Good eating habit to adequate healthy living

Burkett P.

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Having good eating habits and a healthy body is not just about consuming the recommended five fruits and vegetables daily but also a new category of foods claiming to have properties on the booster organization, see medicinal. Although there is no exact definition, the term nutraceutical is used to describe a food or ingredient, fresh or processed, having a positive impact on health, physical performance or state of mind of a individual beyond its basic function of providing nutrients.

Foods or ingredients that could potentially promote good health or prevent some diseases are dietary fiber, certain vitamins such as folic acid (B9), vitamins A, C and E, minerals including calcium, omega 3, flavonoids, phytoestrogens, pre-and probiotics, some proteins, plant extracts such as garlic, licorice, celery, carrot and tea, and healthy products particularly (cranberry, pomegranate, blueberry, etc). They also include low-fat foods and reduced salt.

Introduction
State of foods
Definitions of terms used
Changes
Criteria for food labeling
Recommendations
The bottom
What is the gemmotherapy?
The blackcurrant buds
Two schools of thought
A healthy living
The polyunsaturated fatty acids
The mechanisms involved
References

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[...] Concerning the general population, a healthy and varied diet seems sufficient to avoid deficiencies. Furthermore, it should be noted that certain nutrients like calcium, can interact with medications such as reducing their effectiveness. Moreover, the optimal level and the toxicity of the majority of these components are still not determined. After a certain amount most foods have an antagonistic effect than initially hoped. Criteria for food labeling To encourage the use of foods promoting a state of well being, better health and reducing disease risk governments and industry must take a number of criteria. [...]

[...] The placenta during fetal life and lactation after birth, allow the child to have adequate intakes of PUFA, provided that the mother consumes enough. It is recommended to eat two servings of fish per week (about 140g) including one of oily fish, which corresponds to about 1 or 2 grams of EPA and DHA per week. However, because many other factors that interfere with the synthesis of fatty acids such as lifestyle (stress, smoking, heavy alcohol use) and disease factors (oxidative damage, viral infection, hormonal changes), even if dietary intake is sufficient deficiencies may still occur. [...]

[...] A Healthy Living A healthy balanced diet would not only heal the body but also mind. Despite the lack of government recognition and most health professionals, a sudden interest has emerged in the search for a new possible treatment of mental illness through food. The omega 3 or how to maintain his sanity Indeed, recent research has shown that certain foods, especially Omega have the ability to reduce symptoms and risks of developing certain mental conditions. Today mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, hyperactivity disorders Attention Deficit (ADHD) in children, schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease are increasingly common, affecting individuals of both sexes, all ages and social backgrounds. [...]

[...] Recommendations The essential idea to be learned is that there is no good food or unhealthy food but rather good or bad. In any case, the health benefits of functional foods should be limited to a food not part of a diet. Some people are tempted to consume these products in order to stage a poor diet. Keep in mind that eating white bread with the addition of fish oil will never be as beneficial as eating fish. The question is whether the quantity of these elements found naturally in foods "traditional" is not sufficient. [...]

[...] Today, herbalists prescribed: To strengthen the body resistance to viral and bacterial infections (influenza, respiratory infections, childhood diseases, shingles, herpes) To reduce joint inflammation or tendon for osteoarthritis, usually in combination with other foods and plants. To fight against the symptoms of allergies (asthma, hives, allergies / food) In the post-infective fatigue, including post-influenza but also post surgical and post radiation therapy. In the allergic, in which the activity of cortisone-like can restrict the use of anti-histamines and corticosteroids. This plant will be usefully prescribed in cases of hay fever, asthma, recurrent, allergic rhinitis. [...]

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