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McDonald’s: Innovation in Quality assurance
McDonald’s is the first network of quick service restaurants in changing all the frying oil from its restaurants, making their products have trans fat levels of zero or near zero. Mexico was one of the first countries to make the change, the December 31, 2007. The menu items that were the reduction of trans fats [...]
Foods rich in natural antioxidants
Foods rich in natural antioxidants to protect us against free radicals, which are the cause of aging and disease cells.
Help prevent carcinogenesis, more and more studies linking a diet rich in antioxidant foods with lower levels of cancer.
Also, provide cardiovascular protection and that cholesterol becomes really harmful or dangerous when oxidized by free radicals, which [...]
High Cholesterol in Children
Concern about high cholesterol at a young age focuses on the possibility of maintaining high throughout adult life and thereby increase cardiovascular risk. Until recently some chronic diseases like diabetes or hypertension were diagnosed only in adults. However, in recent years, doctors have also begun to diagnose in children and adolescents and apparently has [...]
The Diet of Fiber
Fiber-rich foods play a major role for good nutrition.
Well known for its low calorie, fibrous foods like celery, green leafy vegetables, vegetables, apples, also have major benefits for weight control. Require more time to chew properly and are evacuated from the stomach more slowly, which helps to control feelings of hunger.
This plan will allow us [...]
Fiber-Rich Foods Preventing Constipation
Adopt a diet rich in fiber. The plant foods – fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds, seaweed – all contain fiber, while those of animal origin do not. There are two types of fiber: insoluble and soluble fiber. Generally, plants contain both types of fibers, with dominance for the insoluble fiber. Some only [...]
Benefit of Fiber
Dietary fiber is broadly divided into two categories, soluble and insoluble in water.
Both species are found in all plant foods. The insoluble fiber has the property to attract water and increase in bulk. It can soften the stools and accelerate the passage through the intestinal tract. The soluble fiber becomes involved in a process of [...]