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YOU are trying to reduce the consumption of food, think again. According to experts, reducing the consumption of food (calories) can weaken the body so vulnerable to the flu.

The experts from the United States found that mice that controlled caloric intake of infection than the difficulties facing those who consume calories in nornal.

The findings are published in the Journal of Nutrition suggested that those who are in weak condition when the weather is uncertain where to eat in moderation, no need to reduce or excessive.

The team from Michigan State University found that although these mice consuming vitamins and minerals, low-calorie consumption does not strengthen their bodies because the body can not produce a number of killer cells to fight infection.

Instead, these mice actually take longer healed when sick, losing weight and experiencing other symptoms. “Our research shows that when the body ready to fight the virus and heal the pain when the sufficient consumption,” said Prof. Elizabeth Gardner.

Despite taking the vaccine, it is suggested that calorie consumption is normally done until the winter (rainy) summer replaced disappeared.

“If the strains of the flu from someone infected with the flu vaccine when different from the existing strains of the flu, your body will get ready to produce antibodies to fight it,” explained Gardner.

Of these dietary restrictions should not be considered worrisome, especially for those who want to lose weight down. The important thing is not to reduce. Normal.

Mean heart wants to go on a diet, what the offer delicious meal that “tempting faith” often threatens the success of our diet. Prepare yourself to deal with it thanks to the techniques of deception dr. Phaidon L. Toruan, the following:

1. Trickery frequency
Biggest mistake in your diet is to reduce the frequency of eating becomes just once a day. This causes your metabolism down and your body burn fat difficult. This can lead to diet by eating once a day to fail. Who will bear every day the body becomes weak, no energy, and even put on weight.

Therefore, changing the frequency of eating becomes 5-6 times a day. It’s just that the conditions of food eaten is healthy food and low calories. Portion is also reduced. Research shows it helps burn body fat.

2. Trick at the party
The party is identical with good food and delicious. And, good food means sweet, savory, salt, oil, and salt. How menyiasatinya so as not to disturb party invitations our diet? First, from the house as much as possible the contents of the stomach with foods from your diet. So that your destination can take advantage of more time socializing with friends than busy taking food.

Second, if they are not able to eat foods from home, set your main goal of arriving at the party was the bench of fruit or salad. Fill your plate and finish.

3. Water trick
Did you know that sensation is perceived brain full when we are stretched due to gastric filling material. By making the stomach stretched, we can help give the full sensation in the brain. Not necessarily with food, but with water. You can consciously drink 2-3 glasses first major white water before the face of good food.

For those of you who like to eat the night in large numbers, low-fat dairy consumption to a full stomach with water rich in protein, especially protein-containing milk casein. Casein clot and this will give full sensation while the incoming calories slightly.

Many people complained, how difficult to control blood cholesterol. They have a strict diet, do not eat beef, lamb, chicken, offal and eggs, and eat only vegetables and fruits only. But why cholesterol does not go down too? Is there something wrong with their bodies?

Cholesterol should always controlled all the time. Total cholesterol should be approximately close to 200 milligrams percent (mg% written next, Red.). Usually, blood cholesterol levels between women and men are not much different, both total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (low density lipoprotein cholesterol = bad). However, HDL cholesterol (Hight-density lipoprotein cholesterol = good) in women tends to be higher than in men.

Normal HDL cholesterol in women is 55 mg% and HDL in men 45 mg%. With proper diet and regular exercise, the target is actually not too difficult to achieve. Read the rest of this entry »

A study published last Thursday said that the women who manage to follow his diet Mediterranean diet would say save the baby from asthma and allergies.

The doctors researchers led by Leda Chatzi, from the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Crete, Greece in 1997 had recruited about 507 women in clinical check-up content on the Mediterranean island of Menorca and give them a quiz contains questions on eating patterns in which they live.

More than six years later, they examined the children born to these mothers with six allergens to see whether they are sensitive to allergens. Result, the children of mothers who actually Mediterranean diet is not a problem with allergies.

Research subjects divided into two groups, one group (one third) consists of mothers who only Sekedarnya Mediterranean diet by consuming vegetables, olive oil, cereals, fish, nuts, and plant peas. The others (two thirds) strict Mediterranean diet.

The children of mothers who only Sekedarnya Mediteanian diet, at least three to four times more susceptible to asthma than children of mothers who undergo strict Mediterranean diet. And almost two times more at risk they suffer from allergies.

Consumption of vegetables more than eight times a week, fish more than three times a week and beans or peas more than once a week would be protected from the risk of allergies.

However, consumption of red meat more than three or four times a week instead invite the risk of allergies.

Articles published in the journal of the medical specialist to read the British Journal Thorax, showed two important kompnen Mediterranean diet: antioxidants – vitamins are very important compounds in the body to banish destructive molecules called free radicals – and unsaturated fatty acids are typically double that contained in olive oil and fish oil.

Antioxidants are known as elements that can protect against asthma attacks in children as fatty acids protect the body from the occurrence of inflammation, important factors for the emergence of asthma.

Mediterranean diet, which is also associated as a longevity diet is also equipped with intake of red wine. Red wine consumption is prohibited for pregnant women, but not included in this study.

When slender with weight stayed up into your dreams, then begin to limit your calorie intake. According to Donald Hensrud, MD, of Mayo Clinic, reduce your calorie intake is more effective against the increasing frequency of obesity than exercise.
Lock against obesity is essentially the number of calories burned must be greater than that consumed. According to Hensrud, 3500 calories equals 1 pound (0.45 kg) of fat. So, if you want to down 1 pound per week, that means you have to reduce 500 calories from your diet every day (500 calories x 7 days).

Still, it does not mean exercise is not in the dictionary, because it desperately dieting without physical activity will not produce optimal results. “With exercise, the excess fat that can not be deducted from the diet can be burned,” said Hensrund. Read the rest of this entry »