Vital Health Tips

Surely more than once you have heard about  folic acid  and the importance of  pregnant women  taking it for the  health of their baby  , but is it exclusive to this stage of life?  Find out  what folic acid is for and who should take it  .   If someone asks you about  folic acid  , you will probably answer that it is a vitamin that  pregnant women  should take to  prevent problems in the development  of their baby  . However, we have also seen that it is  added to some foods  , including  cereals  considered for children (yes, those sweets that we all enjoy eating), so we wonder if we also need  folic acid  .   What is folic acid for?   According to information from  MedlinePlus  ,  folic acid is a type of B vitamin  (here we explain more about  B vitamins and what each one  is for), which is used by the body to  produce new cel...

Diabetes  is an increasingly common disease in our country  .  It is estimated that in Mexico there are around 15 million people with diabetes (one in seven Mexicans), whose ages range between 10 and 69 years. An investigation by the doctor  Enrique Molina  , entitled:  Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on the standard of living of Mexicans and the role of public spending on health,  revealed that in just one decade (from 1998 to 2000), this  chronic disease and degenerative  increased by 300%.   8 foods against diabetes   Grains, legumes and starchy vegetables  (6 or more servings per day).  Foods such as whole-grain bread, cereals, legumes, rice, pasta, and starchy vegetables should serve as the foundation of a person with diabetes's diet.  As a group, these foods are rich in  vitamins, minerals, fiber,  and healthy carbohydrates.  However, it is important to eat foods with plenty of fiber.  Cho...

The best strategies to deal with the stress we experience every day and the high levels of pollution, characteristic of all large cities, is food.   Therefore, here we present five products rich in antioxidants, so that your body is purified, healthy and you feel better.   learn to choose   1.-  Algae.  They contain high amounts of detoxifying elements that help eliminate toxins in the body more easily.  It contains vitamins and is recommended to cleanse the liver.   2.-  Papaya.  It is rich in proteolytic enzymes that improve the digestion and assimilation of proteins.  It also fights free radicals, stimulates the immune and circulatory system.   3.-  Saved.  If you include this product in fruits and cereals, it will help you eliminate toxic substances from the intestine, which helps reduce some types of cancer.   4.-  Blueberries.  It is a fruit rich in quercetin, a substance that protects neurons from the...

Drinking  black tea  on a regular basis helps control blood  glucose  levels thanks to the  flavonoids  it contains, as shown by research by  Data Mining International  in Geneva, Switzerland, where it is noted that in countries with high consumption,  diabetes rates  type 2  are minor, according to healthday news.   Black  tea  , after water, is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide, according to a medical study released by the  Institute of Food Technologists  , in its  Journal of Food Science  , who also study the effect of its  antioxidants    to control  glucose  and reduce  hypertension  .     Ariel Beresniak,  lead author of the study, along with other researchers from  Data Mining International, studied  black tea  consumption  in 50 countries on all continents in 2009, and compared it to rates of  diabetes ...