Articles Archive for February 2010
Nutrition »
Nutrition specialist claim aliments are the best and safest source of vitamins. More than that, vitamins help our organism to function optimally.
The vitamin B complex, especially B6 and B12, helps blood, nerves and immune system function optimally. Deficiency in the body of those vitamins presents a higher risk factor for heart disease and strokes. For a healthy person the recommended daily quantity is around 1.3mg B6 and 2.5ug B12. The richest source of B6 vitamin is found in bananas, wheat germs, beans, nuts, chicken and fish, while the eggs, dairy, …
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Here are some advices to ensure you have a healthy digestive system:
try to have moderate portions, as the stomach is having problems to digest when it has too much food;
chew each bite at least 20 times, in order to chop the food well and to stop the stomach from making too much digestive fluid;
drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, as people often mistake the hunger sensation with thirst sensation;
avoid loosening substances as they dehydrate the organism and eliminate nutrients;
exercise regularly, as it stimulates intestine muscles to contract;
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Did you know?, Medical Researches »
Consumed with moderationn by a healthy person (two glasses a day), champagne protects the hearth and blood vessels according to Reading University specialists. The beneficial effect is due to the contained polyphenols and antioxidants. Polyphenols slow down the removal of nitric oxide from the blood, high nitric oxide levels in the blood increasing blood flow and decreasing blood pressure and blood clotting.
Champagne is the combination of two red grape varieties, pinot noir and pinot meunier, together with chardonnay variety, harvested from French champagne vineyards. Sparkling wines produced in other parts …
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A new weight loss method might save overweight people a lot of headaches. Researchers discovered a way to trick the human body into consuming more energy by blocking a single enzyme. In this case they targeted an enzyme referred to as the Fyn kinase that indirectly controls the “energy master switch”.
According to the tests they performed on mice, those that lack the Fyn kinase burned more fatty acids and become leaner. Also they had increased insulin sensitivity. To chemically inhibit the Fyn kinase the researchers used an experimental drug called …
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The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome which affects babies under a year could be caused by a brain anomaly – the serotonin deficit. Serotonin, a monoamine neurotransmitter, is primarily found in the central nervous systems and in the gastrointestinal tract.
The researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston discovered that babies who died in their sleep had few serotonin receptors in their blood. The anomalies were discovered in the lower part of the brain, in the rachidian bulb.
Serotonin and the way it’s processed in the brain helps coordinate breathing, carbon dioxide sensibility, temperature sensibility, …
