Saturated fat

Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a miraculous health treasure from the sea accommodating a well-balanced amount of nutritional values including minerals, trace elements, and it is particularly marked with its beneficial properties of iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, potassium and copper. It contributes to satisfy the recommended daily doses of vitamins in addition to containing significant properties of beta-carotene and vitamin B12. In fact, wakame is dark green seaweed which helps…

The percent of children struggling from childhood obesity has tripled since the 1970s, and today, one in five school children have obesity. Children at or above the ninety-fifth percentile have obesity. The long-term effects that have impacts on children are physical, social, and emotional. The long-term effects are the children having a higher risk for asthma, sleep apnea, bone and joint problems, type two diabetes, hypertension, early puberty, Blount’s disease inflammation of the liver, and…

There are numerous treatments available for those diagnosed with atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. Most widely known is the daily aspirin; it is recommended that all patients with documented CAD be treated with a daily aspirin (Boudi, 2015). Treatment of angina and prevention of acute cardiac symptoms includes various medications such as: nitrates, beta-blockers, statins, calcium channel blockers, and ranolazine, which inhibits the sodium current of the cardiac action potential…

taste a lot better. He also talks about the “French Paradox” and how they tend to be the country that has the highest intake of saturated fat and dietary cholesterol but they also tend to be the one of the countries with the mortality rate related to chronic heart disease. This is strange because for many years, nutritionists have come to say that these two: saturated fat and dietary cholesterol have a direct link to chronic heart disease. He goes on to explain how this ideal from…

To live a long and healthy life, individuals need to be aware of both their mental and physical health. Physical health is definitely one of the greatest influences on diseases, but surprisingly, mental health also plays a big role. The brain is the body’s powerhouse, the correct nutrients and diets will empower it and provide advantageous symptoms. Illnesses such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD can be significantly improved simply by making some lifestyle changes. Even people…

Virgin coconut oil gains its popularity as healthy and beauty products. Coconut oil extraction process is not complicate at all. Just leave a coconut milk around 48 hours, the fats and the water will separate and a layer of curd will appear at the top. Then, spoon out the curd and simmer it until running dry. Or else, the fat in the curb can be used as a coconut oil as well. Mr. Songkoch Sontaeh, a farmer in Muag Lek, Saraburi province, explained the method of extracting coconut oil from local…

ABSTRACT The French paradox is an observation that showed that French people, although having a diet rich in saturated fats, appearing to have lower incidences of coronary heart diseases. This occurrence led to the many researches and studies done on the factor that was hypothesised to be related to the paradox. It was found that the high alcohol consumption in France was the factor to this paradox, therefore, resveratrol which is one of the compounds found in red wine, is extensively studied…

Introduction: The question we are investigating is: What is the best use of diet and exercise to see the greatest weight loss results- unhealthy eating and excessive exercise, healthy eating with no exercise or balanced eating and exercise? The independent variable is the eating and exercising being done and the dependent variable is weight loss. This question is important because there are constant debates throughout everyday life on a lot of different factors are healthiness, but which one…

Introduction The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate and high protein diet that focuses on achieving weight loss in a short amount of time. As their website guarantees that one can “see results quickly [and] after just a few days...” (“The Program: Overview”). Showing that being on the diet consists of minimizing on the carbohydrates and increasing the protein that the body needs, it causes more health benefits. Atkins consists of four different unique phases that allows a person to limit…

mono unsaturated fat. 76.9g of carbs and is a good source of starch. It contains 6.7g of dietary fiber and 6.9g of protein in one serving of 100g. It would fit not the grains category of the food pyramid. j. Queso Blanco i. Queso Blanco refers solely to a white cheese. There are many types of white cheese, specially chosen this time is, queso fresco which is a soft fresh white cheese. It would be considered to be in the dairy section of a food pyramid. It contains 6g of fat with 4 of them…