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Feb
01
2012
Break down fat can eat grapefruit flu preventionIf winter comes, weight gain, elevated blood lipids, dry cough and other problems are beginning to haunt people. Do not worry, there is a dedicated winter fruit to help you solve all the problems, that is grapefruit. Grapefruit is known as “natural canned fruit”, is a thick-skinned fruit storability. Shanghai Huadong Hospital, Professor Chen Xiafei nutrition, said grapefruit is very rich in protein, vitamin C, organic acids, and calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and other essential elements, can prevent colds, and promote digestion. At the same time, per 100 grams of grapefruit contains only less than 1 gram of fat, 57 kcal of heat, is a good diet food. University of Western Ontario in Canada, researchers also found that grapefruit can promote the decomposition of the liver to digest fat. In addition, fresh grapefruit juice helps lower blood sugar, diabetes can also be eaten in moderation. In addition, grapefruit also the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have a certain effect. Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit with qi and phlegm, lungs and bowel, blood and spleen, etc. It is after a cold winter Nourishing and relieve cough good fruit. Such as the now very popular honey citron tea, there is a good Yangfeihuoxue expectorant, and can beauty. Many varieties of grapefruit, pomelo is the most common and pomelo. Buy grapefruit, can one “see” the second “smell”, three “press.” Good grapefruit “body” is generally more symmetrical full, the next tip on the wide, thin, smooth skin, light green or yellow color. Second, the mature sleeve smells fragrant. In addition, pressing a finger, there is no flexibility of grapefruit peel note subsidence thick-skinned, poor quality. In addition, eat grapefruit if you just bought a home together too acid, can be placed in the room a few days until the fruit gradual evaporation of water, “water consumption”, the taste will be sweeter. Although onion has become commonplace on our table, but traced, but it is every inch a “foreign immigrants”! And its relatives – garlic, like the ancient Egyptian era, has been a healthy diet and the importance of natural medicines part of. The unique efficacy of some onion, also during World War II it was used as the Russian and British forces in the treatment of wounds to the soldiers of the drug use. So far, the onion nutritional value and medicinal value of the research has not stopped, many countries in Europe and America, onions are known as the “Queen of vegetables”!
Be called the “Queen of vegetables.” The onion is very rich in natural nutrients, not only rich in potassium, vitamin C, folic acid, zinc, selenium, fiber and other nutrients, more two special nutrients – quercetin and prostaglandin A. These two special nutrients, so that the onion has many other health benefits of food can not be replaced: 1 Cancer Prevention Onions from its anti-cancer effect of selenium-rich elements and quercetin. Selenium is an antioxidant seven, can stimulate the body’s immune response, thereby inhibiting cancer cell division and growth, while reducing the toxicity of carcinogens. The quercetin is able to inhibit cancer cell activity, prevent cancer cell growth. A survey shows that people who eat onions than eat less risk of gastric cancer is 25% of cancer deaths were due to 30% less. 2 maintenance of cardiovascular health 3 to stimulate the appetite. To help digestion 4 sterilization, anti-cold
How to enjoy the delicious onion? Onion is actually very much, you can soup, salads, fried dishes, sandwiches, making sauces or used directly as side dishes and more. But will be washed and then cut onion will make the loss of valuable nutrients, so cleaning the onion, it is best to wash the child, then do not cut flush it! According to their different characteristics onion, should choose a different cooking methods, so that better reflect their taste and nutritional benefits: Purple Onion reddish meat, spicy flavor, suitable for burning fried or raw Lai Shala, poor resistance to storage: white onion soft and moisture and sweetness are high for a long time after cooking golden color and rich sweetness, more suitable for fresh, baked or stewed; yellow onion flesh yellowish, soft and supple, sweet, spicy middle, or dipping sauce for raw, anti-storage, is often made into dehydrated vegetables. Nutritional content of food itself is good for our body health of various preparations, different foods, nutrients also vary, for our health, we must pay attention to the intake of each nutrient is important premise is for health. What to eat good food on the woman’s uterus? As the saying goes, turnip greens security and peace. The blue radish is one dish where a medicine. It can be cooked raw, can be fried vinegar, sugar can be pickled. Cold winter, eat turnips, can thirst, expectorant lower gas. Since ancient times people have high praise for the carrot and the high degree of awareness, “Yantai apple Laiyang pear, not as Weixian of Luobu Pi,” “eat radish tea, angry doctor streets climb.” Carrot on human health can be seen benefits is a widespread. The study found that 97.7% of radish with water rich in vitamin C, containing a certain amount of calcium, phosphorus, carbohydrates and a small amount of protein, iron and other vitamins and other beneficial ingredients. Practice has proved that radish has anti-cancer, anti-cancer function, one of the reasons is the radish rich in vitamins A, C it is necessary to maintain the quality of the material between cells, plays a role in resistance to cancer cell growth. Radish radish containing vitamin A hormone that can promote gastrointestinal motility, promoting stool. Medical personnel found that eat radish can reduce blood fat, soften blood vessels, blood pressure, prevention of coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, cholelithiasis and other diseases. Wide variety of radish, spicy juicy little raw to those as well, usually those who do not eat cold foods to cooked food is appropriate. Radish for the cold chill in the quality of vegetables are yin, spleen and stomach, etc. should not eat. Gastric and duodenal ulcers, chronic gastritis, simple goiter, threatened abortion, “such as uterine prolapse in patients not eat carrots.” In short, healthy diet is our biggest goal, whether it is the purpose of weight loss or health. We need to intake of food and nutrition at the same time greater attention to healthy nutrition lessons. Oct
07
2011
Trace elements of the four major health benefits of blueberriesBlueberries are Ericaceae Vaccinium is a wild deciduous shrub, native to North America, is rare on Earth the blue food. Blueberry roots grow in the frozen year round, its fruit rich in nutrients, the United Nations FAO as one of five health foods of mankind. Blueberry trace elements is generally higher than other fruits, the anthocyanins found in the role of health, nutrition known as the 20th century one of the most important discoveries. It has the role of inhibition of blood sugar, the need to take hypoglycemic agents and insulin-treated diabetes, not only to regulate blood sugar, reduce the amount of insulin injections, but also to prevent blindness caused by vascular disease, foot ulcers and other complications . The main components of blueberry anthocyanins, also known as anthocyanin, which quench free radicals is 20 times more vitamin C, vitamin E, 50 times, its in vivo activity of antioxidants is unmatched by others. It has a robust security, a person weighing about 70 kg per day for six months to take 3.5 grams of anthocyanins also found no adverse reactions. Anthocyanins in plants are often associated with various single sugars to form glycosides, known as anthocyanins. Blueberry anthocyanins have strong antioxidant activity, can be anti-free radicals, slow aging and prevent degenerative changes in cells, can inhibit platelet aggregation, prevent brain disease, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. Can also strengthen capillaries, improve blood circulation, reduced platelet viscosity, to prevent blood clots produce, enhance heart and brain function.
Relieve eye fatigue, improve vision Blueberry anthocyanins in the regulation of the conservation of true myopia, pseudo myopia, useful to eliminate eye fatigue. Of eye fatigue, blurred vision, photophobia, dry eye, tears in their eyes and vision loss were middle-aged, have presbyopia and other conservation role; excessive free radicals caused by the eye lens protein oxidation, lens opacity, cataract useful; blueberry flowers high astaxanthin caused by free radicals to prevent the eye lens protein oxidation and lens opacity, cataract useful. Of the retina caused by diabetes patients with good results. Aging, enhance memory, anti-cancer Blueberries and aging-related moment of amnesia significant improvement and prevention. And help to improve the human central nervous system function with other animals, thereby reversing the aging caused by the nerve conduction slowing of information, cognitive degeneration. Blueberry anthocyanins also antioxidant, scavenging free radicals, protecting more healthy cells from cancerous erosion.
Anti-thrombosis, strengthening the immune system Blueberries can clear hardening of the blood vessel wall, free radicals, enhance the flexibility of capillaries to promote blood vessel flexibility, prevent blood vessel rupture, can also enhance the function of joints and soft tissue. Blueberry fruit is rich in flavonoids, inhibit platelet coagulation effect, can prevent the formation of blood clots and reduce the incidence of atherosclerosis. Blueberry anthocyanins can activate the immune system, immune globulin from free radicals, activation of macrophages, enhancing the body’s immune system.
Prevention of diabetes complications Because diabetes free radicals is very high, will increase the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke and other disease risk, long-term supplement anthocyanins and other antioxidants can reduce free radicals, the symptoms of diabetes have a significant effect, also diabetes-related chronic disease prevention. In the United States and Europe, anthocyanins and other natural antioxidants, has been a long time been used against diabetes complications. Aug
31
2011
Natural “soporific” How to eat apples with coupInsomnia, the medicine called “Insomnia”, in ancient times known as “not lying” or “can not sleep.” It has actual situation of the points. Deficiency, such as see more dream fitfully, heart palpitations, forgetfulness, Shenpi satisfied by, looking Shaohua (less color), weak pulse, is a heart and spleen, heart and spleen Expelling up mainly, if upset, insomnia, tongue and throat dry, or see nocturnal emissions Hua Jing, red tongue, rapid pulse who is Yin Huo-wang, Expelling Zi Yin of the liver and see if distraught, scared Ti palpitations, sleep is easily awakened, wiry pulse who is a liver and gallbladder not and, Expelling Anticonvulsant sedative-based, evidence such as see eat less chest tightness, abdominal distention, poor stool, greasy fur, slippery pulse, is not and stomach, Expelling and stomach, consumer guide, dampness of main. In medicine, cold and sweet apple, functional fluid lungs, brain and blood, sleep repose, hot weather Chufan, appetite and promoting digestion, sobering. “Daughter of food governance,” the cloud, Apple can “benefit the heart qi.” Meng Shen Tang pharmacists that Apple “fill in the main focus of all the gas shortage, and spleen.” “Southern Yunnan, said the draft,” apple “rule spleen, H.-S., Bu Zhong Yi Qi.” “Doctor Lin compile to” cloud “thirst quencher, Chufan, the blood.” “With the interest rate spectrum of home eating,” cloud “the heart and lungs Yue, Sheng Jin appetizer.” Thus, both for heart and spleen deficiency, Yin Huo-wang, hepatobiliary or not and due to the insomnia and stomach does not have a good effect. According to modern biochemical analysis, apples are rich in sugar, pectin, protein, there are malic acid, quinic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid and other organic acids and carotenoids, vitamin B, vitamin C, as well as potassium, zinc , iron, phosphorus, calcium and trace elements. Aromatic composition containing 92% alcohol, carbonyl compounds 6%. Its rich aroma, strong human nerve sedative effect, encouraging people to sleep. This is the Dumas was able to cure insomnia eat the apple one of the reasons. Apple is known as “king of fruits” in the world. Civil widespread the “king of sweet apple crisp acid, eat healthy disease prevention” and “do not eat apple doctor,” and other statements, are not unreasonable. In addition to Apple’s role in the treatment of insomnia, but also fitness and prevention of many diseases. As the apple is rich in potassium, can replace sodium in the blood out from the body, which regulate potassium balance, lower blood pressure and protect the cardiovascular effects. So Apple is high blood pressure, heart disease and nephritis, edema of the “Jiankang Zhiyou.” Apple contained in the zinc, is closely related to the composition and memory of nucleic acids and proteins essential elements, have a special role in enhancing memory, so Apple has “memory effect” is known. Apple nutritious and delicious, can prevent and Therapy of fitness, but also “would” eat, pay attention to eat science. Practical experience shows that patients with diabetes Yichi sour apples prevention of cardiovascular disease and obesity, constipation, treatment should be selected when the sweet apple to eat cooked apples cause diarrhea, spastic colon treatment Yichi rub into wire raw apple before going to bed to eat fresh apple, remove the oral bacteria, improve kidney function apples pressed into juice can prevent cough and hoarse throat after eating apples paste heated children and the elderly are the best food for indigestion skin eating an apple a day for arthritis, anemia is quite beneficial. Thus, one might follow this clever “Apple therapy” to eat an apple every day, in the king must have unexpected health benefits. Aug
01
2011
Using peppermint get rid of anger summer disease prevention
Summer diet, heat summer heat is the key, how to diet to refreshing cool it? Xiao Bian today recommended the therapeutic side of some mint to you, you can clear these side anger diet to prevent some common diseases in summer. Mint and cool, spicy, lung, liver, commonly used in the treatment of Fengreganmao, air temperature early, headache, red eyes, sore throat, mouth sores, measles is not transparent, rubella itching, liver qi stagnation, chest pain, etc. . More mosquitoes in summer, put in the bedroom window where the grass mint, spray some water every evening can be repellent. Such as mosquito bites, mint juice can relieve itching, cool and comfortable after use. But the mint and cool, not Jiufu, and the product aromatic Xinsan, sweating gas consumption, so Yin Xuezao, partial liver-yang hyperactivity, sweating more Jifu table, the amount per person per day is generally not more than 50 mg / kg body weight . In addition, due to volatile oil containing menthol, when cooked too long to take effect will be reduced.
Hot summer, can be described as summer cooling mint share. The following briefly describes several mint Diet: Mint porridge Fresh or dried mint 30 grams 15 grams, water 1000 ml, with the gently into about 500 ml, cooled, remove mint leaves juice. The other stems with 150 g rice, add boiling water, porridge will become, adding a little sugar and mint soup, boiling can be. This can be a pure heart refreshing, hot weather heat. Mint tofu Tofu 2, fresh mint leaves 50 grams, fresh onion 3, plus 2 bowls of water to cook until reduced by half when the fry is by hot water consumption. This can cure the common cold nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose and other symptoms. Mint Chicken 150 g chicken breasts, cut into filaments, add egg white, starch, salt and mix stand. Mint stems 150 g washed, cut the same length of segment. The marinated chicken into the hot pan into the 5, had about oil. Another pot, add the base oil, the end of the next onion, add wine, mint stems, shredded chicken, salt, monosodium glutamate stir fry, topped with pepper oil can. This may clear the fire hot weather.
Mint soup Clean the mint leaves, chopped, boiled with water, put a little salt, sesame oil. This has the effect of Qingre Xiehuo. Mint tea Drink tea with mint, mint can be used in the menthol, menthone role of dispersing heat, and drink the tea cool feeling, is the heat diuretic medicine. Sang Ju Yin mint Mint 15 grams, 10 grams of mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum 10 grams, 10 grams of almonds. The drugs were pot, add 500 ml of water, boil for 10 minutes, take the concoction on behalf of the tea every day one. This applies to the headaches caused by exogenous wind-heat, micro-bad cold, thirst, sore throat, cough, yellow sputum, or thick, short yellow urine were. Mint loose oneself Mint, 30 grams of oneself. Two research to fine taste, each serving 5 grams, children reduce it. 3 times a day with warm water. This applies to urticaria due to rash, spots and skin itching. Jul
01
2011
Transform method to help you Cucumber beauty ceramic skinCucumber fruit nutritional value of this beauty I believe we are well-known, but today let’s look at the latest way of eating cucumber it.
First, raw cucumber Beauty: Mixed with cucumber vermicelli, mixed with jellyfish, noodles, mix Dusi, mix chicken, but also get to eat the whole cucumber when the fruit. Second, cucumber juice: Convergence and cucumber juice can remove wrinkles on people with darker skin effect is a plus, the cucumber juice, juice with cotton balls dipped in paint on the face paint on wrinkles at the repeated use.
Third, the cucumber surface covered: The cucumber into thin slices, can be attached to the face before going to sleep the next morning to remove, you will find more than yesterday, smooth skin, moist and more. Fourth, Cucumber Mask: Mashed cucumber twist out of juice, add 1 egg, mix together, rub in the face after face,, lying still for 20 minutes (this method is suitable for wet skin), then rinse with water.
Homemade cucumber mask method: First, the preparatory work 1 small cucumber juice with a beat machine break. 2 egg white and cucumber juice and mix thoroughly. 3 slowly add flour paste was applied evenly face. 3 Wash the cucumber, cut off the rind, fruit knife with a slanting cut cucumber, cut into thin small pieces, slice is completed, the mirror will be a piece of cucumber paste on the face, or neck, and paste it, the only the nose exposed face, mask with different products, finished mask is not attached to the eyelid, because of the thinnest skin of the eyelid, susceptible to stimulation, cucumber mask is no irritant, can be attached. Second, the steps The first step: fresh cucumber juice with crushed fruit juice (juice can also choose the kind of super-cheap supermarkets only sell 7-8 dollars, hand squeeze, and relatively small for easy cleaning, as beauty only) . Step two: the good cucumber juice to add the right amount of flour or tapioca. This will not flow down, and pearl powder in the flour or contain a variety of vitamins. The third step: a good head contract (not the case with flour mask glued to the hair is not good to wash down, like a little pearl powder). The fourth step: apply the mask on the face. Apply uniform. Step five: wrap with plastic wrap face, eyes, nose, mouth, pulled out a ventilation hole. Step Six: 10 to 15 minutes after washing face opened plastic wrap. Jun
07
2011
8 Summer rejection fat foods to help you scrape oilBut a good season in summer weight loss too! Everyone looked beautiful summer put the United States, you also intend wrapped in loose clothing to cover the body of the fleshy it? Say to lose weight must be strictly controlled calorie intake, to ensure you have the graceful figure. However, the pipe shut and very difficult to eat something is not it? And dieting is not healthy ah! In fact, the weight loss is not that difficult. A lot of food is a natural effect of the oil scraping, can help us rid the body of excess fat. Now look at what the most food scraper it!
Mung bean: Summer Qingshu share, with lower blood lipids, protects the heart, the role of prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease. Animal experiments show that green beans can effectively reduce serum cholesterol, triglyceride and low density lipoprotein, significantly reduced coronary artery atherosclerosis. Clinical practice has proved that moderate daily consumption of hyperlipidemia in patients with significant cholesterol-lowering effect of mung bean Eggplant: Contains a variety of vitamins, especially purple eggplant contain more vitamin P, can enhance cell adhesion, increase capillary flexibility. Medical research shows that eggplant can lower cholesterol, but also to prevent the vascular damage caused by hyperlipidemia, may aid the treatment of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and other diseases.
Cucumber: Crisp and delicious, with heat, thirst, diuretic effect. It contains cellulose can promote intestinal tract of food waste, thereby reducing the absorption of cholesterol. Cucumber also contains something called “alcohol acid” material, can inhibit the body into fat, carbohydrate, lipid metabolism with weight loss and adjustment effect. Mushroom: With digestion, fat, blood pressure and other effects. Which contain cellulose can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, prevent constipation, reduce the intestinal absorption of cholesterol. Shiitake mushrooms also contain other nucleic acid purine, can promote cholesterol decomposition. Vegetables mushrooms can lower total cholesterol and triglycerides.
Sweet potatoes: Nutrition study found that moderate consumption of sweet potato can prevent lipid deposition in the cardiovascular system, preventing atherosclerosis, the reduction of subcutaneous fat to avoid obesity. Note that excessive intake of sweet potato consumption can increase the total calories, but not conducive to lowering blood lipids. Hawthorn: Consisting mainly of hawthorn acid, citric acid, fatty acid breakdown, vitamin C, flavonoids, carbohydrates and other ingredients, with expansion of blood vessels, improve microcirculation, lower blood pressure and promote excretion of cholesterol and reduce the role of blood lipids. Hawthorn is a acidic foods, it is not appropriate fasting food, and is not long before food, preferably eaten after a meal.
Apple: Study abroad show that eating an apple a day can make the risk of coronary heart disease deaths fall by half, thanks to the flavonoids contained in apples. Flavonoids are a natural antioxidant, by inhibiting LDL oxidation and atherosclerosis resistant play the role. In addition, apple pectin can lower cholesterol levels, help prevent atherosclerosis. Although the causes of obesity, most of them vary, but in Chinese medicine, obesity is a catharsis loss of water absorbed by the liver, spleen and stomach constraints, moisture is not shipped, sputum stopped due to fat, so diet should start conditioning the body function better. Melon: Melon contains sugar, protein, vitamins and minerals, nutrient-rich, both can be used to soup, make melon poison can also be preserved as Tanggua winter and so on, and more to medicine treatment. Chinese medicine, melon sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic, a diuretic swelling, heat, thirst, detoxification, weight loss and so on. Vegetables melon on atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, diabetes, have a good effect, to treat edema abdominal distension, the effect is particularly significant. May
16
2011
Yellow curry is to enhance the sex drive to shareAccording to the research that curry can promote blood circulation, sweating purposes. Curry also has assisted wound composite, or even prevent heart disease, asthma, constipation, senile dementia diseases. In addition, the curry contains curcumin activated within the liver cells and inhibits cancer cell functions. People like to eat curry in particular a more important reason is to increase food color, flavor curries, it is appetite. The main ingredient is turmeric, curry powder, Sichuan pepper, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and coriander seeds and other spices with spicy, can promote the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, increased gastrointestinal motility, increase appetite. Curry In addition to the appetite, but also help to arouse people’s sexual desire. Researchers found that in most curry contains 10 kinds of very healthy ingredients such as turmeric, cinnamon, coriander, fennel, Cistanche and so on. Which is called “Desert ginseng,” the Cistanche is used in ancient medicines Invigorant higher frequency of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese Pharmacopoeia records useful energy and blood, kidney yang, laxative effect, commonly used in Yaoxisuanruan, impotence, premature ejaculation, cold house infertility, intestinal dry, Xueku, constipation embolism. Due to production of the material, the curry is generally divided into black, red, yellow, green, white and five colors. Aligarh University, India, the findings are that the yellow curry on to arouse sexual desire in men, and most helpful, mainly because they generally contain Cistanche yellow curry. Apr
24
2011
10 health benefits of chili to see how you eatWhen hot peppers stimulate the taste buds blossom; when we both cold and heat, regardless of North and South, both men and women fell in love with the kind of eating profuse sweating, feeling hooked, the “hot” unwittingly into the majority of people’s lives can not do without the flavor. It allows us appetite, do not eat thought, in the hearty, the quietly busy day away accumulated stress. Spicy, in the end with what kind of charm, you will really spicy food? Spicy food not only make people feel happy, in fact, nutrient-rich chili itself, there are many health effects. Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University Associate Dean Professor Shen Yanying that, first, pepper exception type and content of vitamin rich. A little pepper, vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, carotene, folic acid and other vitamins are all included. Second, the chili also contains calcium and iron and other minerals, and dietary fiber. Various studies at home and abroad, the benefits of eating chili there the following 10:
1. Appetite and promoting digestion. Pepper can promote the secretion of digestive juice, increase appetite. 2. Nuanwei keep warm. “Food Materia Medica,” said the chili can warm the spleen and stomach. If Yuhan vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain and other symptoms, you can eat chili appropriate. 3. Promote blood circulation. Pepper has some medicinal properties, it can “sweat than the wind, row sputum, dehumidification.” Interpreted by modern medicine is able to promote blood circulation, improve the cold, frostbite, vascular headache.
4. Skin beauty. Pepper can promote the secretion of hormones, improve skin condition. Many people think that spicy chicken pox, president, in fact, the problem is not pepper. Only love Zhangdou constitution itself, will only fuel the eating chili. 5. Lipid-lowering diet. Capsaicin can accelerate the decomposition of fat, rich in dietary fiber has some of the lipid-lowering effect. 6. Pain heat. Pepper and warm, lower the body temperature through sweating, and relieve muscle pain, so it has strong anti-inflammatory effect. U.S. study found that capsaicin can reduce pain neurotransmitters communicate, people feel less pain.
7. Against cancer. Capsaicin can accelerate cell death, without damaging healthy cells. 8. Protect the heart. Often eat hot peppers can effectively delay the development of atherosclerosis. 9. Lower blood pressure. UK latest animal experiments found that capsaicin can play a role in lowering blood pressure, but the specific mechanism is not yet clear. 10. To the benefit of diabetes. For some of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes, capsaicin can play a mitigating role. |