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a good and proper diet is not necessarily the same for everyone. What makes you feel better you can be different for your friend / or brother / girlfriend ao / o. The need for energy (calories) and nutrients vary with gender, age and how we move. Also the need is different for example if we are sick or healthy, or even the place or area of the world in which we live. In addition, the genes are involved. Just as we have an exterior appearance and interior.
The risk of contracting various diseases and the need for energy and nutrients are unique to each individual. Exactly how much we need each one of us: proteins, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, fiber and other nutrients varies significantly from person to person. So you cannot have a quick answer to that question. There are general recommendations that can be used as a basis to guide the world of nutrition and then search for specific information on what matters in particular.

In my opinion there are three words that sum up pretty well how to think for a healthy diet: Complete, balanced and varied.

Complete one hand means whole foods and nothing (or little) developed / refined. Unfortunately it is very easy to get and eat all the tasty and processed products that surround us with a combination of sugar, white flour and fat concentrations. It is best to eat mostly foods “whole” grains, fish, meat, eggs and much fruit, vegetables and vegetables.

Balance is important in many areas of life. We need a balance between rest and activity, and between sleep and awake time.

And when it comes to food, we need a balance between the amount of food energy and how much we spend. If energy intake is greater than the power consumption, weight gain (and vice versa). You also need a balanced supply of nutrients that provide energy, ie, proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

Activity – Rest

Energy Intake – Energy consumption

Protein – Fat – Carbs

Variety is get enough of all the essential vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and amino acids, as well as providing the body with the variety of types of fiber and antioxidants found in our food.

We are exposed to toxins and detoxification systems of the body are usually able to treat small amounts of what we are exposed. But there are obvious limits. Detoxification systems are influenced both by genes and by what we eat and its function varies according to these factors. Therefore, we are only here as well. A variety of foods, especially fruits, vegetables and root vegetables, seem to support the liver detoxification system. A varied intake of different foods, “whole”, makes it easier to eat nutritious and facilitates the detoxification of the body. In the case of fruit and vegetables, a good tip is to eat a wide variation of colors ranging from green, red, orange, yellow, purple and blue.

The high temperature, flexible hours, thirst and spend more time with family are some of the features that indicate that we are on vacation and children are one of the groups most accuses these changes. Now that you have completed the school year, changing their routines, their schedules are altered and their food is much more likely to mess with the danger this could bring in this key growth stage.

Children need higher amounts of nutrients than adults, but in a lower caloric content. Your diet should be more careful, because imbalances arise more easily in children; the repercussions are more severe in them and can sometimes be irreversible.

In this regard, the Forum Interalimentario and nutrition experts stress the importance of maintaining healthy eating habits in all periods, and promote dietary guidelines that encourage the promotion of health and proper development of children, which has benefits short and long term.

In the school year the school has often major role in food and nutrition education of schoolchildren. With the holidays, parents have more time to complete this educational activity.

Moreover, seasonal food is an opportunity for children in a festive atmosphere, try new flavors. During the summer it is important to maintain a varied and balanced diet, adapting food menus to own the station, and they provide many vitamins and minerals, so that children do not lose the habits you have acquired and even to improve them.

Often take a few grains, such as pervasive feature in today’s society. The consumption of bread at meals or between meals, sometimes including pasta or rice meals, can help reverse this trend, as the grains should be the staple food.

Another popular misconception is the low consumption of vegetables (children should take 5 servings / day of fruits and vegetables). Summer is a time well suited for eating fruits and vegetables prepared or mixed in a thousand ways, enjoying these foods with your family.

Nor can they miss the dairy should be eaten 2-3 times / day. Given that the group of meat / fish / egg consumption is advised 2-3 times / day is reasonable consumption of meat 4-7 times / week (and more and sometimes in older children and assets and less and often in smaller or sedentary). This food helps to achieve good iron status in children who present with some frequency deficiency situations (especially girls reaching adolescence), also providing many essential nutrients.

From the Forum Interalimentario is also warning of increased risk of dehydration in children during the summer, advising drink plenty of fluids, especially water because it is the best moisturizer to systematically include in your diet without waiting until they feel thirsty. For younger guests can take the form of fresh fruit smoothies or mixed with yogurt. For any age may be desirable fruit juice or fruit with vegetables (look for the combinations most attractive). Offering various beverages was found to favor the child to drink more.

The diet also in summer should be composed of three main meals, supplemented with two additional meals lighter, mid-morning and mid afternoon. As the school year, we see that the child make a proper breakfast, changing some hours while maintaining the organization of meals. The constant snacking between meals should be avoided. As in the rest of the year, consumption of fats, sweets, candies and “snacks” should be moderate. “The snack” for the beach, or after dinner, when long before the child goes to sleep, should complement the food consumed during the day with a piece of fruit, yogurt or glass of milk, preventing “fall” in solutions of unnecessary indulgence energy intake and low nutritional value.

Interalimentario The Forum offers a few tips to include in the diet of children all the necessary nutrients for their development, even those considered less “desirable”. One solution is to combine the least desirable foods, such as some vegetables or fish, the most appealing: chicken, meat, pasta and rice. Or prepare them in new ways, making the presentation and taste the dish attractive (spinach pies, pizza and hamburger vegetables …). Make fruit kabobs with many colors, or wash the fruit with chocolate, are some ideas, but the creativity in this area is desirable to seek ways of presentation that makes a food acceptable rejected.

some of the most common health problems facing the body are linked to the failure of the thyroid. These are glands that are distributed in the area of the trachea and regulate various functions in the body. For this reason we must pay special attention to any issues that arise.

Two common problems related to the thyroid are hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. The first has to do with overwork on the part of the gland, which results in several drawbacks. Usually people with hyperthyroidism suffer diarrhea constantly and require a particular nutritional regimen.

In the case of hypothyroidism symptoms are more varied. On the one hand we have less frequent bowel movements that lead to constipation, but may also be cases of hair loss, depression, constant fatigue, weight gain and dry skin, among other problems.

Childhood obesity, a risk factor for corazónUn U.S. study has shown that obese children from three years have a high factor of vascular inflammation, which poses a risk to suffer in the future some form of heart disease.

This research started from the weight control more than 16,000 children and further analysis, dividing the groups in categories defined by thresholds of weight.

The study’s authors want parents aware of the importance of controlling the weight of their children to avoid these risks in the future, but have pointed out that this does not mean they will necessarily suffer a stroke as adults.

It’s called hemorrhoids when veins in the anus or lower rectum become inflamed. It is quite common and can usually be treated easily in many cases may have hemorrhoids without knowing it. But sometimes it can worsen the situation causing discomfort, itching and may seriously hamper the evacuation causing pain intense.

Some tips and recommendations for the treatment of hemorrhoids are related to good nutrition, high fiber vegetables and limiting spicy or highly seasoned foods. Practice is also recommended regular exercise and avoid sitting still for a long time. Read the rest of this entry »

Cell is the smallest part of the human body. Millions of cells forming tissues and organs to form a network structure. Everything is arranged in a variety of systems that are interlinked, mutually supportive and mutually limiting. Because the interaction with various external factors, and small traumas (collision), all the time always happens ‘damage to cells’, in addition to cell death according to age naturally. Every time there is also ‘change of cells’ (cell regeneration). Network capabilities to perform different cell regeneration. The most active are the skin and intestinal mucosa, and the most difficult is the neural network.

Pain is a condition in which damage some cells. Because of factors could cause infection or exposure to extreme heat or cold, or trauma. The treatment goal is to enable the process of ‘regeneration of cells’ (growth of new cells), in addition to overcoming the causes and alleviate pain. Healing is determined from maximizing the regeneration of these cells. There are several factors for support the regeneration of these cells, among others, the availability of sufficient nutrients and resting the organs.

Stomach is the organ most ‘hard’ work, in direct contact with various types of food (spicy, sour, alcohol, dyes, preservatives, including bacteria, etc.). All this must be digested by the stomach. Work gastric gain weight if the ‘master’ hooked eat. And unfortunately almost no time off for the stomach. Actually cell regeneration also occurs in the stomach, but because the stomach does not break, this process is never maximal. Gastric need adequate rest to undergo the process of cell regeneration. Well, fasting is a condition that is expected by the stomach. Fasting Ramadan is ‘worship stomach’!