Posts Tagged ‘carbohydrates’
How Rich Fruit in Summer (1)
I am absolutely convinced that you have all seen the TV ads that were issued about how healthy it is to eat fruit. That campaign in which all five fingers of a hand symbolizing the five pieces of fruit a day is necessary to ingest. The campaign focused mainly in children but it goes without saying that eating fruit is not something only children but also adults. I think, taking the heat is upon us, is a good time to talk a little bit of these summer fruits that fill color our markets and are an endless source of health and an indispensable part of our diet.
The fruit that we consume regularly (pears, apples, peaches, oranges, etc.). Has very little fat and protein but, instead, is full of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals although, obviously, what else is is water, sometimes over 90% of its composition. To give you an idea I’ll give you some data, a banana has about 76% water, 86% cherry, a strawberry and a 90% to 95% watermelon.
Carbohydrates, ie sugars vary greatly in amount depending on the fruit we are talking about. For example, the same watermelon we spoke barely a 5% sugar, but has a pineapple and a banana 11% to 21%. But it’s also within a single type of fruit may be important differences. There are figs that fail 10% of sugars and, in contrast, are very sweet that can exceed 20%. These differences are due to different degrees of maturation, water (rain or irrigation) received the land on which the tree is located and other factors. Therefore, when eating certain fruits and in itself with significant carbohydrate content have to be careful not to spend calories. Making a generalization (although we all know that generalizing is bad) that we use to calculate guesswork carbohydrates from fruits most commonly, as a rule we can say that generally (and I say usually) have about 40 Kcal. Per 100 grams of pulp. (Continued)
Good Foods for Weight Loss
Burn calories faster to make intelligent choices of good foods to lose weight, add these foods to your daily diet and lose four kilos in one year.
Water for weight loss:
• A California study of 240 women found that dieters who replaced their sweetened drinks with water lost an average of 1.3 kilos more per year than those who did not.
• Subjects who drank more than four cups of water a day removed additional 907 grams, compared with those taking less.
• In addition, the phosphoric acid from soft drinks may contribute to bone loss by changing the balance of acid in your blood.
Diabetes Treatment
In the case of type 1 diabetes, insulin treatment is always a lifetime.
In type 2 diabetes in general, you can start a heart-healthy diet and exercise. If this is not enough, you may be asked to take oral agents. When drugs are not sufficient, it will be necessary to add insulin.
Heart Healthy Diet
* The intake of saturated fats should be less than 7 percent of total calories.
* Olive oil has become the dominant fat.
* Reduce or eliminate animal fats: butter, cream, bacon, etc. It is better to replace them with fish consumption.
* Meat, fish and eggs are also rich in protein and fat, but carbohydrates.
* Eat small, several times a day, avoid eating a large and rapid absorption of sugar rose sharply in blood glucose levels.