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[10 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 714 views]
Cinnamon regulates glucose level

The persons who suffer from diabetes may use cinnamon in fruit salads instead of sugar (a teaspoon per portion). After six weeks of regular usage, the spice regulates the blood sugar level.
Cinnamon is also an excellent remedy for cold suffering persons. The chilly people must follow a cinnamon powder therapy (one teaspoon of cinnamon powder per cup, for example per cup of boiled wine or basil infusion) for 10 days.
The hiccup and digestive spasms may also be controlled by aids of a teaspoon of cinnamon infusion in a glass of …

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[9 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 438 views]
Main Food Groups

There are 4 main food groups as follows:
Group 1 – Proteins (meat, fish, milk, eggs, nuts, cheese, mollusks, soy, yogurt)
Group 2 – carbohydrates (bread, pasta, cereals, bakery products, starch vegetables, honey, sugar)
Gropu 3 – Starch free vegetables (tubers, herbs, spices)
Group 4 – All types of fruits

Risks of improper food group association

prevents nutrients absorption
disturbs digestive enzymes activity (pepsin)
alters complete digestion and leads to colon illness
frequently abdominal swellings and cramps, burning stomach  sensations, flatulence

How to safely combine different Food groups :

Stay Healthy !

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[9 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 519 views]
Top 3 essential vitamins for our body

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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[8 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 676 views]
Advices for a healthy digestion

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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[7 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1,145 views]
Onion – therapeutic facts

Introduction
Onions (Allium cepa) belong to the Allium family, the same family as garlic, leeks, chives, scallions and shallots.Onion is one of the oldest vegetables and can be found in a large number of food recipes  spanning almost the totality of the world’s cultures, being the second most important horticultural crop after tomatoes. They are commonly used to flavor dips, salads, soups, spreads, stir-fry and other dishes.
Onion and other Allium vegetables are characterized by their rich content of thiosulfinates, sulfides, sulfoxides, and other odoriferous sulfur compounds. The cysteine sulfoxides are primarily …