health

Schedule of fruits and vegetables by season

February 4, 2011
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Schedule of fruits and vegetables by season

We hear several times a day eat at least 5 fruits and vegetables per day . Yep, fruits and vegetables are full of health benefits. But you can still do better: eating seasonal foods also means eating locally . The products are better, without treatment to withstand the travel cooler. And it also helps reduce pollution related to transport. You can contribute to the development of local markets and ensure a closer relationship between producer and consumer.  

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Do you know the hiatal hernia?

December 1, 2010
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Do you know the hiatal hernia?

You feel that the food you love do not love you anymore? The meal you leave more than a feeling of fullness? You have burning pain under the ribs?You suffer so may be a hiatal hernia.The hiatal hernia is a small part of the stomach that has slipped up through the esophageal opening, outside its normal location. The problem is thus the gastric acids back too. As you can imagine, the area above the stomach is not made ​​to withstand the acids that the latter product. The result is known, it is of heartburn . Discomfort, pain and burping may occur.Fortunately, there is no fatality. With some effort and a proper diet, you will keep the fires under control hiatal hernia. Controlling the symptoms of hiatal hernia is a two-step process. The first is to increase the pressure on...

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Is organic food really better for us?

November 1, 2010
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Is organic food really better for us?

Eating organic is topical, it has become trend is almost “nutritionally correct” .. But what it really changes anything? Is it really better for us? It’s healthier! Indeed, the methods of production and conservation are more “traditional” non-GMO, natural weed control, ladybugs or safety net against aphids, compost instead of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. We know that chemicals are harmful to the body! There is therefore a real link between organic consumption and health. It contains more nutrients! According to the AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency), the nutritional value depends mainly on product variety, maturity, storage or climate and soil quality. These statements less polluted and more fertile. Organic products are also harvested at maturity, then stored for less time. A comparative study of four years by the European Union, shows that organic vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, lettuce...

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Say good bye to diarrhea

October 1, 2010
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Say good bye to diarrhea

Taboo if any, the operation of our transit can become a genuine anguish when the machine jammed or racing.However, diarrhea is not inevitable. Diarrhea and reflexes to adopt Diarrhea usually occurs after a disorder of the intestines, due to the presence of a virus (gastroenteritis), bacteria (food poisoning) or a parasite.Diarrhea is characterized by an excess of water in the stool, which paradoxically involves drinking a lot. Indeed, the body becomes dehydrated and loses minerals in feces.Diarrhea can be controlled quickly by adopting certain reflexes: - Eat a banana or two in the day - Eat carrots - Eat rice, potatoes, pasta

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Burdock, discover the benefits of this plant

September 1, 2010
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Burdock, discover the benefits of this plant

How to recognize burdock,? High as to reach 2 meters, its root is long and swivel when its flowers are purple and grouped. If one knows the burdock, thanks largely to its fruits scratchcards bristling with spines, they have a tendency to cling to clothing to the delight of the children we have been pranksters.It picks up leaves during flowering and its root in the fall. It must be consumed fresh.Its leaves blanched in boiling water decorate the salads, making them more digestible. And it used for? Burdock helps to digest because it is too heavy or rich in uric acid, for example, or too sweet.Therefore excellent for diabetics in addition to conventional therapy or sometimes in their place.The leaves are taken in infusion rate of 1 tablespoon per cup of boiling water it takes three cups a day...

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Tips and tricks for promoting sleep

August 1, 2010
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Tips and tricks for promoting sleep

To sleep in serenity and enjoy a restful sleep, learn vital tips to know. Role of plants and flowers: - After dinner, take a tea made ​​from linden , buttons orange or mint leaves. - Relax in a bath , adding a small cloth bag filled with linden flowers. If you have private bath, do a foot bath for 10 to 15 minutes by adding the following decoction: hawthorn flowers, capsules and poppy flowers, flowers of linden blossom and mint. - Put a few drops of essential oils of orange or marjoram around your pillow to relax (with the disconnection of your thinking brain to induce sleep). Exercises to do before bedtime: - Before going to bed, stretch your arms in the air from behind, inspiring. Exhale, bending the torso forward and dropping the arms (5 to 10 times...

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Advances in surgery

July 1, 2010
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Advances in surgery

With new techniques, interventions are often alleviated.This can only reassure you. Outpatient surgery Able to return home the same day a transaction becomes a common practice by surgical advances.Currently, about four in ten interventions are performed as well as an outpatient : you arrive in the morning in the hospital and you come out late in the day.This may be the case for surgery of varicose veins, eyes, tonsils, an operation for knee arthroscopy performed under …Outpatient surgery is no longer reserved for interventions performed under local anesthesia or loco-regional. It can be given even if you are operated under general anesthesia (except long-term). Your benefits - It’s more comforting and enjoyable than staying in hospital. - You will have much less risk of contracting an infection during hospitalization. - Your post-operative pain will be relieved as well at...

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