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Bio, ligth, transgenic … What I am eating?

Long products integral ceased to be new. Now you can find foods with futuristic names: ethical, organic, biological, transgenic …
Some of you have ever eaten, others you would like to try them but do not know well what they are. To have clear about what you eat you have prepared a small Decalogue with the terms foodstuffs “in”.

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The black chocolate has more antioxidant power

A survey published in “Nature” shows that chocolate black increases greater levels of antioxidants in the blood that chocolate milk, which may help prevent cardiovascular disease.

Scientists at the National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition in Rome carried out the study with 12 healthy volunteers who on different days consumed 100 grams of black chocolate, 100 grams of milk chocolate or 200 grams of white chocolate.

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What is the point of soda?

Your batteries are exhausted with the daily activity or sport and decide to dip into an energy drink that gives you extra energy. So reads on their labels: revitalizes the body and mind, powerful energizing effects …
Beware! They are not as innocent as they seem. If you do not know its composition and what are can produce an undesired effect on your health.

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GM Food: are safe?

Plant resistant to herbicides, insects and even the passage of time, animals whose milk has more protein and less lactose, potatoes that absorb less oil fried … Is Futuristic? Not.
The dispute is served. Since the 1994 Food and Drug Administration of the United States authorized the marketing of the first food with a strange gene, tomato “Flavr-Savr” the era of so-called “GM food” has touched off a controversy enfervorecida. Scientists and governments that support blindly progress on these techniques as a way of alleviating world hunger and improve the nutritional status of food, face various organizations of environmentalists, consumers and even farmers who see a hotbed genetic manipulation Future of new diseases and a potential cause of disruption of the ecological balance.

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Which contain energy drinks


Which contain

We already know what it’s used for each group of energy drinks. We need to know what are some of its components and what produced in our body. So you have the information needed to read and understand tagging.

Carbohydrates
Most of the energy drinks sold as containing a concentration of carbohydrates (glucose, sucrose, maltodextrin, fructose or galactose). Be careful with them, because if there is a high accumulation can cause a reduction in the rate of liquid absorbed from the intestine into the blood and thus can prevent rehydration during exercise, in addition to producing gastrointestinal discomfort and even laxative effects.

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The carotenoids help you cool tan and protect you from the sun

Getting a tan safe and beautiful depends not only on protective creams you use and the precautions to take? Low? The sun’s rays. The food can become your great ally against the sun.
Eating carrots, fresh fruits and vegetables will help you cool tan and more with less risk.

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The seaweed, sea vegetables

Pulses sea But full of minerals and vitamins.
Each of us consumes about one kilogram a year, but without knowing it, because the algae are almost everywhere: in the products? Light?, Ice cream, chocolates and puddings, flans and cream. And becoming a product of fashion.

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The Phytochemicals: A Natural Shield

The foods provide energy and nutrients for the proper functioning of the body. It promotes the consumption of foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals or whole beans and pulses or by its content of vitamins, antioxidants and fiber. Recently, it was found that also provide other important nutrients called phytochemicals.

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Nuts

Consumed throughout history in the Mediterranean, nuts are a food that should be incorporated into any healthy, balanced diet. Power plant protein, cholesterol and rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (oleic acid), all agree, and particularly concerned with improving their health.

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The Minerals indispensable in our nutrition

In addition to carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur which are part of the organic molecules, our body requires other elements, or as structural components or its catalytic capabilities as part of the centers of active enzymes. These elements are:

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