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This is not a round of two to three falls with no time limit between the heroine “Fruit” and the hero of the “Juice.” It is known the benefits of eating whole fruit and the advantages and disadvantages of consuming juice, as in any way are delicious.

Let’s start with the most important, as many know the fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals that protect against the “flu” and are also involved in other functions.

But first we are putting ourselves in agreement on some concepts. Vitamins are organic substances essential in very small quantities for development, maintenance and proper functioning of the human body. The get from food because the body can not produce, with the exception of vitamin D, produced by the skin when exposed to sunlight.

Minerals are inorganic elements that the body uses as building blocks for body tissues such as bone, teeth, muscles and other organizational structures. Several other minerals contribute to the balance of salts in the blood and body water.

A basic principle in mineral nutrition is to eat foods that are rich in calcium and iron, thereby ensuring also have other important minerals.

The main vitamins that give us the fruits are vitamin C and vitamin A. As there are some rich minerals potassium and phosphorus.

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Fats contribute to overweight. For an ounce of fat will at least double the calories in one gram of carbohydrates and protein.

If you are trying to lose weight, lower cholesterol in the blood or simply eat healthy. Should limit total fat you eat.

Why most diets focus on reducing fat?

Fats draw little attention for many reasons. Fat increases cholesterol levels in Read the rest of this entry »

Realizing the benefits that we offer natural products, especially fruits, are of great benefit to the health of our body. We know that increased consumption of fruit in our diet is essential for our body to function properly, but there are many ways to make the most that can be nutrients they bring.

In this view, the fruit juice takes the leading role in the significant contribution of nutrients and antioxidants the body needs. The juice is a different way of eating the fruit, and makes the intake of it is made lighter.

According to experts with the juice prey almost 90% of the nutrients of the fruit, and that their assimilation is faster when taken in liquid form. The juice can be made with all kinds of fruit and its uses are numerous and diverse.

For example, pineapple juice or cherry are good allies to relieve muscle aches, backaches, very common among those who practice sports or we do bad posture throughout the day, as it contains bromelain, a substance that helps soothe sore muscles. Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to reduce fat in those parts of the body where it accumulates more is necessary to know which is your dominant gland.

The secret to eliminate the fat in localized areas is to know what foods trigger the operation of each gland and reduce consumption.

Pancreas is a gland regulates digestion and blood glucose.

Carbohydrates are being digested sugars enter the blood, but that sugar is dangerous to stay in because it can damage arteries, the pancreas is a protective system that produces insulin to store carbohydrates in the muscle and also in deposits fat around the waist and abdomen.

In this view, you must reduce your intake of coffee, black tea, chocolate, cola drinks, pastries, cookies, potato, carrot, banana and mango.

We should clarify not eliminate carbs completely, but shorten it to one serving per meal, preferably accompanied by protein and fat to reach containing sugars slowly into the blood and do not shoot your insulin production. Read the rest of this entry »

Although it must be a constant concern (maintaining low body fat percentage), becomes more concern with the approach of summer. While the focus should be on health, in most cases is in the physical appearance.

Well, regardless of the purpose you have, these are important data as follows:

- Body fat is an energy reserve, as such, must be reduced from the use of this energy within the body cells (mitochondria).
- To be used by the cells, body fat is drawn from all regions of the body, not localized.

- It is important to balance calorie intake with caloric expenditure

- The exercise uses more fat that is the long duration and low intensity, since the consumption of fat in muscle cells increases as reserves are depleted of glycogen in these cells.

- The estimated time of exercise (long term) is about 30 minutes, bearing in mind that after three hours of exercise (walking) fat consumption reaches 90% of the energy used. Read the rest of this entry »

The debate between butter and margarine appears to be little sense, since both are rich in fats. Therefore, from this health blog we reflect on 750 calories per hundred grams in butter: The fat source. The best option is to replace it with olive oil, such as Mediterranean and ours.

The early morning toast is accompanied by jam and butter. But you may not know for certain health problems that can cause the butter, which we include in our menus lightly enough. Butter is a source of saturated fat because it is composed of 80% fat, and has great energy intake. Read the rest of this entry »