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This recipe for cream of carrot always relate surprising since all the carrots with a food with little flavor and salads.
Ingredients for the cream of carrots
- 1 kg of carrots.
- Water 1 liter of soda.
- 30 g. butter or margarine.
- Salt and pepper.
The cous cous comes from North Africa, there are a thousand ways of cooking and one of them is this recipe: cous cous with vegetables and pine nuts, easy and nutritious.
Ingredients for the cous cous with vegetables and pine nuts
- Onion.
- Carrot.
- Artichoke.
- Mushrooms.
- Cauliflower.
- 2 cups cous cous.
- 2 cups water.
- Pine.
- Salt and oil.
The carrot pudding and millet can be a very good way to begin to test this because sometimes cereal millet may seem a little bland.
Ingredients for the pudding carrot and millet
- 1 kg of carrots.
- 1 cup brown sugar.
- 3 cloves.
- A bit of cinnamon.
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger.
- 1 cup millet median boiled in two cups of water.
- Half cup of honey.
- Raisins.
- Almonds diced green apple.
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel.
- Brown sugar to caramelize.
The carrot is a food rich in beta carotene, ideal for the eyes and skin, but also many other nutrients and properties.
Properties of carrot
- Great remineralizing.
- Its juice is cleaner and alkalizing.
- The carrot stimulates the elimination of waste and helps dissolve gallstones, thanks to his contribution in beta carotene.
- Ideal for skin problems.
- The carrot promotes night vision, for its rich in vitamin A.
- Balances digestive and metabolic problems.
- The carrot effective against gases.
The importance of a good breakfast
It is curious to see the increase in percentage of children (and adults) who do not eat breakfast or take anything (just a coffee or two cookies) and what is clear is that the absence of a good breakfast markedly diminished school performance (the brain always need “fuel” to perform at maximum)
Moreover when the student goes to lunch two things can happen:
- The student is as “low” energy that has not just appetite. Many people say that same thing happens when I spent lunchtime.
- That the drop in glucose with them by unchecked devour everything they find. It is impossible for them to chew quietly as his body sends the order to eat all they can to fill “the tank”. It is a survival mechanism that we have. After the binge will slow digestion and will enter a sleep that will prevent them take the first class in the afternoon.
Turmeric
Turmeric is often known as a component of curry but is one of the species with the properties, benefits or medical indications.
Here in the West is being, during the last decades, the subject of many studies to confirm and explain the reason for their properties.
The active component of turmeric is curcumin, which gives in addition to its distinctive yellow Turmeric.
Properties and indications of Curcuma
Highly recommended for pain relief because it has a good anti-inflammatory power. People with arthritis found in turmeric a good ally and that relieves pain and promotes the elimination of toxins.
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Broccoli, broccoli or broccoli is a vegetable of the cruciferous family that is increasingly fashionable for its nutrients and multiple properties.
Properties of broccoli, broccoli
- His contribution Zinc promotes better function of the prostate and sperm quality.
- People with macular degeneration trend should not lose sight of their diet because the broccoli is very rich in lutein.
- Ideal for people who need high folic acid and iron (pregnant, nursing, anemic, etc.).
- Broccoli is a vegetable much to consider in Menopause since like soya (soy) acts as a phytoestrogen, which provides both Calcium.
- Very convenient for people who need vitamin K (prevents bleeding)
- Appropriate in cases of constipation for good supply of fiber.
Coenzyme Q-10 is an enzyme whose properties or functions are intended to produce energy to be, at once, a good cardiovascular protector.
What is coenzyme Q10?
Coenzymes are molecules that are needed to carry out many enzymatic reactions in the body. We might say that make our body work in a more effective.
Coenzyme Q10, in particular, helps to “make energy” because although the body can in theory get all the raw materials necessary for obtaining the energy above that is not enough if the transformation mechanism is malfunctioning. It would be “the spark” that starts the process of converting food into energy. Without the coenzyme Q10 can not produce “the spark” and therefore energy.
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Did you know that vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements should be taken each in its proper time to use them well?
Once it was decided that nutritional supplements are to manage, we must know a set of guidelines for best benefits.
Firstly it is advisable, where possible, shared intake in divided doses throughout the day.
For example, if you are taking a multivitamin whose intake is two tablets a day, take one in the morning with breakfast and one at noon with lunch.
It will be very important to respect the action of synergy between nutrients.
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Functions of the proteins in our body
They are the majority nitrogenous component of the diet and the body have a purely structural role or plastic, this means that we help to build and regenerate our tissues and may not be replaced by carbohydrates or fats for not containing nitrogen.
However, besides this function, also are characterized by:
- Regulatory functions, are raw material for the formation of digestive juices, hormones, plasma proteins, hemoglobin, vitamins and enzymes that carry out chemical reactions that take place in the body.
- Proteins are defensive in antibody formation and regulatory factors that act against infections or foreign agents.
- Transport, oxygen transport proteins such as hemoglobin in blood.
- If necessary also play a role by providing energy 4 kcal. per gram of energy to the body.