HEALTH AND BEAUTY » Healthy diet

Hot Oatmeal

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:46:34 +0000

Oats are harvested in the fall but are available throughout the year and can add extra nutrition to a variety of healthy dishes. Better way to gain the strength and energy to carry you through a hectic morning schedule than with a steaming bowl of freshly cooked oatmeal.

Why people were slow to embrace oats is because they go rancid very quickly, due to the presence of natural fats and a fat dissolving enzyme present in the grain. The fats in oats are relatively healthy, with a lipid breakdown of 21% saturated, 37% monounsaturated, and 43% polyunsaturated.

Oats contain more soluble fiber than any other grain. Soluble fiber is the kind that dissolves in water, so the body turns it into a kind of thick, viscous gel, which moves very slowly through your body. Soluble fiber also slows the absorption of glucose into the body, which means you're going to avoid those nasty sugar highs and lows.

Now, the latest research suggests they may have another cardio-protective mechanism. Antioxidant compounds unique to oats, called avenanthramides, help prevent free radicals from damaging LDL cholesterol, thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Oats also have anti-inflammatory properties, and have been clinically shown to help heal dry, itchy skin. Oats are also highly absorptive, hypoallergenic, and help to soften skin. Oat grains and straw appear in shampoos, dusting powders, moisturizers, cleansing bars, breast implants, and astronaut suits. Despite their widespread praise by nutritionists and bodybuilders alike, oats have a humble origin. The oats now grown commercially are for human consumption.

Carbs will shorten your life!

admin — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:33:04 +0000

Maximum lifespan (purported to be roughly 120 years at present) has remained steady throughout time despite a marked increase in average lifespan over the last century. Much of this can be done by giving rigorous attention to and reducing preventable disease. Heart disease, cancer and stroke -the biggest cause of this type of preventable diseases is consuming a diet high in unhealthy substances such as white flour or sugar, while avoiding or limiting nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables. There is no doubt that the type of foods we eat every day affect the way our body burns or stores calories, and new research indicates that carbohydrates may be critical to the development of disease and how long we live. Calorie restriction done in tandem with optimal nutrition may extend lifespan and increase health. It is not entirely understood why calorie restriction works, and studies are still. Some proponents say that with calorie restriction, one can avoid most major causes of death. Calories should slowly be reduced over a two- to three-year period, so as not to shock the body, encourage unhealthy behaviors such as anorexia, or slow metabolism down markedly.

Insulin is a major accelerant of the aging process and is the main reason that obesity and diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and dementia are so prevalent today. Sugar is known to feed cancer cells, and damages the inner lining of the arterial walls increasing risk of heart disease and heart attack. Regulating insulin secretion has long been known to be important in preventing disease and slowing the aging process. This can be accomplished by eating foods that do not cause the body to secrete insulin. Insulin is released primarily as a response to excess blood sugar and consuming excess carbohydrates. Avoiding refined carbohydrates and carbohydrates that are readily converted to glucose (sugar, corn syrup, white flour in the form of bread, pasta, crackers, rice, potatoes etc.) is beneficial because it decreases insulin production.

While the "insulin-makes-you-fat" theory is a popular one, researchers have actually found that managing insulin levels does not help lose weight. But it has been proved that losing weight can help control insulin levels. Calorie restriction with optimum nutrition, also known as CRON, is also called the Longevity Diet. This diet can potentially increase a human being's average lifespan. Adults who have finished growing will gain the most benefit from nutritionally optimal calorie restriction. Pregnant or nursing women, growing children and anyone undergoing serious illness should not practice caloric restriction.

Benefits Drinking Green Tea

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:50:10 +0000

Green tea has been subjected to many scientific and medical studies to determine the extent of its long-purported health benefits. Green tea does not raise the metabolic rate enough to produce immediate weight loss, a green tea extract containing polyphenols and caffeine has been shown to induce thermo genesis and stimulate fat oxidation.

It helps fight against stomach, lung, breast, skin pancreatic, and prostate cancer. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent.

There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol. [[[Green tea]]] can even help prevent tooth decay. Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that cause dental plaque.

Herbs for Health magazine cites a Japanese report stating that men who drank ten cups of green tea per day stayed cancer-free for three years longer than men who drank less than three cups a day. There is approximately 240 - 320 mg of polyphenols in three cups of green tea.

It is used to stop Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. It is used to raise the metabolism and increase fat oxidation. It reduces the risk of heart diseases and heart attacks by reducing the risk of thrombosis.
It is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases.

Asthma and Diet

admin — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:12:00 +0000

Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs that inflames and narrows the airways. Common symptoms of asthma include lack of breath difficulty in breathing, cough, tightness of the chest, and continuous whistling sounds when you breathe.

Diet plays a very important role for asthma patients. It is an allergic condition resulting from the reaction of the body to one or more allergens, and is the most troublesome of respiratory diseases. An asthma patient gets frequent attacks of breathlessness, in between which he may even be completely normal.

There’s evidence that people who eat diets higher in vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, flavonoids, magnesium, selenium, and omega-3 fatty acids have lower rates of asthma. Many of these substances are antioxidants, which protect cells from damage.

Incorrect dietary habits are a major cause for the increase in asthma rates. If dependence is more on a diet high in salt, vegetable oils, low in plant food rather than a traditional diet high in fruits, vegetables and fish, the rate of asthma tends to go up.

There are some foods that help the body to fight off asthma attacks and therefore, they are an integral part of an asthma diet. Certain nutrients also help neutralize the free radicals produced, which may reduce the severity or frequency of asthma attacks and improve the function of the lungs. Right and healthy diet definitely has a positive impact on many people suffering from asthma.

As a preventive, the patient can regularly use one teaspoonful of the turmeric powder mixed with two teaspoonfuls of honey twice daily on an empty stomach. He can also take one teaspoonful of turmeric mixed with a cup of warm milk twice a day. If it is used before or at the onset of a nasal problem, the manner during the attack will reduce the intensity or acuteness of the attack and bring quicker relief.

Smokers and passive smokers are more prone to suffer asthma and other respiratory disorders due to the damage caused by the smoke. It is crucial for asthma sufferers, especially young children whose bodies are still developing, to be allowed to breathe smoke-free air. They have enough to contend with the traffic and gas fumes.

All mucous-forming foods such as dairy foods, chocolates, refined white flour bread, cakes, and white sugar are considered by naturopaths to be best avoided for all respiratory conditions and especially asthma. This is because excess mucous only serves to further block the airways and thus aggravate the condition.

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