Wednesday, March 31, 2010

FUNCTIONS OF FIBER

Nutritionists and health belief that foods high in fiber are very useful to the body because the foods are high in fiber can make healthy digestive organs, prevent cancer and overcoming constipation.
What exactly is the function of fiber for the body?
• Fiber draw water from the surrounding blood vessels so that fesses become soft and easy to remove.
• Fibers resist absorption of sugar so good for reducing obesity and the health of diabetics.
• Fiber can not be processed by digestive enzymes so that people who consume a lot of fibrous food the volume of his fesses more. This makes bowel movements peristaltic good for the digestive organs and encourage fesses quick exit so that the free radical has no access to a lot of time to disrupt the body's cells and cause cancer.
• In the digestive organs of fiber reduces the amount of bacteria evil and multiply the number of good bacteria. If the number of bacteria bad in the intestine is reduced, the growth of toxicity can be suppressed in order to reduce the risk of colon cancer.
• When fesses too long buried in the intestines it can cause bacterial evil grows multiply and injure the intestinal wall.
• Toxic substances would spread throughout the body via the bloodstream and causes the body feels uncomfortable. Constipation in chronic phase can lead to insomnia, aches in the shoulders, headaches, allergies and many others.
• Fiber serves to absorb cholesterol so that cholesterol levels in the blood will drop.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Chocolate's Benefits for Health

The word chocolate comes from xocoatl (Aztec language) which means a bitter drink. The Aztecs and Maya in Mexico believe that the god of Agriculture has sent chocolate that comes from heaven to them. Cortes then took him to Spain between the years 1502-1528, and by the Spanish people is mixed with the bitter drink that sugar tastes better. Brown then spread to France, the Netherlands and the UK. In the year 1765 chocolate factory was established in Massachusetts, United States.

In its development is not only a chocolate drink, but also become a favorite snack of children, adolescents, and adults. Besides it felt good, ate beneficial chocolate making age a person becomes longer. An epidemiological study has been conducted at Harvard University students who enrolled between the years 1916-1950. By using a food frequency questionnaire collected information about the eating habits of candy or chocolate at Harvard University students.

By controlling the physical activity undertaken, smoking, and eating habits found that those who like to eat sweets / chocolates age older than one year are not eating. Allegedly contained phenol antioxidant in chocolate is the reason why they can outlive. Phenol is also found in red wine that is well known as a good drink for heart health. Brown has the ability to inhibit oxidation of LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and improve immune function, thus preventing the risk of coronary heart disease and cancer.

So far, there are the notion that chocolate causes of dental caries and may also be responsible for the problem of obesity. Undeniable that obesity is one risk factor for degenerative diseases. But a study at Harvard University shows that if you balance the consumption of chocolate candy with enough physical activity and eat a balanced diet, then the negative effects of chocolate candy need not worry.

According to Mayan belief, chocolate is the food of the gods. Beans original flavor is bitter due to alkaloid content, but after going through the process engineering can produce chocolate as a food favored by anyone. Cocoa beans contain 31% fat, carbohydrates and protein 14% 9%. Chocolate is rich in protein amino acid tryptophan, phenylalanine, and tyrosin. Although chocolate contain a high-fat, but relatively easy to rancidity because chocolate also contains polyphenols (6%) which functions as an antioxidant.

In the United States chocolate consumption contributes only 1% of the total fat intake as stated by the National Food Consumption Survey (1987-1998). This amount is relatively small, especially when compared with the contribution of meat (30%), cereals (22%), and milk (20%). Fat in chocolate, often called cocoa butter, mostly composed of saturated fat (60%), especially stearic. But the brown fat is a vegetable fat that did not contain cholesterol. To keep pressing the saturated fat that is not too high, it is better to limit eating chocolate just one cigarette per day and limiting consumption or other food supplement containing catechins such as apple and tea..

In research involving human subjects, found that consumption of brown fat to produce total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol lower than the consumption of butter or beef fat. So although both saturated fat but the effect was produced different cholesterol. High content of stearic in chocolate allegedly the reason why brown fat is not as bad as animal fats. Have long been known that stearic acid is a neutral fat that will not trigger blood cholesterol. Why? Stearic was digested slowly by the body and also absorbed less.

One third of fat found in chocolate is oleic acid is an unsaturated fatty acid. Oleic acid was also dominant in the olive oil. Epidemiological studies in a Mediterranean population consume a lot of oleic acid from olive oil oleic concluded positive effect on heart health.

Often the question arises how much we can consume chocolate? There are no definitive nutrition recommendations for this, however, eating chocolate 2-3 times a week or drank chocolate milk every day would still be acceptable. Principles of nutrition that is actually easy to eat all kinds of food are moderate. Nutritional problems generally arise when we eat too much or too little.

Eating chocolate will not cause addiction, but for some delicious chocolate may cause the desire to consume again. This is called Craving chocolate. The impact of chocolate on behavior and mood (mood) is closely related to Craving chocolate. Brown could miss because of the aroma, texture, sweet-bitter and so on. It is also often associated with the content Phenylethylamine is a substance similar amphetanine can increase absorption of tryptophan into the brain which then in turn produce dopamine. Impact of dopamine is a sense of fun and improved mood. Phenylethylamine is also considered to have aphrodisiac properties that give rise to a feeling like someone is falling in love (heart flowers). It is said that King Montezuma in ancient times always drunk chocolate before harem-harem rotate different every night.

Catechins are powerful antioxidants contained in chocolate. One of the functions of antioxidants is to prevent premature aging that can occur due to pollution or radiation. Catechins are also found in tea even though there were not as high on chocolate. Parents are often ancient practice with a water wash of tea because it can make facial skin glowing and youthful. If they know that chocolate contains catechins is higher than the tea, maybe they'll suggest a shower scrubs with chocolate.

Chocolate also contains theobromine and caffeine. Both these substances have been known to give effect to those who consume them awake. Therefore when we are dozing off at the airport or waiting for long queues, eating chocolate potent enough to make us excited again.

Chocolate products varied enough. For example, there is a milk chocolate, chocolate sweet dough, cocoa butter, sugar and milk. In addition there is also a bitter chocolate which is a natural brown and contains 43% cocoa solids. This type of chocolate can be found in some chocolate bar products.

There is no evidence that chocolate caused acne. Brown also can not be said as a major cause of dental plaque due to the emergence of dental plaque can also occur in people who consume food everyday. It's just chocolate should really pay attention, especially for people who are prone to suffer kidney stones. 100 g chocolate consumption will increase the excretion of calcium oxalate and tripled. Therefore healthy tips that can be recommended is to drink plenty of water after eating chocolate.

Let's Talk About Health

Definition of Health

According to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being is not complete and not merely a disease or weakness.

Factors that affect the health of

10% of social conditions; 8% medical conditions; 7% climatic conditions; 15% heredity; 60% lifestyle.

Health Standard

Health requires a balanced diet, adequate sleep, exercise moderation, and a healthy soul. Healthy people have the properties as follows:
1. Strong body, has the ability to easily handle the pressures of everyday life without experiencing stress, and able to do whatever it takes.
2. Having a sense of optimism with a positive attitude, want to be responsible for actions taken, be strict with yourself, but gentle to others.
3. The ability to handle any emergency situation and able to adapt to the change.
4. The ability to survive the cold weather is normal and infectious diseases.
5. Having a normal weight and body shape are comparable to all parts of the body when standing is at a proper position.
6. Eyes shining, swift in action, and without any irritation
7. Having hair that glow with little or without any dandruff.
8. Having clean teeth without a tooth that feels hollow or sick, and with healthy gums.
9. Condition muscles and elastic skin, when walking with a quick step.
10. Have the ability to rest and sleep well.

Basic concepts of nutrition

• Nutrition: the nutrition, body assimilation process and take advantage of food or nutrients, as well as physiological processes by using food to meet the physiological needs of the organism.
• proper nutrition: with a reasonable diet and cooking and healthy food processing can provide a sufficient amount related to thermal power and other nutrients for the human body, while maintaining a balance between all the nutrients that would meet the needs of the normal physiology of the body and keep the body healthy.
• Nutritional Ingredients: psychology to maintain normal function and can meet the needs of the body for growth, metabolism and work, people must consume nutrients needed daily. These nutrients can be divided into seven categories: proteins, vitamins, minerals, fat, sugar, water, and cellulose (compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen).

Nutrition and health

People think that food is as vital interests. In all our life, nutrition is a basic element that can sustain life and provide the energy needed by cells so that the various tissues and organs can perform coordinated actions. Human life can be likened to a small tree that needs water spray continuously, fertilizing and maintenance in order to be able to make a strong growth. Thus the importance of nutrition for human life.

During the addition of nutrients, only the balanced nutrition that can prevent the body from an imbalance between Yin and Yang which can then lead to illness. Provision of nutritional supplements should be fair and according to scientific knowledge. When someone falls ill, it is necessary to obtain treatment; when someone is in good health, it is necessary to guard against the disease. Therefore, to take reasonable precautions against the disease is a very fundamental problem in relation to health care.

Healthy eating and balanced lifestyle that will be set repaired and boost immunity. "Make this a happy life with health care". By actively dieting for health care in order to take reasonable precautions against the disease will be obtained from the health condition of the consumed nutrients that can improve the quality of life. .

In a food shortage, food that is too excessive and unbalanced nutrition is the most prominent manifestation of the deviation in terms of nutrition that can directly impact one's health. Someone needs to pay attention to in terms of eating can be done sufficiently in order to live a healthy life conditions. Health requires performing maintenance actions throughout our lives. To perform additional actions to complement the nutrients come primarily from sources that are outside of the food.

But there are many types in relation to food:

• Eat to keep themselves in order to stay alive;
• Provides a sense of satisfaction in meeting someone;
• Keeping the nutritional situation remains in the balance of the meal accompanied by carefully controlling with regard to food likes and dislikes.

As a key point in relation to eating habits is to keep from overeating so stuffed, eat with the vegetables, do not eat cooked food until overripe, eating is not in a hurry, the food has a mild taste, the food is still in a fresh condition; have diversity, with the cool conditions, there is separation, followed by maturation. Only in this way someone will be able to have a healthy body along with a life full of passion and confidence.