2015/07/03

The best tip to educate your gut.

The best tip to educate your gut.

The best tip to educate your gut is to drink a large glass of water 3-5 minutes before going to the bathroom for 3 days initially to ascertain whether the technique works. Even without a will, the tip is to create a fixed schedule that can do this bowel retraining and treat naturally constipation.
Drink a glass of water (250 ml) causes not only the esophagus and the stomach to move, but also sends a reflection to the intestine also starts to contract, thus eliminating the stool. If you are on the toilet, can be more sensitive to this impulse and help the bowel straining.
No trick or hint is miraculous, it means that there is no substitute for a good diet, high in fiber and liquids accompanied by a daily walk to keep the body functioning well and the blood and muscles active, but drinking this glass of water before trying to strain to evacuate, it is more a technique for those who feel they've experienced many strategies to try to regulate the intestinal transit without success.

2015/07/02

Treatment for food allergy

Treatment for food allergy

The treatment for food allergies in general is done through a specific diet exclusion of foods which cause allergic reaction but can also include taking antihistamines and the individual must always be accompanied by a nutritionist or gastroenterologist.
For example, the individual who are allergic to gluten can not eat foods containing gluten in its composition as bread, biscuits, pasta and cereals. But the individual who are allergic to milk, can not eat anything containing milk or traces of milk, such as yogurt, cheese, cakes and biscuits, for example.
During a severe food allergy crisis when the individual feels great difficulty in breathing, and has gastric inflammation, it is recommended to take medications to treat anaphylactic shock, as the application of an injection of adrenaline, for example. Mild reactions that arise on the skin, for example, can be treated with the intake of antihistamines oral use.
However, in any situation of food allergy monitoring and medical treatment is necessary , under the risk of developing nutritional deficiencies with hair loss, weak nails, poor skin, poor wound healing among others.

2015/07/01

Weight loss diabetes cure

Weight loss diabetes cure

Weight loss is a key part, and treatment is often enough to cure Type 2 diabetes.
A study was done in which a group of patients with diabetes type 2 individuals with less than 4 years of diagnosis of the disease, underwent a strict diet of only 600 calories a day for two months. After the treatment, it was observed that most of the carrier was no longer disease. This result reinforces the idea that to lose weight, the individual is replaced by a better pancreatic function, which regulates sugar levels in the blood.
The result remained even after the end of the diet and when individuals have returned to healthy eating "normal", ie no sugar, excess carbohydrates and fats.
During the study, subjects only fed on liquid dietary food and vegetables without starch.This resulted in a large weight loss, causing the levels of fat stored in the pancreas from 8 to fall only 6%.
But it is not known if the same results will be observed in individuals with diabetes type 1 and this result will be permanent, requiring more scientific research in this regard.

2015/06/27

Diet for Phenylketonuria

Diet for Phenylketonuria

The diet for PKU is important to control the intake of phenylalanine is present, especially in protein-rich foods such as meat, fish or eggs. Treating the disease is important because this excess amino acid in patients with phenylketonuria causes difficulties in mental development.
It is important to read the labels of processed foods as a sweetener aspartame contains phenylalanine, for example.
The diet for PKU is necessary to be aware of the amount of phenylalanine which may be eaten each day as it varies according to the age and weight:
  • Newborn at 6 months : 20 to 70 mg / kg body per day;
  • Between 7 months and 1 year : 15 to 50 mg / kg body per day;
  • 1 to 4 years of age : 15 to 40 mg / kg body per day;
  • 4 to 7 years of age : 15 to 35 mg / kg body per day;
  • 7 to 15 years old : 15 to 30 mg / kg body per day and
  • 15 onwards : 10 to 30 mg / kg body per day.
Patients with phenylketonuria may ingest phenylalanine, but always being careful not to exceed your daily needs. Thus, no commitment the motor and cognitive development.

Diet menu for fecilcetonuria

The menu diet must be customized for phenylketonuria and prepared by a nutritionist because it is highly specific and has to take into account the patient's age, the amount of phenylalanine allowed and the quantity of protein necessary for the patient.
Sample typical menu for a child 3 years old with PKU:
Tolerance: phenylalanine 300 mg / day
MENUNUMBER OF phenylalanine
Breakfast
300 ml of specific formula60 mg
3 tablespoons of cereal15 mg
60 g canned peach9 mg
Lunch
230 ml of specific formula46 mg
Half a slice of bread with low protein content7 mg
A teaspoon of jam0
40 g of cooked carrots13 mg
25 g apricot preserves6 mg
Snack
4 slices of peeled apple4 mg
10 crackers18 mg
Specific formula46 mg
Dinner
Specific formula46 mg
Half cup of batter with low protein content5 mg
2 tablespoons tomato sauce16 mg
2 tablespoons of cooked green beans9 mg
TOTAL
300 mg
Phenylketonuria is a genetic disease that identifies baby, so usually the patient with phenylketonuria is accompanied early on by a nutritionist or gastroenterologist doctor indicating the type of power to follow.

2015/06/26

Benefits of Aloe Vera

Benefits of Aloe Vera

The Aloe Vera is a natural plant from North Africa, which presents itself as a kind of green cactus, which has numerous medicinal properties. Its benefits include:
  • Nourishing action: It stimulates the formation of cells and tissues, it has 18 of the 23 amino acids necessary for human body;
  • Regenerating action : It contributes to the elimination of old cells and the formation of new cells;
  • Moisturizing Aloe Vera has a gel that restores damaged tissues and moisturizes the skin;
  • Digestive action : Aloe Vera has enzymes that facilitate digestion;
  • Anti-inflammatory Action : It has properties which aid in treating inflammation, burns and infections.
  • Anticancer action : The plant also has the ability to stop tumor growth when used as adjunctive therapy form.
It can consume Aloe Vera gel form or in the form of juice. These can be prepared homemade form, although they can be found in industrialized form in supermarkets, drugstores and diet.

How to use

To prepare the aloe vera juice at home just open two leaves of aloe vera, remove the pulp and mix in a blender with 1 liter of water and a tablespoon of honey, in the proportion of 100 g of the pulp for 1 liter of water. Drink several times during the day.

2015/06/25

Hidden hunger

Hidden hunger

Hidden hunger is a condition in which a person is hungry, feeds, but have nutrient deficiencies because it makes a varied diet rich in nutrients. So the person eats, but does not eat well, even eat in large quantities, because very select foods doing basically the same meals with very little repeated and making nutritious meal food.
A varied diet should be encouraged since the introduction of new foods, from six months of life, so that it becomes a habit of life, to prevent nutritional deficiencies, preventing diseases linked to poor diet, for example, obesity, high cholesterol, and other cardiovascular diseases or osteoporosis.

Symptoms of hidden hunger

Symptoms of hidden hunger are:
  • tiredness,
  • frequent infections,
  • lack of memory,
  • hair loss,
  • weak nails,
  • anemia.
Hidden hunger can even lead to failure to thrive or physical and even intellectual.

Treatment for hidden hunger

Treatment for hidden hunger when symptoms are too advanced can be supplementation in adequate vitamins and minerals prescribed.
If the hidden hunger syndrome is not very advanced and therefore the symptoms are mild, a varied diet adapted to the individual needs and designed by a nutritionist may be sufficient.

2015/06/24

Spirulina slims

Spirulina slims

Spirulina lose weight because it promotes satiety, reducing hunger and cravings for sweets, and in addition it aids in muscle recovery after physical exercise. 
  • Eliminating localized fat, because it acts directly on fat cells, reducing their size;
  • Promotes satiety, due to the release of anorectic hormones and insulin, which act on the satiety center, resulting in reduced appetite;
  • Take the desire to eat sweets, because of the presence of magnesium on tryptophan, which gives a sense of well being;
  • Purifies the body, due to its diuretic and antioxidant content;
  • Improves fatigue, to prevent the formation of lactic acid in the muscles after physical activity;
  • Prevents premature aging, it is rich in vitamin A.
It is indicated especially in cases of obesity, localized fat in the belly area and physically active.

Using spirulina for weight loss

The recommended dose to be taken spirulina to lose weight is 2.8 g, 3 times per day for a significant reduction in body weight. The capsules should be taken 30 minutes before the main meals of the day.
One can buy Spirulina in health food stores like Green World, for example. The price varies between 12 and 20 reais.