Nutrition and Diet Tips

Alcohol is not digested: it goes directly to the gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels. Within minutes, the blood carries to all parts of the body.

The immediate risks

In the short term and when consumed in large doses, alcohol causes intoxication and can lead to digestive problems, nausea, vomiting. Drinking a large amount of alcohol in a short time causes a rise in the rate of alcohol, which then falls depending on the amount drunk: only time can bring it down. It is expected to be one hour on average absorbed by glass. If you drink without eating, the alcohol passes quickly into the bloodstream and its effects are more important.

Consumption of alcohol may be exposed to major risks:

>> Decreased vigilance, often responsible for traffic accidents, accidents at work;

>> Loss of self control that can lead to violent behavior, to acting out, sexual assault, suicide, homicide;

>> Exposure to attacks because of an attitude sometimes provocative or that the person intoxicated is more capable of defending itself. (more…)

Beauty Care eye

Care  eye is the first to suffer beatings and abuse of fatigue in all genres! Constantly sought, the eyes are victims of our modern lifestyle. Computer, TV but also an unhealthy life without forgetting the pollution, the contour of the eye takes quite a coup! Because of the thin layer of skin, five times thinner than facial skin, the eye is not protected by the sebaceous glands, but present in quantities too small to fight against aggression. Results? Puffiness and dark circles appear, we overhang morale and make us take 10 years! Advice and care to reduce bags, dark circles and fine lines and wrinkles

The eye is a highly sensitive area which requires daily care. Not surprisingly, the contour of the eye, with stress, poor sleep, alcohol, tobacco, unhealthy diets, but repeated exposure to the sun, or victim of aggression daily life exciting and stressful . Over 25 years, the first signs of aging are read around the eyes and keep eyes sparkling with good health, we must take care as soon as possible to delay the appearance of wrinkles. The care of eye contour begin with a thorough cleansing … (more…)

Eating fish regularly can provide protection against type 2 diabetes, but eating shellfish might have the opposite effect, according to a study that evaluated a risk of about 25 percent.

They found that men and women who consumed amounts of seafood mainly shrimps, crabs and mussels, had about 36 percent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

But “can not be the seafood which increased the risk of diabetes,” said Dr. Nita Forouhi, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge.

Rather, cooking and processing methods used in the UK, would be responsible, as for example when frying oils or butter and mayonnaise served with seafood sauces, may increase cholesterol intake , which in turn may increase the risk of diabetes.

Forouhi and colleagues assessed weekly intake of seafood besides fish white fish like cod, haddock, sole and halibut, or fatty fish such as mackerel, salmon, tuna and salmon, about 12,183 men and 9801 women who participated in the study aged between 40 and 79 years old, who until now and had no history of diabetes.

During an average of 10 years, 725 of these men and women developed type 2 diabetes.

Both the lower risk associated with white fish and fish oil and the increased risk associated with seafood intake remained when the researchers evaluated a number of risk factors for diabetes including physical activity, obesity, alcohol consumption and consumption fruit and vegetables.

Nutrition during pregnancy is one of the main factors we must consider must pay special attention to:

• Folic acid is a vitamin that needs to drink daily. Deficiency leads to anemia, premature detachment of the placenta, infants with low birth weight and some malformations, mostly of the nervous system.
  Although present in many foods, which are subjected to heat during the cooking process makes it possible to destroy, so it is necessary to consume fresh fruits and vegetables without cooking, and, as ordered, take a multivitamin with this vitamin.
• If a pregnant woman has some degree of malnutrition may occur low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation and fetal or neonatal death. In addition, it increases the risk of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes in adolescence and adulthood.

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