Showing posts with label benefits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benefits. Show all posts

12/08/2009

Benefits of CitrusCitrus


Citrus fruits are known for their high content of vitamin C, essential for good health of our body. Science has discovered that also contain a wide variety of phytonutrients and various kinds of dietary fiber. Citrus fruits grow optimally in subtropical climates of the Mediterranean type and most common varieties are oranges, lemons, tangerines and limes.

Recent studies have revealed that people consume daily have a risk up to sixty percent less stomach cancer than those who do not. It is believed that vitamin C in fruit blocks the formation of carcinogens in the stomach. Also, the fiber of the white rind of citrus is insoluble, which helps to increase stool volume and velocity to circulate, reducing the risk of colon cancer.

Also, vitamin C helps the body absorb dietary iron. Is essential for vegetarians eat foods with vitamin C, and thus reducing the risk of iron deficiency, a cause of anemia.

12/07/2009

Health Benefits of OrangesBenefits


• Anti cholesterol.
Recent studies indicate that a diet rich in vitamin C helps protect the heart against heart disease. Vitamin C acts together with vitamin E to prevent deterioration of LDL cholesterol caused by free radicals. Deteriorated LDL clogs arteries, causing heart disease.

• Provides vitamin C.
The recommended daily amount of vitamin C 40 mg. Oranges and their juice can provide useful inputs to these daily intakes of vitamin C.

• Relieves common cold.
A good intake of vitamin C appears to help reduce the severity of cold symptoms and reduce their duration.

• Prevents cancer.
Oranges and their juice are rich in the phytonutrient hesperetin. In several experiments, hesperetin extracts inhibited the growth of breast cancer cells and tumor formation. Hesperidin (a form of hesperitin) was helpful for the prevention of cancers of the mouth. The skin of the orange contains phytonutrients that can stop the invasion of cancer cells.

• Prevents the appearance of spina bifida.
Oranges contain folate supplements with folic acid, helps in the prevention of spina bifida. Therefore we recommend that pregnant women consume plenty of orange juice.

Culinary uses of oranges


The oranges are ideal ingredients for fruit salad, greens and onions. They are also used in dishes with duck, chicken and ham, and liquefied and filled with cakes and masses.

Other ways to consume it in jam and, of course, in juice. A 200 ml glass of orange juice provides almost 80 mg of vitamin C and 40 mg of folate.

12/04/2009

Benefits of stretching before exercise


• Flexibility.
• Coordination of movement.
• Joint Mobility.
• Elasticity of muscles, tendons and ligaments.
• Ability to slip tissues.
• Fluency in all body movements.
• Postural hygiene.
• Change of metabolism.
• Improvements in the circulatory system.
• Relaxation of muscles after exercise.
• Work efficiently muscles.
• Reinforcement of the joints.
• Prevention of potential muscle contractions.
• Fast recovery after exercise.
• Resilience to exercise.
• Awareness of one's body.
• Knowledge of our physiology.

Heart benefits of training


• More muscle: with exercise, the heart becomes larger.

• Slower Pace: beat fewer times per minute at rest and when an effort is made.

• More power: because the pulse rate decreases, the amount of blood pumped per heartbeat increases.

• major arteries: the diameter of arteries becomes larger than normal to allow more blood flow.

Benefits of Martial Arts


Taekwondo, jiu-jitsu, judo and kung fu are just some of the martial arts which have gained adherents and followers all over the world.

The benefits:
• Benefit the correct position of the spine.
• lengthens the muscles.
• exercise the joints, while providing greater elasticity.
• Improve lung capacity.
• They are an important weapon of self defense.
• improve oxygenation.
• Provide quick reflexes and well trained.

11/11/2009

Benefits of medicinal waters


The medicinal springs are those with a high content of minerals and other components available (eg carbonic acid), having a temperature in excess of twenty degrees centigrade (the famous hot springs or baths).

The medicinal waters are used for healing in the form of subsistence water, inhalation and baths, and according to their composition are used in different pathologies:

• Brackish water: they show its effects on asthma, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular problems.

• Water Sulphated: fighting gastrointestinal pathologies.

• Water hydrocarbonated: these are indicated to treat hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

• sulphurous waters: are ideal for joint problems, cases of acne, psoriasis and neurodermatitis.

• Hot Springs: for all types of musculoskeletal disorders.

10/05/2009

Health benefits of honey


Thousands of years ago that humans and bees have a common destination. Honeycomb products have earned a reputation in the treatment of various ailments. Already in ancient Greece, the bee venom received praise from Hippocrates, the father of medicine.

In recent years, science has researched treatments related to bees and their products. Although some of their advantages seem to be questioned, others give the impression of being indisputable. The ability of honey to heal damaged skin, for example, was found in a study in Nigeria, which showed that, applied locally, helping to heal burns, gangrene and various types of ulcers resistant to newer treatments.

According to the scientists who carried out the experiment, the honey contains powerful bactericide, along with substances that keep the wounds dry and give the appearance of a new skin. Also, a study conducted in Britain, associated with some skin grafts, indicating that the bees wax applied to the wounds can reduce the number of scars.

9/15/2009

Benefits of birth control pills


Besides revolutionizing sexualualidad of women and allow them to plan their lives, the pill has other benefits. According to researchers at the Medical Center of Duke University, the risk of ovarian cancer is reduced by up to 50% when taken the contraceptive pill containing the hormones estrogen and progestin.

In addition, the researchers argue that when a woman swallows pills with high levels of progestin, the risk of contracting the disease is reduced by 50%. The conclusion of this study is that oral contraceptives protect against ovarian cancer, and that the protective effect of progestin is a scientific result that could lead to the development of new drugs against ovarian cancer.

9/07/2009

The benefits of fruits


The great religious and philosophical traditions have always alluded to the importance of eating fruit. This is the most perfect food, which consumes less energy during digestion and that, in turn, better for the body.
Easy to digest, the fruit provides sugars and helps cleanse the body.

When you wake up and throughout the day, while I can stand comfortably, eat nothing but fresh fruit or freshly squeezed juices. The more you resist no other food in the fruit body, the body will have more hours to clean. By eliminating coffee and other elements that often poison your body from the early hours of the day, you will notice a new flow of vitality and energy, which currently can not even suspect.

9/03/2009

The 7 main benefits of vitamin E


Vitamins are organic substances essential for the normal functioning of our body. Necessary for growth, vitality and well-being, they are hidden in tiny proportions in all natural foods. Like his companions, vitamin E provides that portion of health that keeps us alive by a long list of benefits. Among them, the most important are:

• Youth.
This vitamin slows cell aging caused by oxidation.

• Strength.
Supplies oxygen to the body to give more resistance.

• Protection.
Defend the lungs from pollution with the help of vitamin A.

• Prevention.
Dissolves blood clots.

• Anti-fatigue.
Reduces symptoms of stress and exhaustion.

• Action diuretic.
By having this quality, lowers blood pressure.

• Anticalambres.
Decreased chance of pain and muscle contractions.

9/02/2009

Benefits of aerobic exercise


Unlike strength training (that tones muscles and skeleton), this gym has a significant impact on the heart. People forget that this is a muscle and like any other, bigger, get stronger and more efficient exercise.

Plus:
• After ten weeks of training three times a week, the heart muscle gets thicker and more oxygenated blood pumped with each heartbeat.

• The muscles of the torso, arms and legs that have been working out more efficient to extract the necessary oxygen from the bloodstream.

• Together these changes increase the resilience.

• Also, the flow is optimized in part by the improvement of small blood vessels that carry oxygen to tissues and remove wastes.

• Aerobic exercise reduces risk factors for heart disease: lowers blood pressure, raises the level of HDL cholesterol, keeping the veins free fatty plaques and reducing dangerous blood clots that are the leading cause of heart attacks .

• Finally, as the aerobic workout burns body fat and increases metabolism, is one of the best weapons we have against obesity.

• Physical activity also benefits the rest of the body. Walk a mile or two per day increases bone density and lowers risk of osteoporosis.

• By helping to regulate metabolism of blood sugar, it can stop the type II or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, which is the most common form of this disease.

• This type of gymnastics accelerates the immune system, improve circulation to their cells, which makes the body better able to overcome the bacteria and viruses. In two studies from Harvard University found that those who walked 40 to 45 minutes, five days a week for 15 weeks, half of reported cases of colds and flu than other sedentary group.

• Aerobic exercise reduces also the risk of breast cancer and colon cancer. Physical activity accelerates the transport of waste through the intestinal tract, so that does not irritate the colon. Another study conducted at Harvard to 47,000 men for six years found that the most active, running at least four hours a week or playing tennis eight hours a week had half the risk of colon cancer than those who were sedentary. Even those who exercised less - ran two hours or six hours walking per week - had the third of a risk than sedentary.

• The regular exercise seems to protect against breast cancer and other estrogen-sensitive cancers, including ovarian and endometrial cancers. Research conducted at the University of Southern California found that young women who practiced jogging, swimming or racket sports at least three hours per week beginning in adolescence, reduced their risk of falling ill with breast cancer from 20 to 30 percent, those who exercised four or more hours a week reduced their risk by 60 percent.

• More difficult to measure but perhaps more importantly, is the impact of aerobic activity on quality of life. It's simple: people who practice it tends to look and feel much younger than they are. Part of Ja reason is that the sedentary lost 9 percent of cardiovascular as each decade after age 25 years, the decline in active adults may be less than 5 percent per decade.

• Numerous studies suggest that aerobic exercise reduces depression, anxiety relaxes and calms the mind. One tends to assume that rest and relaxation are the best way to energize, but gymnastics combat stress more effectively. You may feel tired afterwards, but if practiced regularly, will eventually have more energy and sleep better.

9/01/2009

Benefits for cornea dream


The hypnagogic-sudden and involuntary movement of eyes closed during sleep-is beneficial because it is the only way in which the cornea to be ventilated during sleep.

By having their eyes open, the cornea-layer and transparent tissue in front of the eye area, receives an adequate supply of oxygen. The air also cools a thin layer covering the aqueous humor fluid found in a chamber behind the cornea. By cooling the layer, producing an agitation and the movement carries oxygen from the iris, with a constant supply of blood to the cornea.

But when our eyes are closed-eye and the area still, "the story is different. The oxygen is slowly coming to the cornea by diffusion from the iris or conjunctiva, the membrane that lines the inside of the eyelids. The oxygen is insufficient. But the dream saves everything, because at the time hypnagogic, sudden eye movement during sleep, oxygen and ventilation to reach desired levels.

8/04/2009

The carrot and its many health benefits


The carrot is a vegetable that has many excellent advantages in the food of all people of all ages. Used as food, is both one of the most valuable therapeutic drugs to treat diseases. The most vitaminizante mineralizing and all the roots, is recommended for any class of patients without any contraindication. Can be used raw and pleasant flavor and excellent for strengthening teeth and gums.

You can also use cooked, is also healthy, even for medicinal purposes when cooked carrots lose their effectiveness. Due to the aromatic substances which are held, is good for stimulating appetite and very commonly used by people suffering from anemia or depression, so eating foods that the body needs to succeed. Eliminates sharp flank pain, also called "colic" and dissipates the gases emitted by the body, so it is advisable after ingesting a meal.

It also helps people suffering from constipation and intestinal disorders caused by a poisoning. In this case, required half a dozen eating raw carrots, grated, rations throughout the day. It is diuretic (speeds up the process of urination), emenagoga (faster menstruation in women) and facilitate the disintegration and expulsion of kidney stones. The richness in phosphorus, this plant is excellent as invigorating for tired minds and as a restorer of nerves. It is common knowledge that carrots have natural properties to improve the view.

7/30/2009

Benefits of Vitamin E: Vitamin youth


Is called the vitamin of youth. It is the antioxidant substance par excellence. Neutralizes free radicals caused by excessive exposure to sun, snuff, stress and various environmental factors.

Protects against ultraviolet rays, causing the synthesis of free radicals and photoaging. In addition, it protects the synthesis of other vitamins and enzymes, thereby increasing the resistance of the skin. It should be borne in mind that this vitamin in foods with minimal amounts. Therefore, dietary supplements are a good alternative to increase their doses.

7/23/2009

Benefits of Vitamin C in skin


Vitamin C is known scientifically as ascorbic acid. Its action is essential in the synthesis of collagen, responsible for maintaining the elasticity of the skin. His attributes do not stop there. Softening properties and helps to accelerate the renewal process of the surface layers of the skin (like a natural peeling process). Also performs an important action at the immune system.

Helps maintain the levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood. Prevents the formation of free radicals, it replaces old tissue, helps heal wounds and erase the stains on the skin.

7/16/2009

Benefits of alcohol in menopause


Drink moderately reduces cardiac risk.
For twelve years, a major study conducted in Germany based on 85,000 women found that moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of fatal cardiac disease. In fact, consuming between 1.5 and 29.9 grams of alcohol per day, get these benefits.

But the benefits increase even more when I consume this product is a menopausal woman, with one or more cardiovascular risk factors (such as high cholesterol or family history, for example). A news to lift the cups and toast. But in moderation.

6/16/2009

Benefits of Pilates

Practice Pilates as a form of "personal investment" is undoubtedly one of the best ways a person can take to improve your quality of life.
The benefits are endless, both for those who have a normal physical condition and want to improve it, and those who suffer from some form of postural or skeletal muscle problem, and the instructor in the latter cases, the indication to be selective of the exercises .

Of course, we never stop to consider the individual as to be comprehensive, emphasizing the body - mind - spirit, with this technique (similar to that for years we developed in our center), an important tool to achieve the balance of the practitioner from the three views.
Here are some of the advantages it provides us with regular practice of this method.

PHYSICAL BENEFITS
Strengthens the center of gravity, bounded by the abdominal muscles, low back, hips and buttocks. The center of gravity is what Pilates called the "Power House" is the part where the main axis of the energy from which each exercise is proposed.

Tones the abdomen
The job of toning the abdominal muscles, improves posture and control over working with the proper containment of the internal organs.

PROTECT THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
Balances the anterior and posterior muscle chains, whose synergy arises postural balance, thus protecting the backbone of any deviations or injury.

Improves posture
Once practiced and internalized the principles of the method, the body finds its axis and emerges naturally correct posture.

STRENGTHENS AND MODEL buttocks
When you perform the different exercises, buttocks should remain tight, which occurs over time more firmly.

RELAX NECK AND SHOULDERS
A well-aligned spine leads to the alignment of the shoulders, thus avoiding tension and stiffness in the back and high neck.

IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION DURING PREGNANCY
This method is also ideal made during the various stages of pregnancy, to improve the physical condition of the future mother, avoiding painful posture, are also highly recommended in the post-partum.

The participation of proper breathing is vital to successfully achieve the benefits of this training. In fact in all the exercises are provided detailed information on the most effective way of breathing in each movement.

5/26/2009

Benefits of walking during pregnancy

Walking is a wonderful exercise for pregnant women 'give it promotes blood circulation and oxygenates the body, which is very beneficial for her and the baby. Rules ideal for walking:

• Use a good team sport pants, shirt, stockings and cotton slippers comfortable holding the ankles.

• Walking 30 minutes three times a week at a pace not too fast, checking that the pulsations do not exceed 140 beats per minute.

• Walk on well-oxygenated, avoiding the streets of much use, and drinking water before and after.

• Stop if you feel very thirsty or excessive tiredness; absence of breath or breathing hurriedly, and if you feel dizzy or irregular heartbeats.

4/02/2009

Benefits of Tai Chi

The benefits of Tai Chi are increasingly studied and examined by doctors. Tufts University, Boston United States reviewed 47 studies conducted in this art for more than two thousand years old that has been used in China to release energy and negative feelings. "In general all the studies reported that the continuing practice of Tai Chi had beneficial effects in controlling the balance, flexibility, cardiovascular condition and reduced the risk of falls in older people," said Dr. Wang chenchen Medical Center of Tufts University.

While the report provided an analysis between the Tai Chi and improvements in health left some unanswered questions such as what are the mechanisms responsible for the apparent health benefits provided by their practice. "Despite its popularity, the biological mechanisms and clinical effects of Tai Chi are not clear," Wang wrote in his conclusion. Ing long-term effects of Tai Chi are still unknown and so far there is insufficient information to recommend its practice to patients in critical conditions, "he added.