Posts Tagged ‘fiber’

Fruits and vegetables: your allies against cancer!

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

fruit and vegetablesIt is now shown, the content of our plate may play a protective role against the development of cancer. If you do not know all the molecules involved in the phenomenon, one could identify foods that can reduce risks. Overview of your allies health!

If a large number of studies highlight the protective role of certain foods, they are often controversial. Today, only a few risk factors are the subject of consensus. (more…)

Nutrition to Maintain Health

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Nutrition to Maintain HealthThere is talk of varied diet when selecting foods from the different basic groups (cereals and meats vegetables, fruits, beans, meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, fats, sugar and sweets), always prioritizing natural foods. It should be borne in mind that any food is capable of providing the body all the nutrients necessary for their development and operation.

To remain healthy you need to consume more than 40 different nutrients, fiber and other compounds such as phytochemicals, which have demonstrated a protective role in various diseases. This is only possible to obtain through diet.

Diets with a predominance of plant foods are bulky and contain a low concentration of nutrients. Moreover, diets with a high proportion of animal foods promote the risk of certain diseases.

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