Properties Nuts
The nuts can be eaten at any time, for its excellent properties. But especially at Christmas when they are most usually eat nuts, also served with chocolates and other sweets.
Nuts are antioxidants and anti-inflammatory, so they help prevent cholesterol buildup and plugging of the arteries. Physicians are advised to take two or three nuts per day because it helps burn fat and lower cholesterol. But as always, is much better to combine nuts with other foods such as vegetables, fruits and fish.
The usual use of nuts in the diet can reduce up to 50% the risk of cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks or angina pectoris. Eating nuts for about five weeks, instead of getting fat from other foods such as butter or lard is a good way to guard your heart.
However, do not forget that these nuts, like most, provide a very high amount of calories, about 700 per 100 grams. So we should not abuse them in case of obesity. Best not to overdo the intake of nuts, is considered a replacement for other food sources are not as healthy.
People with a good vitamin B in your blood
People with a good vitamin B in your blood may have a lower risk of lung cancer, even if they smoke, according to a new European study.
The study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that having high levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and the amino acid methionine cut the risk of cancer in more than half.
This study was conducted in more than 400,000 people. Where these substances could be found naturally?. We can find in nuts, fish, meats. We can also take them by way of supplements. The researchers say that quitting smoking is still the best way to reduce the risk for these cancers.
The team of researchers shows that a good diet is always the key to preventing such evils, take vitamins at the discretion is not the idea and is still too early to say that taking them can have extra protection. It has been observed that people who follow a healthy diet could reduce cancer risk.
The general B complex can also be found in whole grains and fiber we consume. From this it follows again that eating healthy is important and that keeps us in a lower health risk.