Category: Thoughts & Opinions
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Psychology of Dieting
If a weight loss diet is necessary for health reasons or for greater well-being and beauty with the aim of reducing excess body weight and restoring it to its ideal levels, in addition to the benefits it provides to health, it also helps psychology by increasing self-confidence that comes from discipline in the nutritional program…
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HIPPOCRATES (460 BC – 377 BC) – ON DIET VI – Constipation and Obstructive Ileus
In the case of dry stools that cause burning, the mouth becomes dry and later takes on a bitter taste, retention of feces and urine occurs. For when the intestine loses its moisture, it swells around the feces and blocks the outlets, causing pain, fever and whatever one drinks or eats, it expels it with…
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IPSC great stage …. a Diet Approach
Most practical shooting athletes choose to only think about what they are doing wrong. If they don’t do well in a stage, you can’t talk to them, they walk away, they look and feel really bad. If they don’t deal with it quickly, the chances of them doing it again increase because they keep a…
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HIPPOCRATES (460 BC – 377 BC) – ON DIET V – Wine
Sweet wine, strong wine, white wine, and black wine should be administered in serious illnesses according to the following criteria: Sweet wine weighs less on the head than strong wine and affects the mind less, facilitates bowel movements more than the other, but causes swelling of the spleen and liver. They are not recommended for…
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Taking the Ideal Dietary History
The dietary history aims to provide a detailed record of a person’s medical history, eating habits, preferences and goals in order to design a personalized diet plan. The dietary history should be collected by the dietitian in the form of a series of questions and not by the method of completing a questionnaire by the…
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HIPPOCRATES (460 BC – 377 BC) – ON DIET IV – Satiety
At the beginning of satiety, people are seized by a prolonged and pleasant sleep, which continues for some time of the day. However, when the body cannot bear the continuous satiety, sleep is no longer pleasant but the person becomes agitated and thinks that he is struggling. When the person reaches this point, he is…
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AI for Nutritional Advises ? I’ll pass…
Artificial intelligence refers to learning and by extension the attempt of machines to reproduce the cognitive functions of a human, such as learning, planning, creativity. Artificial intelligence systems are capable of adapting their behavior, to a certain extent, by analyzing the stored information they have and the new information they receive. Artificial intelligence is usually…
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HIPPOCRATES (460 BC – 377 BC) – ON DIET III – Fruits
The following applies to fruits: Ripe ones are more laxative and fresh ones even more so than dry ones. Berries are warming, moisturizing and facilitate the bowels. Ripe pears warm, moisturize and facilitate bowel movements, while hard ones are astringent. Ripe winter pears cause bowel movements and cleanse the bowels, while unripe ones are astringent.…
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Very Low Energy Ketogenic Therapy (VLEKT) – Is it worth it? NOT worth it
Very Low Energy Ketogenic Therapy (VLEKT) is a nutritional approach used primarily for weight loss and management of obesity-related comorbidities. The characteristics of this diet (VLEKT) are a daily caloric intake of less than 800 calories. In these calories, the carbohydrate content should be less than 50 g, there should be a fat percentage of…
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HIPPOCRATES (460 BC – 377 BC) – ON DIET II – Foods containing flesh (meat, fish, seafood)
Meat ¨Regarding animals intended for food, everyone should know the following: Beef is tonic, astringent and indigestible. Its meat is heavy for the body, as is its milk. Goat meat is lighter than beef and more laxative. Pork gives the body more strength than beef and goat meat and facilitates bowel movements quite a bit.…
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