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Causes and Symptoms of Allergies

Causes And Symptoms of Allergies

Allergies are the body condition changes suddenly caused by the environment or food and drink we consume.
This allergy is an abnormal type hypersensitivity reaction is evident when people eat certain foods or special seasonings, and even unpleasant symptoms that can release the cause discomfort that can last even several hours and even lead to serious results.

Usually this is expressed with food allergies such as eggs, milk, shellfish, tomatoes, nuts or citrus fruits, however, we know that other foods also trigger a serious reaction in the body affected. Read the rest of this entry »

Diet and Health, a tandem of all hazards

Who has not succumbed at one time or another by fad diets? The speed advertised, the lost pounds promised the guarantee such as clinical or medical insurance and stay slim lead every year many French to put their bodies to “test” or in danger.

While most schemes, whatever the method is actually “lose weight” on balance, at least the first month, this relative efficiency does not necessarily mean healthy, far away. The weight loss achieved happens not just on small rolls of unsightly fat but also muscle and body water. So, by taking constraints and restrictions, these senseless schemes result in a caloric deprivation often too large, which not only produces an effect “yo-yo” guaranteed, but also a multitude of health problems that are far from being considered as benign by all true nutrition experts.

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Vitamins: attention fragile!

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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