cardiovascular health.

Salmon: This large intake of food brings large amounts of vitamin D and calcium to the body, essential nutrients after the 40, as it not only prevents bone disorders but has found that women over age 50 who take supplements calcium and vitamin D go up less weight after menopause. Other studies show that without sufficient input of vitamin D, leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite, you can not do their job well.

These 7 foods can help lower body fat gain after 40 and besides, their nutrients benefit health by preventing the development of many diseases. Let us not forget that the greater inclusion of such foods, as part of a healthy lifestyle, can help maintain a normal body weight, but most of all, can significantly improve the length and quality of our lives.

 

Via| msnbc

It`s ok to eat chocolate ?

Tuesday
Oct 28,2008

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It is true that it has many calories and fat can make their abuse, but we know that everything in excess is bad, plus chocolate has many benefits for our health beyond your taste:

* Improving our mood to eat because it contains phenylethylamine the brain makes SECRETE serotonin and endorphins, which produce feelings of well-being

* It also contains polyphenols that prevent atherosclerosis, a disease that involves the thickening of the blood of our body and that can affect different organs

* It contains Vitamin B1 and folic acid, two essential nutrients for our bodies in addition to phosphorus and potassium in large quantities when we speak of black chocolate

* It also contains phytosterols plants that help reduce bad cholesterol or LDL

Thursday
Oct 23,2008

The breakfast is one of the moments of the day on which we must take particular care in what we eat, and it’s one of the most important meal and where we usually fail.

The breakfast meal should be balanced as far as nutrients are concerned, and that is that we have to give your body what it needs to start working. However, with the lowest contributor of calories and fat. In this way the vitamins and minerals we will get from the fruit that we eat whole or in juice, yes, always prepared for us, because it will contain more vitamins and packaging.

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Carbohydrates to get the cereals that may be in the form of bread, toasted or natural or cereal flakes or conventional. The milk will give us protein and minerals such as calcium. It is important to be skimmed to avoid consumption of saturated fats that affect our cardiovascular system. The milk can be taken in the form of cheese or yogurt. We can also get protein from eggs that we eat omelette or scrambled …

But the problem is when you have breakfast outside the home, and that is that many we have no other choice. Although it is best to do nothing but get up, there are those who have to work for breakfast later. It is important to keep this balanced input of nutrients, and it is therefore essential to know the ingredients of foods.

It is difficult to maintain a balanced diet away from home. Normally we tend to eat pastries, which in most cases is caused by industrial and gives us only empty calories. It is important that we do not consume this kind of breakfast, as in most establishments offer healthier alternatives. One trick is to secure natural eating bread toasted to the plate with olive oil and some sugar.

This must accompany it with a healthy beverage like tea or any other type of infusion, since normally the milk of the cafeterias usually full, offering high in saturated fats, which will be detrimental to our cardiovascular system. We can eat dairy products as yogurt or cheese skimming, which still contain fats, are usually of higher quality than those of milk without elaborating.

Myths about food

Friday
Oct 10,2008

There are many myths about food and what we should do or not at eat, and that is that many people are governed by these myths in implementing a diet or another. Most people stop eating bread to lose weight because they think that bread feedlots, and nothing further from the truth. The same applies to those who think that by drinking more water to lose weight more, or those who are convinced that eating fruit is ideal for losing weight, or those who believe that eating light food aid does not get fat.

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Bread is an important source of carbohydrates and therefore energy. Yes it is true that an excessive contribution of carbohydrates to increase our weight because we get more calories we need for our daily activities. While a normal intake of carbohydrates does not necessarily have to affect our weight, as it is the primary source of energy in our body. On the internet you can find recipe ideas that taste good, take at look..

Another myth is the one that says that drinking 2 liters a day to help lose weight. The water serves to hydrate your body completely and replace lost fluids in our cells that occurs through transpiration. There is no need to stuff oneself to believe that water is slim, because anything will do. In addition, excess fluid can be detrimental to the body by the loss of some minerals such as sodium through urine …

The same goes for the fruit, because there are many who believe that fed her base will make us lose weight. The fruit contains fructose, a natural sugar that is found in fruits and that gives us too many calories if you do not spend end up fattening. In addition to the fruit alone can not fill the input of nutrients such as protein or fat that our body needs.

Another false myth is that of light foods. Normally products are designed for diabetics to which they are not added sugar, sweeteners, but in many cases can be detrimental to the agency if abuse them. On the other hand most of light products are adulterated and artificially treated in this way to lose many of their properties and to be less beneficial by our bodies.

The truth is that the ideal is to eat everything in its just measure. We must have a good education for food that we should know what and what not. In this way we will be giving your body everything it needs without spend without gaining weight.

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