How much vitamin C we need?

Posted by afni | February 9th, 2010 in Vitamin and Minerals | No Comments »

How much vitamin C we need?

Health from this blog still mulling over the amounts of nutrients that our body needs in the laborious task of daily life. This time we have wondered how much vitamin C we need? After knowing the quantities of iron, calcium and magnesium, it is the turn of this important vitamin, essential for our development.

One of the most successful myths about vitamin C is that the orange is the food with a higher proportion of such vitamins. Without coming to appreciate or to discuss this statement, what is certain is that like the orange, there are other foods with a lot of vitamin C in their composition. In this regard we must emphasize, above the rest, its tenderness. Read the rest of this entry »

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Eliminate Wrinkles

Posted by afni | February 8th, 2010 in For Beauty Skin | No Comments »

Eliminate WrinklesMy love, this article I show you something that is used to help eliminate wrinkles, I hope this information will serve as me has served me …
While that wrinkles appear sooner or later there are ways back and the sooner it starts the better the performance.
Among the products and treatments exist to delay the development of wrinkles are:

Anti-wrinkle cream
There are many anti-wrinkle creams. The ingredients you used are explained below.

Topical Retinoid
This ingredient has been on the market for a long time and is considered one of the most effective against wrinkles. It is part of almost every anti-aging creams or anti-wrinkle.

Can cause redness, dryness, itching and a burning or tingling sensation. Brands with higher concentrations are known tretinoin (Renova, Retin-A) and Tazarotene (Avage, Tazorac), these require a prescription. In Latin America and Spain are relatively cheap in USA and Canada are quite expensive.

Also found in cosmetic creams for wrinkles. The effectiveness of anti-wrinkle creams depends in part on the concentration of retinol and the mixture of ingredients. Read more about the retinol

Other active ingredients against wrinkles
Other ingredients in anti-wrinkle creams are alpha-hydroxy acids, kinetin (kinetin), coenzyme Q10, peptides, minerals and metals like copper and antioxidants. Read the rest of this entry »

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Diet cabbage soup

Posted by afni | February 6th, 2010 in Food for Diet | No Comments »

<br /> Diet cabbage soupA good promise, down from 5 to 7 kilos in one week with this diet of cabbage soup, which will help us eliminate those extra kilos.

Just do not we just take the whole amount of soup you want (minimum 1 cup a day) but we also eat plenty of water to help detoxify.

Then, the ingredients of the cabbage soup:

* 1 small cabbage, chopped or grated
* 2 large onions
* 1 can of peeled tomatoes
* 2 green peppers
* 4 stalks celery
* Beef or chicken broth, enough to make a big pot of soup
* Black pepper
* Fresh herbs chopped
* 6 carrots, sliced
* ½ cup balsamic vinegar

Preparation of cabbage soup:

Simmer all vegetables covered with the broth until tender. Shutdown and then add the pepper and fresh herbs.

In addition, foods can be eaten with cabbage soup: Read the rest of this entry »

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Weight-loss Tip: Insurance before starting

Posted by afni | February 5th, 2010 in Diet | No Comments »

It is well known that success Insurance before starting at weight loss, depends on how prepared we are to meet the challenge.

In other words, be very sure before you start and admit whether or not the best time to take a weight reduction program.

Here are some questions that will help us to know.

* Are we sufficiently motivated to make long term changes such as eating healthy and exercise more? Well, knowing that we need a change in life and be ready to do it are two different things.

* Do we have any kind of distraction that may affect our commitment to the weight reduction program? If we are distracted with some major life event, such as marital problems, work, illness or financial problems, etc.. It is better to give us a chance to calm down before starting.

* Are we really aware that slower is better? What a way to lose weight relatively slowly is healthier and more effective long term? An average of half a kilo to 1 kilo per week.

* Do we have a realistic goal? Remember, losing only 5 to 10% of our weight, can greatly improve our health. The best, will inform us as it is prudent to lose, with a doctor. Read the rest of this entry »

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Watermelon Diet

Posted by afni | February 4th, 2010 in Food for Diet | No Comments »

Building that are in full season, can not miss the watermelon diet.

A fruit that among its properties, you can count on a diuretic, detoxifying, anti-cancer and reducing high cholesterol. Not to mention its high content of vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, among others.

Ideal for those hot days, by rehydrating effects (thanks to its content of 90 to 95% water) and low calorific value (approximately 32 calories per 100 grams).

Watermelon Diet
Then the watermelon diet, a regimen of around 1,200 calories a day with which can be reduced to two kilos per week.

Breakfast:

• Black coffee or tea with sweetener.

• 2 Graham crackers

• 1 natural yogurt or nonfat, sugar-free flavors

• A slice of watermelon Read the rest of this entry »

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Foods to eat to lose weight

Posted by afni | February 3rd, 2010 in Food for Diet | No Comments »

Foods to eat to lose weight<br />
Soup is one of those meals that can be made in advance, frozen for months, can be of any flavour and can be as healthy of as unhealthy as you want it to be.
To make a healthy, delicious and filling soup, try this recipe for pumpkin, coconut and ginger soup.

3 cups roasted pumpkin
2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup coconut milk (light)
1 tablespoon ginger, minced

Place all the ingredients together in a pot along with enough water, bring to the boil and simmer for around 20 mins or until the pumpkin pieces have broken down, then let it cool. Read the rest of this entry »

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Soups to lose weight!

Posted by afni | February 2nd, 2010 in Food for Diet | No Comments »

Be honest, who has not gone beyond this season, finishing several extra kilos? It’s time to concer the great secret of many weight loss plans, none other than the use of weight-loss soup.

<br /> Soups to lose weight!And it is that consumables before each meal helps control appetite sensation by producing a good state of satiety, especially when taken warm.

Perhaps therefore the most successful diets of the moment (according to a recent study in the U.S.) include soups as input.

Hence the wide reference to “reducing soup” or the well-known Fat Burning Diet which uses a variation of the famous cabbage soup, which if I recall, was prepared using onions, tomatoes, peppers, celery and cabbage. Resulting broth satiating effect, which can be taken without any restrictions. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tips if you’re trying to get pregnant

Posted by Anhie | January 30th, 2010 in Pregnancy, Tips for pregnant women | 1 Comment »

Tips if you're trying to get pregnantEvery mother wants to offer their children the best. Before the design can prepare women to keep our bodies in top condition to receive our baby.

Authors Dr. Alice D. Domar and Dr Kevin R. Loughlin, in his book “6 Steps to Increased Fertility” give tips on how to prepare to conceive:.
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Qi Gong (chee gong or chi gung, chi-kung)

Posted by Anhie | January 29th, 2010 in Healthy, Qi Gong | No Comments »

Qi GongQi gong or Chi gung pronounced chi kung is part of Chinese medicine. It is used as a form of prevention as part of treatments for diseases. Qi gong have physical and mental effect. At present he has put some practices martial arts.

There are several forms of Qi Gong at the moment.
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Hemorrhoids Care and treatment

Posted by Anhie | January 28th, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

HemorrhoidsHemorrhoids affect about twenty five percent of the population, both young and adultos.La condition is an abnormal dilation of a vein located in the anorectal area.

These may be located outside the anal sphincter (external hemorrhoids) or into the same (internal hemorrhoids). Sometimes phenomena may be complicated with thrombosis, inflammation, … and / or hemorrhage.
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