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How to choose good carbs when doing the shopping

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Although carbohydrates increase the level of sugar in the blood, but remove them from your diet is not necessarily the right answer, for many reasons. The trick is to control the types of carbohydrates you eat and know how much you can eat. You will definitely increase your intake of whole grains (which contain carbohydrates), not only for their fiber, but also for their antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

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1) Choose cereals with at least 5 grams of fiber per serving
Among other advantages, the fibers can feel to have a full belly. So you can take all morning with just a little snack, but it is not mandatory, before lunch.

The fibers come from grains are also associated with a reduction of inflammation in women with type 2 diabetes. This is important because experts believe that inflammation plays a major role in diabetes and in the development of heart disease. A study of physicians found that those who ate whole-grain cereal every day were 28% less likely to have heart failure for more than 24 years.

2) Buy traditional oats instead of instant cereal packets
If you hesitate between oatmeal and cold cereals, choose oatmeal. They have fewer calories than most cold cereals and, unlike most cold cereals, oats are rich in soluble fiber stabilizing sugar.

The oats are rich in soluble fiber and fewer calories than cold cereal

In fact, studies have shown that eating a cup of oatmeal five or six times a week may reduce the risk of contracting type 2 diabetes by 39%. The oatmeal also contribute to lower cholesterol. But watch out for instant packets for breakfast, they usually contain added sugar, not to mention sodium (which can increase blood pressure). Oatmeal apple-flavored instant of a packet containing 229 milligrams of sodium. A cup of oatmeal brings only 3 milligrams sodium and warm and tender texture continues to seduce.

3) Choose bread with the word “whole” in the first ingredient
Watch the color of bread will do you no if that’s really the whole grain. You must read the ingredient list. The breads that list “enriched wheat flour” as the main ingredient has been stripped of most of their nutrients (in fact, about 11 vitamins and minerals are lost in the enrichment process). Breads that are enriched also contain added sugar and fat.

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Why Should We Exercise?

Friday, March 19th, 2010

ExerciseExercise is essential to stay healthy, counteracts the effects of sedentary life and reduces stress. As we move the blood carries more oxygen to the muscles thus increasing their ability to work. If we start doing gymnastics, after several weeks, decrease the heart rate at rest and also when we do not increase much exercise.

It is best to practice an exercise that we like. If you’re not in shape before starting the exercise should be preparing to increase the activities of daily life under the car or taking the bus, walking down your development or up the stairs. (more…)

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Essential Nutrients To Get Pregnant

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Essential Nutrients The older women tend to have more years of poor diets on their backs. For these women it is important not to be complacent and take a drastic change in diet, in order to give birth easily.

The body can not tell in advance if this system is healthy enough to feed the child properly. It needs to store all the nutritional components in order to feed a growing baby, otherwise, even if you are lucky enough to get pregnant there is a risk losing the child. (more…)

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Eat better for less

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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Eating healthy does not have to be for the rich. Although healthy foods are notoriously expensive, not always. The full loaf, for example, is typically more expensive than white bread, but a baggy potato is cheaper than a patatillas and an apple is usually cheaper than a candy bar.

1. Reduce convenience foods: these foods, like vegetables and chopped, cooked chicken, shredded cheese bags, salad bags packed and prepared foods are more expensive than others because we are paying the work done to give us the work then. It is cheaper to wash and prepare our own lettuce or chop vegetables ourselves that we are going to use, plus we can save on trips to the supermarket.

2. Avoid fast food: Instead of consuming products are individually wrapped or instant purchase originals or commodities. For example, buy normal rice instead of instant, natural vegetables instead of canned and real potatoes instead of mashed potato packages. Replace instant oatmeal cereal, puffed rice cereal or other generics. Not only are cheaper, but also tend to be healthier.

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