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Both are hyperlipidemia, ie an abnormally high level of fatty substances in the blood. There are two so-called “silent murderers” because in most cases are asymptomatic, facing only when they have caused injury to our body. The known complications are called atheromas of cholesterol, which increase the risk of heart disease, cerebrovascular accident (stroke) and stroke among others.
We can reduce levels by resorting to a diet low in saturated fats and sugars, following similar dietary recommendations to the cases of high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases.
Some tips for reducing cholesterol levels and / or triglycerides
* Choose at least 2 servings of oily fish a week
* the chosen Chicken portions per week must outnumber those of beef or pork.
* Similarly, the portions of fish must overcome seafood.
Food favorable
* Fish
* Legumes
* Whole grains
* Vegetables, fruits and vegetables
* Milk-fat
* Olive oil and nuts
Moderate food
* Egg
* Lean meats
* Seafood
* Pasta and rice
* Luncheon lean
Foods to avoid
* Whole Milk
* Cheeses
* Fatty meats and sausages
* Fatty cold cuts (bologna, etc.).
* Cookies, cakes and biscuits
* Alcohol
Olives and tofu pate against colesterolLas olives can be eaten without problems if you suffer from high cholesterol, because they provide good quality fatty acids. The interesting thing about this fruit of the olive that can be used in various ways. This, especially, is delicious: a spate of olives and peppers, which can be enjoyed both on a piece of toast to accompany another dish.
Ingredients:
* A cup of green olives without bones
* A red pepper
* Olive oil
* Bread crumbs
Preparation:
Place the olives in a bowl, always taking care that it is not a bone or traces of them. Add a splash of olive oil and begins processing with the mixer. You can add a clove of garlic too, if you want. Finally add some bread crumbs to thicken the preparation.
Asa directly on fire the pepper until it is completely black. Peel it under running water and then cut into strips. Olive pâté served on toast or in a container, always covering with strips of pepper. It’s perfect, delicate flavor and fully capable against cholesterol.
While olive oil and sunflower oil are good for the heart and reduce risk factors like high cholesterol, fried foods are a separate issue. This method of cooking can be healthy if it is done properly and choose the right fat. Fats or oils when subjected to heat have a different limit water temperature (100 º C) and between them. At this temperature limit is reached each oil known as smoke point or decomposition point of the fat.
The smoke point is a feature that should be borne in mind when choosing a cooking oil or grease. This can be a disadvantage for certain oils, because when these begin to break it produces a substance called “acrolein”. The substance irritates the gastric mucosa and alters the tolerance of food.
In the specific case of olive oil and sunflower oil, the latter has a smoke point of 246, while the extra virgin olive oil 190. That is, for frying sunflower oil is healthier and has more advantages than olive oil. The higher the smoke point, is healthier frying.
For a frying is healthy is important to prevent oil or grease reaches the temperature of Hume, to prevent it starts to decompose. For this reason it is advisable to use butter as cooking medium because it has a very low smoke point of just 150.
If you want to make a fry and suffer from hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia can use oil spray, or adapt recipes for the oven. Both olive oil and sunflower oil have beneficial health properties, so to exploit them, preferably Use them raw.
Remember that the best way to stay healthy through diet, is to know these little secrets you can use the time to cook healthy.
Soluble vitamins are those lipids (fats) but not in water. They are present in the fatty part of foods of animal or vegetable. Fat-soluble vitamins can accumulate and cause toxicity when taken in large quantities.
Types of fat-soluble vitamins
* Vitamin A or Retinol: Essential to prevent night blindness, for vision, proper growth and immune system function and maintain healthy skin and mucous membranes. It is found in animal foods like butter and whole milk, and the animal in the form of carotene, especially in vegetables, red or orange, and that carotenoids are pigments that color.
Vitamin D: It has a role in bone mineralization, as it promotes absorption of calcium and phosphorus. Also attributed other functions related to the nervous system, brain and pancreas.
* Is obtained from the diet and cutaneous synthesis mediated by radiation from the sun. Foods rich in vitamin D include oily fish, egg yolk and milk and its derivatives.
Its deficiency results in rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults, its deficiency may contribute to the development of osteoporosis in old age.
* Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that protects lipids and other components of the cells from oxidative damage, thus intervening in maintaining the structure of cell membranes. Present in most vegetable oils, nuts and eggs, adequate intake of this vitamin, is a protective factor in cardiovascular disease.
* Vitamin K: Necessary for the synthesis of several coagulation factors, so its absence can prolong bleeding time dangerously. It is synthesized by bacteria in the intestinal flora, approximately half of the requirements may be obtained in this way. In foods, the most found in vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables, and legumes.
Children are much more prone to allergies because their immune system is not fully developed yet.
Highlights
Remember. In case you get an allergic reaction to food must act according to the severity of symptoms. Treatment may require from topical treatment to relieve itching until you have to go to an emergency department for treatment more specific.
Food allergies are a common cause, these reactions occur by excessive body’s sensitivity to certain food proteins, and these are an essential part of human nutrition. This reaction is repeated every time we eat the food in question; say from the University Clinic of Navarra. Children are much more prone to allergies because their immune system is not fully developed yet, so food is being introduced gradually, until the food is easily assimilated.
There is a different concept called food intolerance, such as milk, gluten etc …, which is caused by an allergic reaction but is caused by a deficiency in certain enzymes involved in digestion of that food.
The most common allergens are:
Major allergens: peanuts
Strong Allergens: Cereals containing gluten (oats, wheat, barley, rye), shellfish, eggs, fish, soya, milk protein, nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts, pine nuts, etc …)
Mild Allergens: Celery, stone fruits (apricots, cherries, peaches and plums).
From the University Clinic of Navarra offers a series of recommendations on what to do about a possible food allergy:
- When there is a suspicion that you suffer an allergic reaction to a particular food, it is first necessary to stop eating the food likely to cause.
- Do not assume that a person or a child has an allergy to a food until confirmed by a doctor.
- Only get a reliable diagnosis of food allergy if the relevant tests performed by your allergist.
- In case you get an allergic reaction to food must act according to the severity of symptoms. Treatment may require from topical treatment to relieve itching until you have to go to an emergency department for treatment more specific
Colds and flu are very important diseases that always cause a lot of discomfort. Fortunately there are drugs that help us to end these problems. But if you do not want to use drugs derived from chemicals can exploit the properties of many foods.
It is known that when there are pictures of coughs, colds and excess mucus is necessary to drink plenty of hot teas and soups. But that’s not all. We must also increase the intake of vitamin C, which is found primarily in citrus fruits. Lemons and oranges are the most recommended.
But we must also cover the daily intake of beta carotene (spinach, parsley, carrots), magnesium (fish, legumes, nuts), zinc (liver, cereals, dairy, fish, eggs, etc..) And selenium (dairy, grains , meat, etc..). Finally, do not forget that the best thing for colds is to drink plenty of fluids, which helps remove impurities and combat dehydration.
Anti-Age Food
Studies say that lycopene is better absorbed by the body when cooked and a little fat. Therefore, the tomato sauce prepared with olive oil and ketchup are the best sources. Remember this when you prepare the pasta on Sunday!
Researchers at the British Society for Investigative Dermatology found that a daily serving of tomato sauce improves the skin’s ability to protect themselves from ultraviolet rays and hence, premature aging they produce on the skin tissue. To reach these conclusions, the researchers gave volunteers a group of about 55 g of tomato sauce and 10 g of olive oil daily, while another group were given only olive oil.
After three months, the skin samples of tomato sauce that incorporated showed a 33% more protection against sunburn (the equivalent of a protective factor only areas of low) and higher levels of procollagen, a molecule keeps skin firm.
Other benefits of lycopene, has antioxidant properties and acts by protecting cells from oxidative stress caused by free radicals. It also prevents cardiovascular disease. Similarly, several scientific studies have shown that this plant pigment can significantly reduce the risk of prostate cancer, breast and ovary.
Older women who consume more chocolate, are less likely to develop heart disease within 10 years, according to results of a new study.
The researchers found in women over 70 who eat chocolate at least once a week, 35 percent less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease during the study and nearly 60 percent of die cause of heart failure.
The good news is that women do not have to eat a ton of chocolate to see the benefits, the researchers said, warning people who eat foods high in sugar.
But it is probably too early to start recommending people to eat more chocolate and even if other studies confirm their great benefits, doctors still can not prescribe chocolate, they added the German Institute of Human Nutrition, who did not participate in the study.
“The danger is that many people will start eating more than is necessary, without reducing the calories of other snacks, which would result in weight gain and offset potential beneficial effects of chocolate.”
Researchers warn that women should consider cutting the orange juice and soft drinks to reduce the risk of suffering from gout, and that those who drink two glasses of orange juice a day are twice as likely to drop as scientists say.
According to statistics increasingly being developed in females painful disease, which is a form of arthritis, which was almost exclusively men.
The researchers found that women who take a glass of orange juice a day were 40 percent more likely to develop gout.
Those who drank two glasses a day were two times more risk of developing the disease, which is closely linked to poor diet and commonly associated with the Victorian era.
Experts believe that the high sugar content of fruit juice is due to increased uric acid (a waste product in the blood) seeping into the joints, causing them to swell and hurt so badly.
It is not easy for parents to make healthy food choices for their children and not for them. It is so much information, so many denominations, many attributes, which ultimately raw best price and the best advertising. At the end everyone ends up believing what the product promises, and all give up, buy.
There is much confusion because there are too many health claims, many messages, vitamins and everything has special properties that no longer remember what color are cows or milk is the true, With spots, dots, stripes or colors ?.
Some advertise a benefit, but do not mention that are high in other unhealthy. Why not simply declare that a food with no trans fatty acids, if you have a high sodium and / or sugar, or fat-free read, if you have a high salt intake. To be healthy should have all the good attributes together, be low in saturated fat, no trans fats, no sugar and no sodium or low intake of them.
Then we will show you some foods that are not necessarily what they seem, so you end buying what is really thinking and wants and not what seems to be, but it is not.