Category: Foods
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5 Myths about Diet Programs
1. Delete Carbohydrates from diet if you want to lose weight If we exclude carbohydrates from our diet we will have a slightly greater weight loss than usual, but this weight loss will be due to excessive water loss from the body and not to fat loss (1 gram of carbohydrate holds 3 to 4…
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5 Foods that can cause Bad Breath
Bad breath (also called halitosis) is caused by possible health conditions, long-term habits, and the consumption of certain foods. The most well-known health conditions that can lead to bad breath are diabetes mellitus, liver or kidney disease, Sjögren’s syndrome, infections in the nose, throat or lungs, gastroesophageal reflux disease, oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Long-term habits…
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5 Food Categories for NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease)
Liver is an organ that helps process nutrients and drugs absorbed from the digestive system, stores energy, breaks down substances such as drugs and alcohol and removes them from the body, helps synthesize bile which is necessary for the digestion of fatty acids. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of fat in the…
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5 Food Categories for when we’re Really Hungry
Hunger is the body’s natural need to eat in order to gain energy and continue performing its basic functions and meet its nutritional needs. Hunger appears gradually and can be postponed, unless too many hours have passed without food intake. When we are hungry, there is no desire and need for a specific food. A…
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10 Foods for Better Blood Circulation
Blood carries nutrients and oxygen to all the cells of the body’s tissues from the heart and brain to the muscles and skin and removes carbon dioxide and metabolic waste products. A healthy nutrition is one way to optimize our blood circulation. Other ways are exercise, proper hydration and maintaining our weight as much as…
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Tips for better Absorption of Vitamins
Vitamins are organic molecules essential for our metabolism. The way we take vitamins can affect their absorption and effectiveness. Vitamin absorption occurs in the intestine. Impaired intestinal absorption of vitamins can be due to factors such as intestinal disease, genetic disorders of transport molecules, excessive alcohol consumption, and drug interactions. Absorption of water-soluble vitamins (B…
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3 Foods categories for Low Cortisol Levels
Cortisol is one of the most important hormones and essential for life. It is the body’s main stress hormone. The release of cortisol in the body is highest in the morning, when we need a burst of energy to wake up, and decreases throughout the day. Stress releases cortisol throughout the day and night, and…
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Protein for Preschoolers
Recommendations for children’s nutrition are not like those for adults with specific, precise amounts of grams, they are mainly educational and research in nature because, like adults, babies do not all have the same body size, the same needs, the same metabolism. There is no clear scientific documentation on the exact amount of protein or…
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Phlebitis – 6 foods to eat and 5 foods to avoid
Phlebitis in the legs is the venous insufficiency of the superficial venous network. Some veins relax, swell and overflow. The formation of phlebitis is caused by venous congestion in a specific part of the leg, resulting in a constantly increasing venous pressure in the superficial venous network of the lower extremities over time. Instead of…
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6 Food Categories that improve Hearing
Age-related hearing loss slowly reduces hearing and often affects adults over 65. Key symptoms include difficulty hearing high-pitched sounds such as telephone rings or microwave beeps, while low-pitched sounds are usually audible. Causes include genetic, environmental, lifestyle factors, and side effects from long-term medication use.Genetic factors include genetic predispositions and the natural aging of the…
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