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Nutritional status is a factor that, in many cases decisively the course of gestation. It is known that states of malnutrition and/or deficiency can cause alterations in the course of pregnancy, preterm delivery, fetal malformations, abortions, including some instances of severe malnutrition can cause women to situations of infertility, thus preventing fertilization.

All this has led to ensure that it is essential to proper nutrition to ensure normal during pregnancy. Currently it is recommended not only that the woman is normonutrida at the time of conception but also during pregnancy and lactation nutrition maintains a level sufficient to meet the demands of their own and those of the fetus.

How to know if the nutritional status is appropriate?

The assessment of nutritional status should be done the doctor that follows the course of pregnancy or nutritionist and they will base their diagnosis in the evaluation of the following parameters: Read the rest of this entry »

Each food provides our body substances that are essential to its operation and Development: The nutrients and carbohydrates, high energy.

There are two types: starches, which are mainly found in cereals, legumes and tubers, and sugars, which are present in vegetables and fruits high energy.

Proteins (meat, fish, eggs, dairy, legumes) necessary for growth and tissue formation.

Fat, energy producers.

Water and minerals in varying proportions to balance the body’s functions.

Vitamins, complex chemicals in small quantities, are essential for the health of the body.

Balanced consumption of essential nutrients contained in foods depends especially on the functioning of the human body and the absence of disorders and diseases.

Although all nutrients are found in most natural foods that are normally consumed, its share is uneven and none possesses all.

To get a balanced diet is recommended to combine food products in the best way possible according to the basic nutrients it contains.

Some low-calorie food choices include low-calorie salad dressing; salads and relishes (raw vegetables); skim and/or low-fat milk; fresh and/or tamed fruit drained of syrup; lean meat, poultry, fish, or seafood without added high-calorie sauces or gravies; a vegetable choice without added fat; and light desserts in smaller portions. Think-thin menus are planned using the same principles and standards used for the general menu and should be based on the general menu. Think-thin menus should include all the basic menu components while eliminating high-calorie extras such as gravies, sauces, and toppings. Calorie content is influenced by preparation methods and portion size.

With adequate nutrition can be achieved to avoid diseases, slow aging and have excellent physical appearance scientists say there is the theory that human beings today can live to 129 years in optimum health and quality of life if it acquires good eating habits.

Many foods can be used to prevent and cure diseases

For example, dates calm coughs and soothe the bronchial tubes, containing vitamins B, very little protein and calories, so you have invigorating effect and suggests consuming to fight fatigue and weakness. For its part, the peach has provitamin A, vitamin B, C and E, and is useful in diseases of the heart, digestive, renal and obesity. Garlic reduces the growth of tumor cells, dilates the arteries and reduce the pressure.

Recent studies have shown that daily consumption of yogurt delay the recurrence of certain tumors, because certain strains of these bacteria in yogurt are able to inhibit chemical carcinogen, which is excellent against breast cancer.

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Lose some kilos is a desire that we have many, and yet it is a process that is always difficult. Whether it requires a significant change in our habits or because we did it only temporarily. One of the secrets to achieve and maintain ideal weight is to identify the area where most have problems and act accordingly.

We spoke earlier of which tend to be too sedentary life and how to remedy this lack of exercise. Along with the practice of sports, good nutrition is essential. With that we do not mean a diet, especially the fashion that allow very fast download 10 or more kilos, but a program to change the way we eat.

One of the serious problems of our diet today is the consumption of processed foods, especially those that contain refined flour and sugar. Not so much for your calories, but because they create a real physical addiction, which makes us dependent, and increases the difficulty of leading a healthy and balanced diet.

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Fish consumption is associated with a lower risk of death from prostate cancer, which is the most common cancer in men in the Western world.

Many of these cancers are slow growing and are not fatal, however, prostate cancer kills frequently enough to take it very seriously.

To reduce the risk of developing this disease, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition assessed the relationship between fish consumption and risk of prostate cancer.

There have been no previous evidence linking increased consumption of fish with a lower risk of prostate cancer, but this latest study was a collection of data in several studies, through which it concluded, where the largest Fish consumption was associated with a lower risk of death from prostate cancer.

In general, the protective effect associated with fish consumption was 63 percent.

The chickens are raised field outside a cage or free, so their eggs are more nutritious compared to eggs from hens in cages, as new studies have determined.

Nutritional eggs were considered as elevated cholesterol and triglycerides in the body, so many people began to limit consumption to twice a week or remove them completely from your diet.

Many opt to prepare the egg whites to avoid this excess, as the yolk is the one with a high fat content.

From the perspective for a balanced diet, leave out the yolk makes an incomplete food, according to nutrition experts now consider this as a very valid concern.

Although not grown in gardens and similar places, mushrooms have become highly sought food in the food due to its delicious flavor, however, have a special value for those who are on a diet to lose weight.

Its nutritional properties are not very meaningful and provide little energy, which makes them ideal foods for those wishing to lose weight, being the most sought after mushrooms and the death cap mushroom.

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In patients with cancer, nutrition is one of the most important because almost 90% of them lose much weight, and proper nutrition is necessary for a better recovery.

Poor nutrition in these people usually start at the same time they are diagnosed because they have a big psychological impact, which negatively affected food intake and on the other hand, some anticancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery leave many patients in unfavorable nutritional conditions.

Unfortunately, malnutrition is often aggravated by processes such as anorexia, because the treatment does the patient loses his appetite, cachexia, which is the loss of weight and muscle mass, a characteristic pathology in people with cancer, and early satiety by the excess of drugs that often have to consume in their treatments.

Poor nutrition is often contribute to and increase the incidence and severity of adverse effects with this type of treatment, and therefore patients are more susceptible to infections and various problems by a decrease in the immune system.

This is why we must always advise us how we should properly feed a patient with this type of pathology. Do not hesitate to consult your trusted doctor.

It is today well established that there is a clear link between diet and health. Nutritional imbalances are involved in the development of diseases most prevalent today in all industrial countries: cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, high cholesterol.

The National Health and Nutrition (PNNS) aims to optimize health and quality of life of people by acting on one of its major determinants, which is nutrition.

For the period 2006-2010, the second National Health and Nutrition Plan develops new ambitions and new lines of action to complete the field of prevention: Read the rest of this entry »