12/2/09

NATURAL AND DOMESTIC FOOD

Eco, organic, integrated, domestic food


NATURAL AND DOMESTIC FOOD

Eco, organic, integrated, domestic food


Eco, organic, integrated, domestic
Food. Symbols like domestic, natural and integrated do not mean that the food is organic. Therefore, attention at shopping!
Food labels can mislead the buyer, as some give the impression that it is for organic food, though this is not the case.
Eco, biological and organic
These three codes have the same meaning; indicate food that is produced naturally and correspond exactly to a particular standard. Organic food is one that is produced under the supervision and without synthetic herbicides to protect crops, artificial fertilizers and synthetic additives in animal feed. The cornerstone of organic farming is cultivation of food, which preserves the natural balance.
Integrated is not organic
In this code should be careful because it does not mean anything more than that the food is produced partly ecological. The use of artificial fertilizers and sprays it in this kind of production is allowed, but limited to the strict minimum.

Eco, organic, integrated, domestic food


Domestic and natural
A common mistake consumers is that even for food, which says that they are domestic or natural, they think, that they are therefore produced without chemicals and are equivalent to organic food labels (eco, biological, organic). Nothing is farther from the truth, because they have not been controlled and are not certified. Indeed, they may grow in the home garden, but with the use of chemical agents and near traffic roads!

Domestic food

10/25/09

CONSUMPTION OF FRUIT ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

Consumption of fruit on an empty stomach


CONSUMPTION OF FRUIT ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

Consumption of fruit on an empty stomach


Enjoy fruit only on an empty stomach?
Many authors of the bestselling book about weight loss advice us to consume fruit only on an empty stomach. Fruit is very quickly digest and passes through the stomach in less than half an hour. Completely different story is, if you eat fruit as a dessert after a meal or at the evening, when in the stomach remains still some undigested food. Fruit does not occur in nature to digest immediately, but begins in the digestive organs rot, while waiting for a series that is digested for protein, fat and carbohydrates, which stay in the stomach lasts several hours. This is the reason that you have indigestion or abdominal distention.

Consumption of fruit on an empty stomach


Some experts therefore recommend that you can enjoy fruit only in the morning on an empty stomach or three to four hours after ingestion of other substances. To a lot of people 'time hygiene' consumption of fruit help and defend it.

Consumption of fruit on an empty stomach

10/2/09

Fruits calories and carbohydrates

Fruits calories and carbohydrates


Any food that contains calories, makes you fat, and the fruit is no exception. In addition to calorie also contains a significant proportion of carbohydrates, which are deposited on the body in the form of fat pad, if you take them too. The maximum recommended amount of fruit by an adult can be consumed in one day is 500 grams, that can bring to 250 calories to your daily caloric intake. In addition, fruit, especially one that is green in color, contains a lot of carbohydrates and certain fruit (melon, watermelon, banana ...) is due to its high fructose content in some diets even prohibited. Due to previously mentioned beneficial substances in fruits it is by no means be completely waived if you only eat in moderation.

Fruits calories and carbohydrates

9/24/09

Fruit as a complete food

Fruit- a complete food


Recommendations by the consumption of fruit is very healthy, even the glorification of the fruit as a complete food, some people read very wrong, in good faith to benefit their body is literally overeating with fruit and enjoy it with every meal. Fruit itself - for example, the biologically produced - does contain many vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, fiber and carbohydrates for energy, but your logic certainly already savvy that neither extreme is good and the excessive consumption of fruit, especially if it is mixed with other foods, may have negative effects on digestion, body weight and physical and mental well-being.
What if the consumption of fruit just is not so great?
Adult be as recommended by experts to eat daily between 250 and 500 grams of fruit, depending on age, gender, body weight, digestive characteristics of this food. If you eat more fruit daily, as it’s recommended, may occur indigestion, eructation, and abdominal pain. Dietitians and scientists have created a number of theories on how to enjoy the fruits that the optimal use of the body and from that you will not gain weight. Except the father of the protein diet, dr. Atkinson, no one else was so bold, that would advise that you should consume fruits completely waived.

Fruit- a complete food

9/8/09

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants


We all know the fruit as a source of vitamins, but it is much more. Let us not forget the antioxidants. While our body produces its own antioxidants, its resistance also increased with daily consumption of foods containing antioxidants. The importance of antioxidants is still, despite numerous studies that speak to their advantage, the subject of lively debates. Antioxidants protect our organism against free radicals, produced by the body during metabolism, or are part of the defense against bacteria.
The body increases the production of free radicals, if we are over-exposed to environmental pollution, ultraviolet rays, cigarette smoke ... Fortunately, many foods contain antioxidants that help protect the body from danger. Neutralize free radicals, especially some vitamins E, C and A (beta-carotene) and minerals such as selenium (avocados, sea fish and seafood), zinc (red meat, fish, wheat germ ...) and copper (nuts, seeds ...).

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants


Antioxidant properties also have other substances in certain vegetables and fruits (cinarin in the artichokes). Antioxidants are in the food industry are also important preservatives. They add them to the margarine and oil that causes a disadvantage oxidation (rancidity) and help maintain a natural appearance.
Antioxidants in fruit juices to prevent a change in color to be added to wheat flour and improve the properties of the flour in baking. In order to ensure sufficient supply of natural vitamins and minerals and the antioxidants, it is still safer to eat more fresh dark green vegetables and yellow-red fruit with nuts and avocado at the forefront rather than only to turn to food supplements.

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants

9/6/09

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture


Data from institutions various researches still shows the loading of fruit with pesticides, and often the consumer is confused and does not know what is better, eat fresh fruit and vegetables or not. The fact is that even in the processes of conventional agriculture use of fertilizers and pesticides is controlled. Residues of these and other materials for surface protection of fruit and vegetables during storage remain on the surface. So, a hygiene kind of food preparation dictates washing fruit (pears, apples, plums ...) and vegetables under cold running water before consume or cooked processed.

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture


You must also think of the enjoyment of peeled fruit, of course this is the banana, citrus and kiwi, by peeling pears, apples, peaches, apricots or plums you remove most of the substances causing the fruit at all enjoyable. Therefore buy seasonal fruit and vegetables (storage period is shorter), fruit and vegetables with no visible traces of rot, abrasion and other mechanical damage, immediately before ingestion of a good wash under running water, but never wash fruit and vegetables in large quantities of water!

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture

7/5/09

Fresh and Nutritious Fruit

Fresh and Nutritious Fruit


Tips for buying and preparing
Make sure that the fruit and vegetables, which you offer to your child, are fresh and nutritious. Even the best, if you get close to the production of an organic farm and then as quickly as possible spend, not the loss of nutrition. Do not buy on the stock; always prefer to offer fresh vegetables and seasonal fruit. Fruits and vegetables do not store in plastic bags.
Many organic products are brought from abroad, therefore, goes a considerable amount of time between the harvesting of fruits and use, which speaks in favor of home-produced biological products.

Fresh and Nutritious Fruit