Showing posts with label Fruit and vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruit and vegetables. Show all posts

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

6/28/09

Choice of Fruit

Choice of Fruit


How to convince a child that will enjoy as many fruits and vegetables?
One possibility is that the child has the choice of many different fruits and vegetables. If the choice of fruit is major, will be easier to find what it is really like.
Try to offer a child fruits and vegetables in a different way. More considered it will be interesting raw vegetable sticks than cooked on the plate. In addition, it is what they can eat with hands and soaked in different sauces, what's more interesting. Serve, therefore, in addition to vegetables still nutritious sauces and you got two fly to moss!
If the child does not like vegetables, you can trick them that vegetable after cooking mashed and serve as a puree. A few pieces of vegetables may be used after cooking the potatoes and make mashed. You can also hide the vegetables in the soup, the children are usually much preferred to vegetable soups, which are mixed, such as those under which the blue whole vegetables. In addition mixed vegetable soups can still offer soup balls and soup will have a better taste.

Choice of Fruit

6/22/09

How tricked the child to eat fruit and vegetables?

How tricked the child to eat fruit and vegetables?


Children should be eaten five meals of fruit and vegetables daily, recommends World Health Organization (WHO). That means three times a day fruit and vegetables twice. How can this be achieved?
Fruits and vegetables contain plenty of nutrients for the brain, especially antioxidants and phytochemicals, this is a group of natural substances that have a whole range of medicinal effects.
It is important to encourage children to eat as many fruits and vegetables. There is evidence that vitamins and minerals improve the intelligence quotient - IQ.
Fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C, boron, selenium and carotene. Vegetables, however, provides enough iron, vitamin C, calcium, selenium, B vitamins, magnesium, zinc and boron.For the child's meal is already considered a glass of fruit juice or a handful of beans.

How tricked the child to eat fruit and vegetables?

6/19/09

Fruit-Caution in children


Fruit-Caution in children

Many parents still think that is good for children to consume many fruits, but the experts advise caution. For children who drink cider, their parents must take into account that this is often sweetened with fruit and sugar and children at a single meal with juice consumed 25 grams of fruit sugar.
Don’t eat on an empty stomach
Adults should be eaten on the day of about 500 grams of fruit, while the quantity recommended in children is less than half. The experts advised against consumption of fruit on an empty stomach, and also recommend its combination with other foods. Thus, fruit mixed with yogurt or cream, but avoid excessive quantities of apples, pears, figs, mangoes, pineapples and plums, as they hide, in particular, large quantities of fruit sugar.

Fruit-Caution in children

6/6/09

Fruit can be harmful


Even fruit can be harmful

Consumption of excessive amounts of fruit can cause abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and strong winds. Additionally, however, pay attention to the quantity of consumption of fruit sugar, which often like to forget.
From the German Association for the study of allergy have been reported that the consumption of excessive amounts of fruit cause abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and strong winds. Thus, adults would not have eaten more than 25 grams of fruit sugar in the day, but volume is arbitrarily reduced in people with diabetes because their body is not able to absorb the fruit sugar.


Even fruit can be harmful

5/24/09

Exotic fruits - Carambola or Starfruit


Exotic fruits - Carambola or Starfruit

Exotic fruits - Carambola or Starfruit
Carambola or starfruit
Carambola is a slow growing tree that is always green, has a very low tree and grows up to six meters in height. It has a dense and highly branched branching, to them thin and sensitive lists. In general, the carambola tree, a very sensitive and requires excellent conditions for growth, if it’s not at home. When flourish,has tiny white-pink flowers, which flower in small clusters. Carambola flourish several times a year, so that the tree itself to be at the same time, the flowers and fruits. The biggest producers of Carambola are Malaysia, Thailand and Israel.


Exotic fruits - Carambola or Starfruit

5/21/09

Exotic Fruits-Mango, Papaya


Exotic Fruits-Mango, Papaya

Peppers.
Sweet or savory is rich in vitamin C, since it contains even more than citrus fruit. Sweet red pepper contains carotenoids (prevent cancer) and a special substance called capiscain, which in the brain stimulates the production of endogenous opiates endorphins (reduce the perception of pain and affect mood). Savory pepper is useful in respiratory infections. Medium-sized raw pepper contains about 20 kilo calories.
Mango, Papaya.
Exotic fruit which is rich in vitamin C and A. Mangoes also contain B vitamins, especially B1 (important for the nervous system and energy) and B6 (strengthens the immune system). Half of mango or a thick slice of papaya contains 65 kilo calories.
Soybean.
Asian legume with its bioactive substances is real elixir of youth and vitality. Nutritional experts, therefore, those who want to stay young as long as possible, recommended to regularly use soybeans and its products (cheese tofu, Tempeh, Miso, soybean oil, milk, drinks, sauces, germ, yogurt, puddings, pasta, etc.. ). Daily should take of 30 to 50 grams of soybean.
Green tea.
Rich with antioxidants - vitamins, minerals, enzymes, plant dyes, and other bioactive substances. It is recommended each day to drink at least two cup of green tea, preferably without additives (milk, sugar, honey, lemon, etc.).. Gourmets friendly combined with dark chocolate.


Exotic Fruits-Mango, Papaya

5/2/09

Face Mask from Fruits or Vegetables


Face Mask from Fruits or Vegetables

For the beautiful appearance of the face you not need to go to the beautician. You can do many for your skin by yourself, at home. Home-made masks are cheap and extremely effective.
To prepare domestic masks you must first know what type of skin you have and what your skin needs. Is the skin tired, the lack of humidity, or may need a lot of nutrients? In any case, you can feed your face at home.
Mask from fruit
If you want to refresh and purify the skin, the mask is formed from lemons, bananas, apples, avocados, grapefruit, pineapples, oranges or melons. Mixed fruit add yogurt or oats flour, for density the mask, to be better applied to the face.
Masks from vegetables
Among the vegetables you can choose by potatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage and tomatoes, for ease of application add sweet cream or white solid steppes.


Face Mask from Fruits or Vegetables

4/26/09

Fruits and Vegetables can Heal Diseases


Fruits and Vegetables can Heal Diseases

Experts are more than satisfied: fruit and vegetables is not only healthy food, but makes us, beware, even healthy.
Experts are divided on. Fruits and vegetables can heal diseases, and some may be completely prevented. In Boston they did a study where the 100,000 patients demonstrated that the bananas to prevent certain diseases meshes.
If you eat three bananas a day, the risk of disease is reduced to one third. But also in other types of fruits are hidden healing effects. Kiwi fruit is in Japan has long been used in the treatment of cancer.
Cranberries reduce cholesterol in the blood and the pineapple is a very good against pain in the stomach. Even vegetables have their healing effects. Tomatoes, for example are known as a good weapon against cancer, but the celery helps inflammation of the bladder.


Fruits and Vegetables can Heal Diseases

3/27/09

Fruits and Vegetables Reduce the Possibility of Abortion


Successful Pregnancy


Fruits and vegetables reduce the possibility of abortion
Daily consumption of fruit and vegetables halves the likelihood of abortion, shows new researches. The study of thousands of pregnant women showed that those who are in daily eating regularly include fruits and vegetables, reduced risk of miscarriage by 46 percent.
Chocolate, vitamins, dairy products, fish and white meat also increased the possibility of a successful pregnancy. Malnutrition women had 70 percent more of the potential for miscarriage.
Researchers with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said that their findings highlight the importance of good and healthy diet during pregnancy.
The study looked at 7,000 women, the links between diet and lifestyle, and abortion. One of the most important factors was the consumption of fruit and vegetables, as in those days to eat food, the likelihood of abortion decreased by 50 percent, than those who did not regularly practice.
Vitamin tablets have also been shown to be very useful in reducing the risk of abortion. Nutrition of dairy products such as milk, yogurt and cheese, reduce the risk by half, while the twice weekly food of white meat or fish decreased the risk by 15 percent.
Those who eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, have better nutrition, which means that their bodies are better prepared for pregnancy. Malnutrition women probably do not eat enough and are therefore more prone to abortion.
There is also a smaller increase in abortions for women whose partners are older than 45 years. This added to the assumption that men and women have a biological clock and the quality of sperm deteriorates over the years.


Successful Pregnancy

3/24/09

Carrots Against Many Diseases


Carrots Against Many Diseases

Carrots not only for better vision
A rich source of vitamin A

Carrots is not only a tasty vegetables, it is also a rich source of health, as it contains a lot of beta carotene, which is important pre rate of vitamin A.
In addition to, beta-carotene contains potassium, calcium, iron, vitamin K, folic acid and pectin, which in the digestive tract “rise-up”, and thus protects the stomach and intestinal mucosa.
Carrots also contain selenium –for the immune system the most important trace element. Protects against free radicals and other harmful substances, enhances the mucous membranes in the body, stimulates cell metabolism, acting rejuvenating, stimulates the growth of nail and hair, care for beautiful skin, strengthens the immune system, improves eyesight and helps the chicken blindness, strengthens the cardiovascular system, promotes the formation of sperm in men and increases the capacity for fertilization.
Because vitamin A is found mainly in meals of animal origin, carrots are an excellent source of it especially for vegetarians.


Carrots Against Many Diseases

3/14/09

Active Vegetables


Vegetable-culinary delights


Active Vegetables
Food "tied the soul," says folk wisdom.In recent decades, this wisdom is in the richest industrial countries turned in their contradiction.Many people suffer from the disease, caused by irregular food, or excessive body weight and with the bad eating habits in the worst case reduce life.At all that is healthy living and healthy eating incredible simply.Nice covered vegetable trade showcase how varied and rich the choice of vegetable is.Caution cooked and seasoned with the appropriate herbs, each all of vegetables are excellent grazing.Many kinds of vegetables, such as tomatoes or lettuce are excellent also crude.Unless culinary delights, which is good for soul, the body gets virtually by the way a multitude for the life important material that maintain health.Minerals, vitamins and fiber ensures, that all part of our bodies, from the heart through the stomach through the skin, from the vegetable diet obtain something.With that, they protect from the inside and armed against various diseases.



Active Vegetables

3/11/09

Fruit and Vegetables-Active Properties


Fruit and Vegetables-Active Properties


Do you still think that the medicine is available only in pharmacies? Then you probably overlooked, what the biochemist in recent years identified with the help of cutting-edge methods: Fruit and vegetables contain many active substances, which in various combination's of mutual help in virtually every disease.
Active properties, by plants for their own survival developed in the more a million years continuous process, acting favorably on the people who eat ultimately plants. This finding is not as new as it seems at first look. In human nature is to be consumed primarily by foods of plant origin, then the food of animal origin. In contrast with many animals the human body is not able to make life meaningful amounts of vitamin C. This vitamin is necessary, must be taken with food. Only fruit and vegetables offer us a sufficient amount of vitamins, minerals and other life-relevant substances.


Fruit and Vegetables-Active Properties