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7 Healing Foods to fight common cold

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1. Chicken soup why: It's been called nature's penicillin and is at the top of the list for its curative powers. Hot chicken soup helps clear clogged airways, 2. Hot and spicy food Chilies or spicy sauces to help ease congestion. Cook Indian or other ethnic foods that contain these ingredients, or simply add a spicy sauce to foods for extra zip 3. Garlic This fragrant bulb contains a flavoring agent called alliin which acts as a decongestant. Garlic is also believed to act as an antioxidant and destroy free- radicals, the active oxygen molecules that damage cells 4. Fluids To keep you liquefied. 5. Citrus fruits Reach for citrus fruits to increase your vitamin C intake. Drink orange juice for breakfast, snack on half a grapefruit, or add tangerine slices to a lunchtime salad. Getting an increased amount of vitamin C is especially important if you smoke, as smoking increases both your risk of catching a cold and your body's need for this protective vitamin.

7 effective ways to overcome hunger

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Constantly feel hungry and do not know how to fight it? Simple tips will help you. Drink more water Many people confuse hunger with dehydration. To avoid this, always keep a bottle of water with you, it will help you maintain proper water balance and steer clear of unnecessary snacking. Move Workouts do not promote wolf appetite, as many believe, but rather - suppress it. Here's another good reason to exercise regularly. Do not skip breakfast If you miss breakfast, throughout the day you will be difficult to cope with his appetite. Breakfast not only tames hunger, but also starts the metabolism. Eat foods containing proteins Protein helps maintain energy and feel cheerful throughout the day. So if you want to be active, the menu includes proteins. Drink tea Cup of hot tea will not only warm you, but also help to cope with imaginary hunger and prolong the feeling of fullness. Be honest Admit yourself finally, that there is a desire to eat when you're bored or

Only 56 grams of nuts will make you healthy

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The presence of walnuts in the diet improves the vessels full of people. Doctors from the Research Center at Yale University have found evidence of the protective properties of walnuts. These nuts prevent the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in people at high risk. The study included 46 volunteers aged 30 to 75 years. All participants had a body mass index greater than 25 and a waist circumference of more than 100 cm for men and 88 inches for women. All of them have one or more (other than smoking) additional risk factor of metabolic syndrome - a precursor of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The volunteers were randomly divided into two groups, in which they were observed for 8 weeks. In the first group observed in the daily diet was added 56 grams of walnuts, and a second group lifestyle and nutrition patients have not changed. The study's author, director of prevention David Katz says: "We know that dietary change hard given to patients, but to a

The danger of food allergies

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Severe food allergies can cause the development of dangerous to human life complications - anaphylactic shock. If the patient does not receive extra help, he can die. Severe food allergies can cause the development of dangerous to human life complications - anaphylactic shock . If the patient does not receive extra help, he can umeret.Ob know this many people suffering from allergies to peanuts, oranges or seafood. Nevertheless, we should not think that food allergies fatal. British researchers conducted a study that the risk of dying from food allergies is only 1.8 case per million children and 3.25 per million for adolescents. Meanwhile in Europe, the risk of becoming a victim of murder is 11 ppm, and the danger of dying in an accident, including accidents on the entire 324 million.Raschety were made based on the information of 13 different scientific studies.

7 fat burning foods, on which is not exactly get better

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Nutritionists have compiled a list of fat burning foods that are not only not get better, and vice versa - to get thin. 1. Grapefruit - with regular use (150g per day) is able to reduce the weight of an average person to 2kg in 2 weeks. 2. Green Tea - Asian nutritionists recommend drinking 4 cups a day of green tea, it will give the greatest effect to burn fat 3. Spicy foods - mainly spices: black pepper, pepperoni peppers, mustard and horseradish. Such as chili, which contains the substance capsaicin "melts" the extra calories for 20 minutes after a meal. 4. Low-fat dairy products - increase production of the hormone calcitriol , which causes cells to burn more fat; 5. Cinnamon - one teaspoon per day reduces the level of sugar in the blood and prevents the transformation of excess carbohydrates into fat; 6. Water - insufficient use of its negative effect on getting rid of the extra pounds; 7. Protein foods - for protein digestion spent more calories to