August 5th, 2009
Carbohydrates are widely distributed in nature, particularly in the vegetable kingdom. The main exception is lactose, the disaccharide that is found in milk and products made from it. Although glycogen is stored in muscle tissue, is found only in very small quantities in meat.
Carbohydrates are the most important energy available from the human body. Despite receiving strong criticism in the decade of 2000 and are often blamed for the epidemic of obesity in the United States, carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet for children and adults.
The two major types are:
Simple sugars (simple carbohydrates), such as fructose, glucose and lactose, and also found in nutritious whole fruits
Starches (complex carbohydrates) are found in foods such as vegetables rich in starch grains, rice, breads and cereals
Despite the recent fashion of reducing carbohydrates, the bottom line shows that not all foods containing carbohydrates are bad, whether they are complex carbohydrates like those found in grains, or simple carbohydrates, such as those found in fruit. If carbohydrates were really that bad, we would be in a serious problem, since most foods contain them. But, of course, some carbohydrate-rich foods are healthier than others. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 5th, 2009
The term nutraceutical is derived from “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical” and was coined by Dr. Stephen DeFelice in 1989. Dr. DeFelice is the chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, FIM) in Cranfor, New Jersey, United States.
Dr. DeFelice defined nutraceutical as “a food or part of a food that provides medical benefits or health, including prevention and / or treatment of disease.”
This concept had been used by humans since the Paleolithic by Hippocrates in the year 400 BC “Let food be your medicine and medicine your food”
Over the past 20 years have witnessed a growing interest of society for a healthy diet based on the well-being and healthy living. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 5th, 2009
The essence of each one of us is inevitable, for example a person who is sensitive by nature, we can’t change her even if we are to avoid disharmony in energy falls on the hypersensitivity or insensitivity … or those who have blocked their connection with the universe and have fallen into a total selfishness or lack of confidence in life.
Pamela Ruiz Pamela Ruiz
Aromatherapy Specialist.
One of the specialties of Aromatherapy Aromatherapic energy is the least known, which is focused on the use and application of essential oils on the body energy and chakras, and seeks the help of essential oils. For the development of consciousness, to help us grow, to face emotional patterns that limit us and prevent us from experiencing who we really are. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: aromatherapy, aromatherapy energy, chakra, chakras, essential oils, meditation
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August 5th, 2009
n a field as oncology there are two elements that are constantly changing, the conventional treatment and our understanding of what each can do to boost the effect of such treatment.
Vegetarian regime with additions (of the antioxidant vitamins C and E plus selenium and a gram of omega-3 fatty acids per day), yoga exercise, breathing exercises, visualization and progressive relaxation and assistance once a week, and a support group of other patients who were following the same program. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cancer, Diet, vitamin C, vitamin E
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August 5th, 2009
Sleep disorders are common and have a disabling consequence in the daily life. For example, they cause fatigue, low performance, social unrest, low morale and may cause traffic 
accidents or at work.
Perhaps the best known sleep disorder is insomnia, which we have all experienced at some time. Insomnia can be common in specific stressful situations (exams, health problems, major life changes, etc.), but it can become chronic and is not directly related to the problem that caused it. For us to talk about insomnia as a disease or disorder, it should be common (3 or more nights a week). Indicators that you may be suffering from insomnia are to wake up before being resting six and a half hours or so, waking up several times during the night unable to sleep again for half an hour or to take more than half an to an hour to fall asleep at bedtime. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 5th, 2009
On March 12, 2009 in Barcelona, the international experts who participated in the discussion on “professional models in the European pharmacy” have agreed that the future of the pharmaceutical profession has begun to expand its role as an agent of the drug assuming greater responsibility, becoming an actor for ensuring the success of the patient therapy and expansion pharmaceutical care services.
Martin Schulz, head of the Department of Medicine of the Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists (ABDA), indicated that one of the most important changes in the pharmaceutical profession has been moving from a service focused on providing products to a service focused on patients with educational programs for users of the pharmacy and pay for advanced services. “.He has also highlighted that one of the areas of future treatment are ‘directed’ solutions, as the detection, prevention and solution of problems relating to drugs, with results for optimization of high-value products and upgrades to completion therapy. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 5th, 2009
Cholesterol fulfills three important functions in the body:
It is an indispensable component of all cell membranes of animals. These are wrappers that are essential to protect the cell from its external environment (extracellular) and therefore helps keep the internal environment of the cell (intracellular).
It is a precursor of steroid hormones synthesized in the ovaries, testes and adrenal glands. Steroid hormones regulate essential processes in the body, such as growth and development of sexual characteristics.
It is a precursor of bile acids, which are important in digestion and absorption of fats. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 20th, 2009
Water is one of the most important elements needed for survival for every living being. Water also has invaluable benefits when used in
various types of therapies for human beings. There are documents that demonstrate the knowledge and use of hydrotherapy in old Chinese villages, but their use spread itself only from the nineteenth century, when Protestant pastor Sebastian Kneipp systematized it .
Etymologically, we find the origin of the word in the Greek terms’ Hydor ‘(water) and’ Therapeia ‘(therapy).
Although hydrotherapy techniques were used in ancient times, Hippocrates (460 to 337 BC), for example, mentions some of them; they were abandoned for a long time and only started to create a buzz in the eighteenth century through the work of doctors Sigmund Hahn (1664 1742) and his son Johann Sigmund Hahn (1696-1773). From this work, Vinceriz Priessnitz (1799-1851) created the cold water therapy by associating it to sudorific implement . But who really renovated modern hydrotherapy was the Protestant pastor Sebastian Kneipp (1821 -1897), whose basic tenet was that the disease in humans happens when their natural force is undermined by an inadequate diet and unnatural lifestyle. His methods, known today as the “Kneipp cure” included not only complete and partial baths of hot and cold water, but jets of water, exercise, use of medicinal herbs and a healthy diet. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: hydrotherapy, hypotension, migraine, movement, nervousness, rheumatism, Sleep, stress
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July 20th, 2009
In late 2005 several chemical analysts agreed that the total number of known molecules exceded 20 million but due to an exponential growth could reach 100 or even 200 million by the end of the twenty-first century.
Of these, at this time, only about 80,000 have some therapeutic use. Currently drugs are obtained by four different methods: a) chemical synthesis, b) biosynthesis, c) from natural products, and d) biotechnology. However, it is often used as mixed processes, eg with certain antibiotics (macrolides) or antifungals (Echinocandins), which combines chemical synthesis to biosynthesis to improve the microbiological activity orits pharmacokinetic characteristics.In other occasions, some active ingredients extracted from natural products are modified by semi-synthesis reactions to complete its structure and improve its business or its pharmacokinetic characteristics. Thus, precursors of anovulatory or anti-inflammatory steroids, from plants of the genus Dioscorea and Solanum, are amended later by methods of semi-synthesis or biosynthesis to produce various medicines. Finally, some proteins produced by recombinant technology (interferons, G-CSF, erythropoietin, etc..) are chemically modified by chemical synthesis to improve their bioavailability or delay its clearance. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 7th, 2009
It’s a question that we commonly ask and it is important to know whether your weight is adequate or if you are below or above your ideal weight.
- The first thing to do is know your complexion. We need to measure the circumference in centimeters of your hand you use most, ie the right if you’re right-handed and left if you are left handed. After you measure you hand, find your complexion in the following table:
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Tags: BMI, Diet, Weight, Weight Men, Women Weight
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