Archive for February, 2010

Healthy Diet For Pregnant mothers

Friday, February 26th, 2010

A healthy diet is very important for you and your baby, so it is important that from now on keep your eating habits in order not to lack anything. The possibility that the current increase your appetite. This is a natural way to eat certainly enough to feed your baby. This means you need to increase your daily diet of about 400 calories.

Protein and vitamin Amino acids forming the protein responsible for creating the structural elements of cells and primary muscle tissue, bone, connective tissue and walls of many bodies had begun to form in your baby. That’s why your protein requirements increase by 30 percent from the same time that you are pregnant or anything similar, at 60 grams per day. Where can you find proteins? The best is in the meat, fish, eggs, milk and dairy products, bread, cereal, pasta, vegetables and nuts. (more…)

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Soursop Fruit for Health

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Soursop fruit is a plant that until now was believed to be drug because soursop fruit known to contain many nutritious.

Sometimes people ignore this one fruit because they have not received information about its benefits, the current problem for many people is when they’re suffering from an illness, they only believe in doctors or drugs and ignoring patent herbal medicine or traditional medicine. It is very wrong in my opinion.

The reason they are on medication management entrusted to a doctor or chemical drugs because they wanted a faster recovery, so I tried a little outline of the benefits of soursop fruit in several diseases among others:

Soursop fruit is a fruit rich in vitamin C, carbohydrates and mineral, because vitamin C is high and is an excellent antioxidant to increase endurance and slow the aging process.
Several other benefits from soursop fruit is able to ward off gout, hypertension, osteoporosis, and increase endurance, heal hemorrhoids and facilitate the digestion of food.
To form strong bones and prevent osteoporosis.
Contain the most nutrients in the soursop is. One type of carbohydrate on soursop fruit is a reducing sugar (glucose and fructose) (more…)

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Pregnancy: the Importance of Vitamin D

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Vitamin D and Pregnancy

Pregnant women who lack vitamin D are likely to undergo a caesarean section, according to new research. During the study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, were checked vitamin D levels of pregnant women.

The reason for the problems that arise during labor in pregnant those with low levels of vitamin D is linked to lack of muscle strength.

A total of 253 women participated in the survey, within these 17 percent had undergone a Caesarean section. The 28 percent of women with low vitamin D levels resorted to surgical care, compared with 14 percent of women with high levels of vitamin.

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Lemon

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Lemon

Fruit citrus lemon trees blooming in the Mediterranean giving health and delicious flavor to many dishes.

There lemons around there is a deep cultural tradition that make them excellent companions of salads, rice, fish, delicious desserts … taking advantage of its acidity and remarkable health properties. It is also effective for slimming diets.

Lemon belongs to the Rutaceae family, the genus Citrus. Imported from China in the twelfth century is spreading throughout the world and especially in the Mediterranean. The province of Murcia and Alicante southern lemons produce some excellent varieties of all kinds. Also in Anadalucia and the rest of C. Valenciana.

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