Digestive Problems

Digestive problems

Chocolate protects from colon cancer

Good news for chocolate lovers – sweet temptation reduces the risk of developing colon cancer. Or so say scientists conducted an experiment with mice. In the menu of the group of mice was included chocolate, and in another group – no. Both groups were exposed to a chemical that causes the appearance of tumor. Cancer cells were a person in both groups of mice, but these ate chocolate were at times less. According to researchers, the secret is in the content of polyphenols that occur in chocolate, cocoa, black berries, lentils, wine, tea, grapes and walnuts, pomegranates and vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, celery, onion and parsley, strawberries. Large amounts of polyphenols and has green beans, unfired coffee, green tea, sunflower seeds and wine. Other health benefits of chocolate, especially dark one, are that it lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol because of high recent of antioxidants in dark chocolate. Of [...]

Eating Disorders Can Slowly Kill You

Eating disorders are serious and often life-threatening condition. Literally millions of people worldwide suffer from one or another type of eating disorder. People suffering from eating disorders are obsessed with counting calories, weight loss or appearance. Characteristic of eating disorders is that you almost constantly think about how you looks, the quantity of food. Largely eating disorders are associated with the human psyche. Fear is leading in their lives – fear of food, the scale of people. Often feeling insecure people suffering from eating disorders seek comfort in food or accuse eat too much. Anorexia and bulimia are the two most common eating disorders. Anorexia is characterized by totally restricting food intake and even starvation in bulimia eating and then vomiting. Symptoms of anorexia include: – At least 15% weight loss – Refusal to maintain body weight limits of even the minimum acceptable standards – Panic fear of weight gain, [...]

Bacteria and germs are everywhere!

Bacteria are all around us but we can not see them. Did you know that you can “touch” a germ of its own bag of ATM or sink? Here is a list of the places where bacteria most commonly “live”. See also how to prevent yourself from “catching” all bacteria around you. Shopping cart Handles of shopping carts in supermarkets are the ideal place for bacteria. Dozens of people pushing them every day and before you take hold of the handle of the cart may have touched raw meat, which also retain a lot of bacteria. Reduce the risk Before you grab the cart, remove the handle with her handkerchief, maybe wet, and after you shop for groceries wash your hands. ATM According to studies on the ATM buttons have more bacteria than public restrooms. ATMs are washed much less frequently than toilets, and hundreds of people touching them. Reduce [...]