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Because we can not maintain the correct weight

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

We know how important it is to be healthy and avoid complications in our body, the right food and being overweight is a disease that affects many people of the world population, “But we have stopped to think why is this happening?

Because we can not maintain weight

The truth is that our body can turn into fat, all the extra calories you eat and burn during everyday activity. These fats accumulate as reserves, which the body understands, will serve in times of scarcity. Clear that the risks of scarcity can not exist, there is that we build for which sometimes is so difficult to maintain our ideal weight.

Breakfast is one of the meals that we should never skip, because it is the most important because we come from many hours of fasting, this does not mean we have to eat sweets, juices, cereals, tea etc, but we must make a breakfast balanced that allows us to start a good day, milk, cereals and fruits are most recommended.

As for the snack, salted and fried potatoes are foods that we should prefer not to consume, because of its high sodium content is not recommended for people suffering from hypertension, and high content mostly fat, Collation mid-morning and afternoon should not exceed 100 calories preferably and if possible, we have to choose sugar-free cereal bars, fruit, or yogurt, so that in the next intake, the body only absorbs what is needed and not exceed in storage, preventing a lean period. (more…)

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How To Make High Glycemic Index

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Glycemic IndexMany popular diet books give a list of foods on the glycemic index, and recommend avoiding all foods that are high glycemic index.

When you eat a meal, your blood sugar in the blood rises. The food that raises the blood sugar level higher pure table sugar. Therefore, glycemic index is a ratio of how foods high blood sugar increases compared to the way table sugar high can raise levels of blood sugar. Foods whose carbohydrates break down slowly release glucose into the bloodstream slowly, so that levels of blood sugar do not rise high and therefore, these foods have low glycemic index ratings. Those that break down quickly cause a large increase in blood sugar and have a high glycemic index.

Most beans, whole grains and non-starchy vegetables have low glycemic index, while sugars, refined grains made from flour, fruits and root vegetables have a high glycemic index.

If you look at the glycemic index food lists, you’ll see things that should bother a smart person. A carrot has almost the same glycemic index as sugar does. That’s ridiculous. You know that a carrot is far safer for diabetics than table sugar. Therefore, the nutritional scientists developed a new measure to rank foods called glycemic load. It tells the amount of sugar in foods, not just how high it raises blood sugar levels in the blood. To calculate the glycemic load, which multiply the grams of carbohydrate in a food ration those glycemic index foods? (more…)

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How to Find Your Ideal Body Weight (II)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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Body Mass Index (BMI)

Body Mass Index is an accurate indicator of surplus body fat kilos or pounds. It is a mathematical ratio of height and weight that can be linked with body composition (or body fat percentage) and with indices of health risk.

The BMI is calculated as follows:

BMI = Weight (kg) or BMI = weight (in pounds) x 700

Height (m) 2 Height (in inches) 2

For example, the calculation for someone weighing 80 kg (176 lbs) and 1.60 m (63 in) tall is:

BMI = 80 = 31.2 or BMI = 176 x 700 = 31.1

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Stay in your new weight

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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If losing weight is hard enough, which may be more desperate still upon arriving at our goal weight in the coming months to see that little by little began to recover lost kilos. And it is to stick to our ideal weight can be as difficult as losing it at the time.

Also returning to unhealthy weight, regain the lost kilos may have other negative effects such as:
* Depression and anxiety in addition to a negative impact on our self-esteem
* Have the feeling of losing control which may in turn lead to “comfort” with binge eating
* More trouble losing weight with age. Studies have shown that women who go through cycles of weight loss and weight gain more fat over time than women who have not been there. And women who are experiencing menopause also have greater difficulty losing weight.

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