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Antioxidants are substances that prevent oxidation of cells. They are vitamins, minerals and other compounds that are critical to health. Our body produces natural antioxidants but it is good to provide us with all the antioxidant vitamins can to prevent cell damage that may be causing many diseases and premature aging.

Cancer, arteriosclerosis and many other serious diseases are caused by a lack of antioxidant vitamins so we must always eat plenty of fruits and vegetables because they are a rich source of antioxidants. The antioxidant vitamins are mainly vitamins E, C, beta carotene and the minerals selenium, magnesium and zinc.

Vitamin E retards cellular aging caused by oxidation. In this way protects cells as harmful action of free radicals and prevents many diseases.

Vitamin C also delay premature aging and acts on the immune system. Read the rest of this entry »

Weight gain can be as frustrating and difficult as losing it. Many people need to gain weight, not only because they are too thin, but because they want to gain muscle mass and need to eat enough calories for your exercise routine to make it bearable.

There are vitamins to gain weight and supplements that can help. People often complain that they are taking some vitamin supplements and ended up getting fatter, and this is because many of these pills will whet the appetite.

If you’re one of those who need to gain weight, you should be careful about two things. The first is that you choose a good multivitamin, which has a bit of everything, and it is of good quality, because there are many products on the market that does not work because there are more than a simple placebo. Read the rest of this entry »

At scientific conferences and meetings where the issue is functional foods plus interest from the food industry, which gets very solid starting point for the design and development of this new product.

The interest of the health beneficial role it can play functional food consumption of scientific studies that confirm the existence of a strong relationship between food consumed and population health status, prevention and treatment of specific diseases.

Functional foods

Milk with Omega 3 is an example of functional food, which can be defined as that which changed product has been added or removed one or more ingredients or has modified its chemical structure or the bioavailability of nutrients or a combination of these factors, with the peculiarity that one of its components, whether or not nutrient, affect target functions in the body, a specific and promotes positive physiological or psychological effect beyond its traditional nutritional value.

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Do not Wait for medical help!
Although all the information you find on this site is the product of medical research done over the past 20 years, do not expect any doctor will make recommendations for or against the Omega 3 fish oil.

Some of them or do not know, what rule do not have the time or do not pay attention to stay informed on these important fats. Specially if you have a doctor on workload, overweight, with a lot of stress, or even smoking. They have too many things in his head.

When you reach a certain age, you know you should not expect much of the average physician. The medicine does excellent work in hospital emergency, surgery, and the like, but when it comes to prevention of degenerative diseases, diet, healthy habits, and so forth, there is much to ask your doctor.

When you reach that age, he begins to learn that if you yourself are not informed about health and begins making changes in your lifestyle, you will not get very far.

Do you hear the bell you when someone you know dies? What if that happens to me? This may be a first reason to start making some changes. Now The opportunity to become well informed about the benefits of omega 3, and use them for their welfare.

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Fish oil Omega 3 is the best fat to be found for your mind, your heart and your overall wellness. Omega3 oil can keep you in great shape and younger.

Sure, we all want to be healthy but did you know that over 90% of the population of developed countries is deficient in omega 3 oils and for that reason suffers from various degenerative conditions heart disease, high triglycerides, hypertension, high cholesterol, generalized swelling, irritability, poor memory, many other disorders of accelerated aging, worse?.

If you pay attention to the following pages will be disclosed the mysteries of fish oil for a better heart, a better mood and improved general welfare.

There is an enormous amount of scientific information accumulated over the last 20 years of research on Omega 3 fish oil. All kinds of studies, from cholesterol, triglycerides and inflammation to brain development, memory and mood.

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If you are overweight and want to cut, I advise you do not just dieting alone. Diets that involve a low intake of calories than we burn, usually result in complete failure, though the person can lose weight.

When we got to lose fat and muscle weight that the body uses to feed. Returning to gain weight, which occurs in 90% of cases if not changed eating and exercise habits, increased fat but not muscles.

Then at the end, although we are as heavy as we started, we are actually fatter because we have a higher percentage of fat. That is to say we were worse than before (I do not advise it).

If you can change their exercise habits and eating the thing is different. If you 30 minutes of anaerobic exercise, ie weight lifting, strength intervals, etc (your body should be prepared properly before this program) will create muscle to your body while eliminating fat.

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Consuming vitamin supplements as a solution to improve our health, even though we routinely eat every day.
Consuming vitamin supplements is very good if consumed in many forms  supplements, but supplements containing vitamin has evolved from time to time, and today we see the liquid vitamin supplements – a definite improvement over the former vitamin pills.

The difference between the two starts right from the point of consumption, in fact, the benefits of liquid vitamins start as soon as they are consumed. This is because the pills, along with vitamins, also contains a binder, filler and preservatives. Binder and filler are artificial flavoring agent that gives the pill form and taste. Read the rest of this entry »

You regularly buy fresh foods, fortified products … But their vitamin content is not guaranteed! Because they are fragile and can disappear during storage, cooking …

Some vitamins are extremely fragile. Thus, many foods can lose half of their content between harvest and your plate! The main enemies: light, air and heat.

Orange juice: hurry up!

You certainly buy orange juice, especially to accompany your breakfast … And you say I’m full of vitamin C! Attention this is not necessarily true! Because vitamin C is one of the most fragile. It is thus very sensitive to oxygen. * A U.S. study moreover showed that orange juice brick can lose 100% of their vitamin C if not eaten quickly enough. The study authors advise to buy orange juice with expiration date is more than three weeks and used within seven days after opening.

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