Minggu, 26 April 2009

FAT AND CAROTENOID

Bright and vividly coloured vegetables are rich in carotenoids, powerful plant pigments that reduce your risk of cancer, heartdisease and cataract. But here is a little-know secret to fully benefit from these disease fighting compounds, you need to eat them with fat. In fact, Ohio State University researchers found that people who ate a salad topped half an avocado absorbed five to ten times more beta-carotene and lutein than those who had salads sans the fatty fruit. And eating avocado wiht salsa boosted the absorption of lycopene by almost five times. "fatty acids are needed to help carotenoids disolve in the intes times" says Dr. Steve Scwartz. " These lipids are also an essential part of creatinglipoproteins, which transport the carotenoids in the blood stream."
Any time you eat colourful vegetables have some fat too.And it doesn't have to be an avocado, 30 gr of chese, two tablespoon of caesar salad dressing will have the same effect.

Kamis, 15 Januari 2009

CAFFEINE OVERDOSE

Mostof us take energy drink to be wide awake a long night drive or to stay late night for fun. They promote their products saying it provides increased strength and ability to stay up all night by using the products. They are not closing the potential consequences of the caffeine overdose taht can lead up to death.
Do not use energy with alcohol. Researches at Wake Forest University of Medicine found the combination of caffeine and alcohol sends mixed signals to the nervous system, causing the effect of a "wide awake drunk". 400 miligrams a day is the upper limit for caffeine intake to avoid overdose. Trck your intake of caffeine and energy drink. Having energy beverage while exercising can lead to severe dehydration.

Minggu, 28 Desember 2008

CHOCOLATE AS FOOD SUPPLEMENT TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE

University of California researchers found Flavan-3-ols, a compound found in chocolate that can be attributed to lower the risk of disease cardiovaskular. Chemical substances that are found in chocolate is better than the cure of cough medicine. This is based on a compound called theobromine that can prevent coughing. The compound that found in chocolate can help prevent high blood pressure because chocolate rich of flavanol, a kind of antioxidant that can track and destroy dangerous chemicals in the body that cause aging and potentially serious disease. Chocolate can be to help prevent blood coagulation. Anything that can help patients affected by stroke. The researchers said chocolate has the same effect with aspirin, which is known as anti-coagulation blood. Chocolate contains a high level of Polyphenols, a compound found in foods derived from plants that act as antioxidants that can help protect from serious diseases such as cancer, to help repel the disease such as heart disease.

Kamis, 25 Desember 2008

BLUEBERRY

Blueberry often been used as supplements to increase the human brain remembers. Blueberry give a lot of flavonoid that act as antioxidants. Flavonoid this serves to brace the memory with the way the brain functions that control the learning and memory. So to prevent senility better with consume this blueberry. But for more practically now has found many different brands of supplements containing extract blueberry. So we don't need be bothered to find blueberry in fresh fruit.

Minggu, 21 Desember 2008

PEANUT BUTTER

Jelly beans or what is known as Peanut Butter has the nutritional value that can not be considered unimportant. Breakfast with bread that is given with peanut butter is enough to give us energy to work until lunch time. Peanut butter contain more fat, but fat is contained no saturated fatty acid. In addition to fat peanut butter also contains protein. Fatty acid is not saturated fat is good because it helps reduce the rate of LDL blood cholesterol, so be spared from heart disease. Therefore, peanut butter can be a food supplement to increase our health, especially the heart.