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Surely there are few foods that have the same importance in the kitchen such as garlic. And no wonder when we think of the thousand and one ways in which we can cook and benefit both of its properties and its taste. And the discovery of its health benefits is not new, as in the Egyptian papyri were already made with garlic recipes that were used to treat various ailments. But, what really are the benefits of garlic?

- First, it has great antibacterial properties, so that combat both fungi as bacteria and viruses and is also beneficial in case of animal bites.

- You can also lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

- If you have suffered atherosclerosis, garlic helps to reduce blockage of the arteries, thereby preventing many strokes.

- It also has anti-inflammatory properties, so it is highly recommended for all those diseases that cause inflammation. Prolonged use can help prevent certain cancers.

- Recently, some studies can be derived that may slightly increase the level of serotonin in the brain, one of the neurotransmitters responsible for our mood, which will help us fight stress and depression. Read the rest of this entry »

Legumes are a staple source of protein with moderate caloric intake, making them ideal for any diet. In addition, also contain high amounts of iron, even more than meat. These features have been recognized healthy place them in a balanced diet. Legumes can be eaten cold or warm, often constitute a unique dish because they are satiating. Complete with vegetables, provide vitamins, minerals and antioxidant substances.

For example, a preferred legumes are lentils, ideal ingredient to produce complete and nutritious recipes. The beans are a very interesting contribution of fiber. It is also possible to prepare salad with white beans or black. Peas are a perfect ingredient to deal with constipation. The recipe may be a cream of peas you can add spinach, mushrooms and Iberian palette.

The peanut is also a legume. Nor can we forget the garbanzo beans. Legumes have proved well suited as an ingredient in salads and purees. However, a problem of vegetables in general are causing gas, bloating and abdominal swelling. To avoid this, should finish the meal with a digestive tea such as chamomile.

We all know that fried foods are prepared in which most fat and produce more cholesterol. In short, nutritionists recommend avoiding cooking fried food is best to make Grilled, boiled or steamed. Fried foods are fatty foods, and caloric indigestible. However, it is possible to produce lighter fried home and make nutritious delight the whole family. It’s so easy to choose healthy ingredients, a good oil and follow some simple tips.

The fries are widespread because they are easy to prepare, can be taken as snacks, to accompany a dinner or even stop developing entrees, without excessive fat. The famous cakes prepared with ham, chicken, egg or cheese, can be healthier if we change other ingredients such as turkey, rice and vegetables, potatoes and mushrooms, peppers, spinach, carrots or any vegetable.

Add vegetables to the diet to replace animal ingredients, reduce the calorie content of many dishes and increase nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and fiber. The selection of fried seafood (mussels, cod, shrimp) is more accurate to fry meat, they are a good source of quality protein and healthy fats rich in omega 3 fatty acids, in the case of blue fish.

The leaves are very good (breaded, stuffed with anchovies, with peppers or ham and cheese), fried cauliflower with white sauce or spinach pies. All these recipes can be prepared in fried but are much healthier. Read the rest of this entry »

Limited to 1600 calories per day: 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein and 30% mono and polyunsaturated fats. Earning him 640 calories of carbohydrate, protein of 480 and 480 of fat. These numbers to make a daily 160 grams of carbohydrates, 120 grams of protein and 53 grams of fat and 1 gram of carbohydrate = 4 calories, 1 gram of protein = 4 calories and 1 gram of fat = 9 calories .

Refined carbohydrate foods were exchanged for food in complex carbohydrates. ie eating complex carbohydrates, refined carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are usually lower on the glycemic index (GI) scale refined carbohydrates because they have a slower (at best) to the effect of blood glucose and therefore insulin response to glucose in the blood is slower and more even. (?).I

Saturated fats, which are fats found in meat fat, dairy products, beef tallow (beef dripping) and lard, were changed from monounsaturated fats (eg olive oil, canola oil ) and polyunsaturated fats (oils like corn, sunflower and soybean oils). However, in the study, participants took polyunsaturated fats from fish. eat fish at least four times a week during the study, including fish that are high in purine.

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Asthma food triggered is rare and occurs in a very minute percentage of the population. though food allergies can trigger asthma in a small number of people, not all people with food allergies have asthma. Substantial scientific research has discovered that certain foods and food additives can trigger asthma.

1. Prevent or eliminate the food or food ingredient from their diet or the environment.

2. Try to read the labels on food packages to ensure that the offending foods found in food.

3. Work closely with your doctor about a plan of care and proper use of your medications so you can be prepared in case of an asthma attack.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease characterized by recurrent breathing problems. Asthma results when triggers (or irritants) cause swelling of tissues in the airways of the lungs, making breathing difficult. Typical symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing and difficulty breathing.

Asthma can be triggered by multiple factors, including allergies from dust, mold, pollen, animals, and sometimes, food, air pollutants such as cigarette smoke or aerosol cleaners, cold and, in particular, respiratory infections, weather changes, exercise, or certain medications.

1. Diagnosed as food allergens
- peanuts
- nuts
- Sesame
- fish
- seafood
- dairy products
- eggs

2. Sulphiting agents such as sulfites and sulfur dioxide, potassium bisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, sodium sulfite, sodium metabisulfite and sodium bisulfite, which is found in dried fruits, shrimp, prepared tomatoes, wine, bottle or lemon juice lemon.

3. Food dyes and colorants such as tartrazine, and food such as preservatives BHA and BHT, monosodium glutamate, aspartame, and nitrite. although these have not been conclusively linked to asthma.

On October 5 recalls the heroic act of Alkies Daniel Carrion, inoculated to immolate them the seeds of the Peruvian wart. This act shows the level of killing a doctor at the grave situation faced by workers who built the Central Railroad, victims of a disease whose cause was unknown.

Today, medicine has a role in prevention and promotion in all its branches. This is very important to understand because it is known that diseases have a clear social base on which the conditions at one side of the misery of the people exposed to sick from lack of proper sanitation, no water and sewer, essentially and low wages, malnutrition and overcrowding on the other hand the lack of information about health in general.
One of the most neglected branches of medicine is psychiatry, including mental health knowledge. That health is a whole, a total reality, you understand, didactically that there are two parts, the physical and mental, and the latter is the more ignorance.

That is why; on this day is fair and necessary to highlight the plight of mental health, which is the Peruvian people, which has been considered an epidemic by the WHO. True, it extends to everyone, but in our country is made more acute by the fact that there are physical ailments and add them and the mental deficiency in a large state in terms of budget for all health care in general and more limited in terms of mental health.
It is important, as demanded by the WHO to include mental health in the national health plan and be given all necessary resources to protect citizens.

This is an urgent task, because it is related to national development and especially the most important social capital, which is human health.
And on 7 April, World Day of Medicine, 2001, WHO dedicated it to disclose its report on the reality of mental health in the world, just and urgent it is to take on 5 October, day of national medicine, should be devoted to reflection on this issue so serious that we are living in XXI century. Society is important because the issues known, and suffer greatly and there is no adequate response from the state.

In its introductory paragraph, the Code of Ethics of the Medical College of Peru, clearly states that the physician can not remain indifferent to the reality of his patient, and the Hippocratic Oath, in one of his most important statements said … priming, I will not be new … first do no harm. That is, to be attentive to the patient’s problems and do no harm.

Municipal Unit Health and Consumer Affairs of the City of Gaudy, depending on the departments represented by Jesus Lorene homonymous and Laura Serrano, has prepared a list of recommendations to be considered in the management of sales and contracts away from business premises, a matter has focused more of the cases investigated by the Municipal Bureau of Information to Consumers (OMIC).

First, it should be noted that are considered sales or contracts made away from business premises that are made between an employer and consumer away from business premises of the employer (egg in a hotel, at home or workplace of the consumer or a means of public transport). Excluded from these sales cases where the consumer had expressly requested the visit.

These sales are characterized in that the consumer has to express its willingness to purchase in the presence of sales professional. We must also note that consumers in these sales do not have the opportunity to compare price and quality of the product offered over existing ones on the market. It should be noted also that in some cases these sales were of commercial establishments are associated with contracts with banks to finance the payment of the product for months.

The Andalusia Regional Ministry of Health will begin to dispense the 1.4 million doses of flu vaccine purchased for this season; the cost has exceeded 8.3 million euros.

These vaccines will be dispensed in an orderly way in health and the priority groups to be immunized against the flu virus are those over 65, chronically ill, morbidly obese, pregnant women and health personnel and services to citizens, who will be called vaccinated by their family doctors to avoid crowds, according to the Andalusia Health Minister, Maria Jesus Montero.

Moreno has advanced to the flu this year is not expected to be particularly virulent and that the circulating virus is very similar to two seasons ago.

The time that is expected to produce the “peak epidemic” will be in early January and the vaccine to be dispensed from tomorrow will be trivalent, which protects against the H1N1 virus and against conventional strains A and B.

The flu hit last year to three per cent of the Andalusia population, prevalence higher than the previous season, which affected 847 of every 100,000 inhabitants.

The Minister stressed that Andalusia is one of the European regions with greater coverage against influenza, resulting in improved quality of life of citizens and a saving of between fifty and sixty percent of hospitalizations caused by this disease and prevent 80 percent of deaths resulting from complications caused by this disease, which last year were 89 deaths.

Montero has stressed that the vaccination campaign is not similar at all to the last year, which suffered “the distorting effect” of the H1N1 strain, against which were vaccinated only 18 percent of the population recommended.

Paraxial (called “dysphasia” if mild) is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to carry out skilled movements and gestures, despite having the desire and physical ability to do them. Paraxial is the result of dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres, especially the parietal lobe and may arise from many diseases or injury cerebral.Existen several kinds of paraxial that may occur alone or accompanied.

The most common is the or facial or dental, which shows the inability to make facial movements at will, and licking his lips, whistling, coughing or wink. Other types of paraxial include limbocinética paraxial (inability to make fine and precise movements with an arm or leg), idiomatic paraxial (inability to perform the proper movement in response to a verbal command), ideational paraxial (inability to coordinate activities with multiple, sequential movements, such as dressing, eating and bathing), the verbal paraxial (difficulty coordinating mouth movements and speech), the constructive paraxial (inability to copy, draw or construct simple figures) and paraxial coulometer (difficulty moving the eyes at will). Paraxial may be accompanied by a language disorder called aphasia. Corticobasal ganglion degeneration is a disease that causes a variety of types of paraxial, especially in older adults.