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Loss of interest on Food

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:05:13 +0000

I been observing my friend this few months, she lose weight. I asked her and share with me about the things she do. She skipping meal and dieting without proper consultation from dieticians. Diet is good, but without proper regiment it can lead complication. Lately, she complaining sleepless at night and worst of all lack of interest on food. I worried about her condition, some of her co-worker suspected that she’s on stage of anorexia nervosa. On my personal research this Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder marked by a fear of getting fat. This disorder attributed to affects of severe weight lost and mostly women are affected to it. This disorder is hard to treat and sometimes it leads to death if not recovered immediately or complications such as cardiac arrest.

These are some symptoms that a person has Anorexia Nervosa.

- Extreme weight loss
- Aversion on food (no appetite and food intake).
- Constipation, at times.
- Loss of normal body hair and nail problems.
- Irritability and irrational behavior, especially regarding food.
- Preoccupation with weighing. Anorexics tend to check their weight several times.
- Bulimia (gorging on food, then inducing vomiting or purging).

Complications.

- Severe illness because the body lack of nourishment.
- Organ damage or failure.
- Anemia or lack of vitamin and minerals.

If you think you are in this symptoms its better to consult immediately a doctor before it may get worse, or refer some dieticians. A therapy or psychologist it will help and to prevent this eat a balance diet. If you must tom loss weight, start a scientific weight-reduction program but only after consulting dieticians.

Iron

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:02:40 +0000

Did you know red meat is the richest source of iron? The livers particularly and there are also other meats have iron like the chicken, turkey, pork, fish and shellfish. While other resource like vegetables, nuts, and seeds are good in iron too. Increase your energy level by eating iron rich foods. They are sources of the air and strengthen our body to sustain our daily activity. The body can’t absorb the iron as easily as from animal’s sources. Now iron is added to some food we like to eat like for cereal, dread and pasta.

Here are some 2 ways to increase the level of iron in our body.

- Don’t drink coffee or tea because it contains polyphenol that can decrease the absorption of iron. Polyphenol tends to block in the iron and it makes more difficult to be absorb.
- Take foods with a high amount of vitamin c like orange because it keeps absorb the iron better.

Allergies

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:49:56 +0000

Many people have been misconception about allergies. First and fore most it is important to understand the fact about food sensitivities. On the other hand, true food allergy that many confuse with food tolerance is manifested through symptoms that quickly appear within minutes to an hour after eating the offending food. The symptoms associated with true food allergies are usually skin-related, such as hives, rashes and respiratory system and difficulty in breathing and asthma. A true food allergy may also cause one to experience the common food borne illness symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Food allergy symptoms may became systemic and cause anaphylaxis that sometimes leads to death. This is the reason why food allergies are serious.
Consumer may take the following step to reduce the risk of allergic reactions at home or in the workplace.

- At home have a list prominently posted in the kitchen for your household to take note of, just incase someone who does not know your family sensitivities brings you food.
- When grocery shopping, read product labels carefully about the ingredients used in the disk that you are about to order.
- If you suspected you have a food allergy, have a condition tested properly by a medical professional.
- After proper diagnose of the food allergy, educate every one in your home about the allergen. Teach them where the allergen may be found and what to do if an allergen reactions occurs.
- Remember to wash utensils thoroughly after every use. This is just basic safe food practice.

Smart Lifestyle

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:46:08 +0000

Losing weight is not a one-time activity but it is all about a series of small steps. That means cutting back of desserts and adding more time to exercise, plus a smart lifestyle change. Here are some ways to lose weight. Fiber- adds to your diet if you like to stay healthy. A high fiber diet can lower your caloric intake with out making you feel reprieved. That’s why some health expert promotes fiber to lose weight. A slow eating can help to lose weight because it requires more chewing, it speed the passage of food through the digestive tract. Make it sure that every meal have a fiber or eat more vegetables but for snacks it might be better to eat fruits rather than junk’s food. One large apple has a much fiber (five grams) as a cup of raw broccoli. Control TV viewing, the more you watch TV shows the more you likely to miss physical activities. Drink 8 glasses of water every day, water not only quenches your thirst it can also speed the body metabolism. Drinking 8 glasses of water consumptions may help to lose weight about eight ponds in a year. Get more sleep, a study conducted by University of Chicago found out that people deprived of sleep had a lower level of hormones that control appetite. It also says that enough of sleep is good to our health and help to lose weight.

Growing Method on Potato

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:13:31 +0000

If you can’t eat your burger without fries then you may have a serious potato addiction or a very healthy appreciation of these tuberous crops. And to those looking for a low labor method of growing potatoes, the no till way is the perfect choice.

What you need:
- A plot of land to plant your potatoes. (This may be a part of the yard if you want)
- Bales of straw or hay.
- 1 kilogram of potatoes seeds.

What will you do?
- Cut each potatoes seed to about one fourth of its size.
- On your plot of land, make rows on the ground about 1 meter part.
- Set a piece of potato about every 0.5 meter.
- Cover the rows with straw or hay, at least 0.3 m wide and 15 cm deep in the center.
- Wait for the taters to take root within a few days. When the leaves of the potato plant poke through the straw and add a few more bales of straw and keep adding as the potatoes keep growing.

Some reminders:

1. If the ground is very dry, give the straw a good soaking just until it is able to hold enough moisture to take care of the potato plants.
2. When bugs attack your potatoes, whip out your garden gloves and squish these creatures’ dead. You may also spray them with pesticide, but make sure you use the organic variety.

Kindey Stone Formation

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:30:16 +0000

About 60% of all kidney stone calcium oxalate, 9 % contain calcium phosphate, while about 11% contain a combination of both. Less common stone are composed of uric acid, cystine, or magnesium ammonium phosphate. A stone that blocks the flow of urine or causes infection must be removed either surgically or by sound or shock waves to break up the stone into pieces that can be easily eliminated from the body. The person who has a kidney stone may experience recurrence but reports suggest that with proper treatment, a recurrence may be prevented.

Probable Causes

- Bowel disease (causing malabsorption)
- Cystinuria
- Glucocorticoid excess
- Gout
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Immobilization
- Osteoporosis
- Paget’s disease
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Renal tubular acidosis
- Vitamin D intoxication (overdose)

Probable symptoms

- Mild pain. This occurs when small pieces of the stone break off and travel down with the urine through the ureters. The pain usually starts in the back, just below the ribs and follows the path of the stone. Once the stone reaches the blade the pain normally subsides.
- Severe stabbing pain, the result if the large stone enters an ureters.

Helpful Dietary Management

- Eat a diet low in sodium and low to moderate in protein plus a high fluid intake.
- Drink enough water –about 8 ½ glasses (eight ouch glass) spread within the day at regular intervals to maintain a urine volume of 2 liters per day. Maintaining a large urine volume ensures that mineral concentrations in the urine will be diluted, therefore reducing the risk of stone formation.
- Eat fresh, natural foods instead of processed canned meats.
- Avoid commercial chips and crackers.
- Reduce sodium in the diet, gradually
- Avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic and carbonated beverages
- Read labels. Sodium can be found in food, water, medicines, toothpastes, and mouthwash.

Reducing Diet

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:06:29 +0000

Reducing weight is very difficult to achieve but gaining weight too much easier but as we know we should more conscious about our self not only our appearance specially our health. Many of us like to have a firm and healthy body; there are ways to lose weight with out taking any pills or fasting. Just have a reducing diet plan, which follows the principle of eating foods with essentials nutrients with the goal of effecting weight loss. The diet is low in calories, low in fat but high in complex carbohydrates. Weight loss should be gradual don’t expect on the next day you can achieve your goal; it needs patience, determination and have a self-discipline. The complex carbohydrates are found in fiber-rich foods such as vegetables, fruits and whole grains.

Here some simple tips:
- First consult a licensed nutritionist-dietitian before trying any reduce weight. He knows when you need to reduce, how much weight you need to lose and how you should lose extra weight and what your specific nutrients needs are.
- Eat less fat. Avoid pork, fatty meat, skin, and chicharon.
- Eat only a maximum of 3 egg yolks per week.
- Chose low calorie-foods. Avoid sweet, cakes (especially those with icing), ice cream, sweet dessert, candies, pies and chocolates.
- Reduce of salty foods like dried fish and other similar foods that encourage more rice consumptions.
- Drink at least 8-glass 0f water a day between meals.
- Avoid milk shakes, chocolate drinks, soft drinks and sweeten juices.
- Avoid tea, coffee and alcohol. Alcohol drinks are high-calories beverages.
- Eat regularly. Never skips meal especially breakfast.
- Avoid in-between meals. Drink water instead.
- Choose legumes, fish, poultry, and veal, which contain less fats and cholesterol than pork and beef.
- Cook foods plainly. Avoid butter or fattening sauces.
- Eat a good breakfast and lunch but has a light supper. If you plan to skip meals, choose supper instead of breakfast.
- Exercise regularly.
- Keep a record of your weight. Weight loss of about 1 to 2 pounds a week is safe and considered reasonable.
- Determine to lose weight.

Chocolate

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:12:08 +0000

I love dark chocolate especially, the Lindt dark chocolate; it’s so good (yummy). The study shows that chocolate may be good for liver patients. Dark chocolate could be prescribed for people with liver disease like cirrhosis. Cirrhosis, by the way, is scarring of the liver. It is caused by hepatitis infection or alcohol abuse. The researchers have discovered that dark chocolate limits the after-meal rise in abdominal pressure, hence, helps and prevent liver patients from having blood vessel burst. Dark chocolate is believed to have antioxidants called flavanols, which is good for blood pressure. Flavanols help smooth muscle of the blood vessels to calm down and dilate.

Its all about ice cream

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:57:34 +0000

Do you like ice cream, I know everyone love ice cream especially me. But did you know that no one really knows who invented ice cream. It probably was created in a number of places around the world at various times in history. Some expert believes these were popular thousand years ago. Around 200 B.C. in china packing it in snow solidified a soft mixture of milk and rice. The Roman Emperor Nero enjoyed mixture of fruit crushed with snow and honey and Alexander the Great sent runners to the mountain to bring back snow so he could have a wine-flavored ice. When Marco Polo returned to Europe from his travel, he brought with him a recipe for tasty ice and milk dessert. These desserts became popular among the rich, and royal chef’s kept working to improve the recipe. These recipes were closely guarded secrets for many years. After ice cream was introduce with the colonies, many of our country founders become ice cream addict like Thomas Jefferson, gorge Washington and Dolley Madison. The first ice cream plant was opened at United State century and half ago. The owner would never have believed that today annual ice cream sales in this country are over 3 billion.

What makes pepper hot?

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:57:19 +0000

Not all pepper is hot. Like for example paprika, pimiento and bell pepper are not hot. However, pepper such as chili, palapeno and habanero are very hot. These pepper contains capsaicin, which stimulates the nerve endings in the mouth and makes the brain believe it is experiencing true heat. Eating hot pepper can also make the eyes water and the nose run and can induce perspiration. To counteract the pain, the brain releases morphine like endorphins that create a mild euphoria, similar to a runner high because of this pepper can be slightly addictive. Pure capsaicin is so hot that if you dilute a single drop in 100,000 drops of water and then sip the water, it will blister your tongue. Another interesting trait of capsaicin is that, unlike ginger or mustard, it can desensitize one to pain if small amount are eaten repeatedly or if a large amount is eaten all at once. This is why chili lovers can eat progressively hotter peppers and foods. When you burn your mouth by eating a hot pepper, the typical reaction is to drink water or milk. This won’t help at all. Capsaicin will dissolve in water and drinking a liquid only spread the capsaicin more until your whole mouth is burning. To alleviate burning, many people recommend sour cream or yogurt because the casein in these products breaks down the bond between the capsaicin and the pain receptors in your mouth. The most effective method found to relieve the burning sensation is to take a level of spoon of sugar, moisten it with some water and then roll it around in your mouth for half minute.