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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on September 23rd, 2011
Our body produces uric acid naturally; but there are also several; food sources of uric acid. The foods that are known as uric acid triggers are nightshade vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, wheat, baker’s and brewer’s yeast, corn, egg and milk. Below we have discussed about some other high protein food items that should be avoided by uric acid patients. The uric acid causing culprit in protein reach food items is purine. Poultry and meat are rich sources of purine and thus should be avoided strictly by people with uric acid. Majority of the meat products, particularly organ meats like liver, kidneys and brain contain excessively high amount of purine; they should never be included in the diet of a uric acid patient. If you need to take protein, you should use nonmeat sources like nuts and vegetables compensating your daily protein requirement. A person with uric acid should never take more than 5 oz of poultry and mean in a day. Similar to meat, fish also [...]
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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on July 15th, 2011
A person suffers from anemia due to lack of iron in his or her blood. The mineral iron is extremely important for our system as it is responsible for carrying oxygen from the heart to the other parts of our body. A person deficient of iron will get tired easily, find it difficult to work hard and will also have a weak immune system. Consuming a proper diet containing lots of food items rich in iron can help people to compensate the iron deficiency and get rid of anemia. Anemia due to iron deficiency is recognized as the most frequently occurring nutritional disorder of the world. Children and women are more susceptible towards developing anemia compared to the men. A child must take 7-11mg iron daily and the daily intake of iron for women between the age of 19 and 50years must be 18mg. Women who are in their childbearing age must consume more iron than those who are not because for the blood they lose every month through menstruation. All adult men and woman above 51 years of age must consume [...]
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Disorders 1 Comment on March 21st, 2011
Though an apple daily could not be keeping ADHD symptoms at bay, however it may not harm either. Although there is no special victual which could totally be controlling ADHD symptoms instead of medicines, however scientists are probing deep into the part that an ADHD diet could don in enhancing focus & recollection. Presently, Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are the trendiest subject in ADHD diet. However while it is likely that EFA deficit could aggravate symptoms of ADHD, several experts yet feel that further studies are necessary for substantiating outcomes of preliminary trials. Salmons Such fatty fishes are potent sources of omega-3s, a form of EFA. Salmons are especially laden with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a form of essential fatty acid which is crucial for kids & a vital segment of an ADHD diet since they are key building blocks in the brain’s developmental process during formative years. One could presently notice DHA listed in several brand names selling egg, yoghurt [...]
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It's always tough predicting what the upcoming year would be bringing you. The New Year is often started with the finest of goals, of getting riddance from the pounds pile-on from the past year and getting a swimsuit-ready body. Regrettably, several of these people would meet with failure, however, possibly just perhaps – one may just be successful with a newer approach – the Dukan Diet. J-Lo, Giselle among a lengthy list of celebs have been avid adherents of the novel French Dukan Diet, to aid in shifting the tough to budge post-gestational weight increase. Presently, mom of imminent queen of UK, Carole Middleton has once again veered the limelight to the Dukan diet – that was created by French dietician Doctor P. Dukan. The diet has been the mainstay in over a million houses in France where females seem to be meeting with successes. Dukan Diet boils down to 4 phases incorporating several of the finest diet approaches. Stage I - The attack phase is a protein-rich, zero-carb strategy, [...]
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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on March 11th, 2011
Time and again, we are bombarded with a new-fangled diet claimed to proffer sound health, express pounds loss & washboard abs. The reality is that the perfect diet already exists & is actually a well-balanced diet offering apt quantity & forms of calories for maintaining optimal bodily functioning. Perfect diet hovers around trio fundamental commandments, namely: Thou shall not miss breakfast since it is the most crucial meal of the day. Thou shall consume a minimum of trio meals daily as otherwise body-metabolism plummets. Thou shall try eating foods from all 6 food groups of the food pyramid, each offering 1 or more of the trio nutrients necessary for survival during all meals. In this manner one would be ingesting an ample quantity & improved quality of calories. Carbs Carbs are the key energy source for our bodies and of duo key types – complex (starch) & simple (sugar) carbs with even fiber being part of it. The sources of carbohydrates are fruit, veggie, whole [...]
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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on January 17th, 2011
High protein low carb diets continue to be extensively endorsed in the recent past as a successful weight loss strategy wherein the general recommendation is receipt of thirty to fifty percent of sum calorific worth from proteins. The Paleolithis diet (caveman diet), Atkins diet, Zone diet are examples of high protein low carb diet. How does a high protein low carb diet work? Drastic carbohydrate restriction to just a small proportion of that present in a classic American diet makes the body go into a diverse metabolic state known as ketosis, wherein the body starts melting its own fats to produce energy. Usually, the body exhumes carbs for energy – it is the key energy source for the cardiovascular, nervous system & several organ types. An individual in ketosis obtains fuel from ketones, small carbon pieces which are the energy generated when adipose deposits are broken down. While our bodies are in ketosis, there is a lesser tendency of feeling hunger, & hence lesser likelihood [...]
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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on December 31st, 2010
Editions of the vastly restrictive cabbage soup diet have managed to hog significant attention as it assures a ten lbs weight reduction in a week’s time. A dieter would be restricting himself/herself for just seven days at an instant on the plan. In case further weight reduction is intended then the dieter is suggested waiting for a while prior to getting started on another seven days on this extra-low calorific diet plan. Cabbage Soup Diet – What could be eaten The week-long cabbage soup diet permits one to consume as much as one can till the time one adheres to the mini listing of permissible foods on alternating days, alongside duo everyday bowlfuls of zero-fat cabbage-based soups. Fruits, veggies, skimmed milk & meats are some particular food types which are to be consumed. Every dieter is even recommended drinking plentiful water & evading intake of alcoholic drinks. Explained herewith is a model of the diet plan: 1st Day – Cabbage-based soups plus loads of fruits (banana [...]
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Fitness & Exercise No discussion yet on December 17th, 2010
The festival season has its share of myriad delights & regrettably several counteracting dietetic downfalls. The most able-bodied & regimented could yield to indulgences of fatty, calorific bliss that abound this time as compared to the rest of the year. Health upshots, when behaviours are not kept under check could be fast & perturbing. A recently conducted trial by Australian researchers noted that subsequent to merely 3 days, an exceedingly fatty, calorie-laden dietetic intake could cause a pike in blood glucose levels & insulin resistance which has the potential of augmenting chances of developing type II diabetes. Expansions in waist measurements too are noted during the holiday season eliciting self-censuring and self-blaming alongside impracticable resolution for the New Year. However a new-fangled trial appearing in ‘The Journal of Physiology’ indicates a weight loss tip that is far unfailing & an easier retort by running or bicycling prior to eating the [...]
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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on December 1st, 2010
New-fangled study shows that several diets could help in pounds loss – however in regards to weight maintenance, many of them are not crafted alike. A dietetic intake comprising of protein-rich food forms & those having low GI index are deemed as the superlative approach for maintenance of weight following pounds loss, as per a large-scaled trial conducted in Europe appearing in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’. The South Beach diet is a popular weight reduction approach which has been found to have the nearest estimates to the finest diet in the trial, T.M. Larsen, trial researcher at Univ. of Copenhagen stated. The Atkins diet has greater focus on intake of proteins while acutely restricting carbohydrates & having a more moderate outlook to fat forms one might consume. Both the South Beach diet & Atkins diet limit carbs though good carbohydrates are permissible. However South Beach Diet followers need to bid adieu to unhealthy fats, potato, breads, fruits, cereals, [...]
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Diet & Nutrition No discussion yet on November 22nd, 2010
Perricone Diet followers advocate that adhering to it is a fine means of feeling great, shedding pounds & looking youthful & better. Incorporation of food forms established to combat biologically & environmentally related factors which impact the manner in which a person ages – the Perricone Diet lays emphasis on melting pounds & averting diseases while proffering a healthy look to your skin as an added gain. Perricone Diet Basics The diet created by Doctor Nicholas Perricone lays focus on the downbeat consequences of unceasing inflammation on our body & health. One might be aware of severe inflammation – scrapes & several skin traumas that result from distress to the skin or over-exposure of the skin. But, one might not be aware of what Dr. Perricone explains as - an inner & unseen unceasing inflammation which results due to wrongly treating or abusing your body. An unwholesome dietetic intake & unremittingly being exposed to stresses lead to such form [...]