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Archive for March, 2011

This South-African plant that at present is located on the rise in its effects slimming, as one element for the fight against obesity, continues to be studied and within the information that we found, the scientists in South Africa in collaboration with a British company called Phytopharm, has isolated what is believed to be an active ingredient of the Hoodia.
This ingredient is a steroid glicósido, they called P57, on which obtained a patent in 1995, where license P57 to Phytopharm, company that has already spent more than $20 million in research hoodia.
Finally giant Pfizer pharmaceutical expressed its interest in the development of a drug hoodia, in 1998, Phytopharm sub-license rights to develop P57 to Pfizer by $21 million.
Much of the publicity about hoodia was immediately after the correspondent Leslie Stahl returns from Africa to publicize the hoodia, was hired locally to go with them to the desert and make the follow-up to the hoodia.
Stahl the consumed and described it as “cucumbery in texture, arguing that it was not evil”, adding that after he had lost the desire to eat or drink all day, also said that no experienced side effects immediate, such as indigestion or heart palpitations. The Hoodia gordonii is marketed in capsules, powder, liquid, in the form of tea in the stores of food and health on the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

The grapes is a fruit almost blessed because it holds important benefits that favor our health, has a component called resveratrol with specific biological very significant taking effect on the lipid metabolism, preserving the heart to reduce the cholesterol level, in addition to prevent the increase of platelets in the blood, making a blood less concentrated, more lightweight, avoiding the formation of blood clots that cause strokes. The grape is furthermore anticancer and antioxidant or helps eliminate free radicals of our body.
If you do not have diabetes I recommend you to do at least once a week, a cure of black grapes, these contain tannins and flavored components with powerful antioxidant action. Also, this “fasting partial” will rest on your liver, intestines, stomach; improve your heart and also your kidneys.
Divided for your breakfast, lunch and dinner kilo and half of black grapes, chew well with everything: shell and pills. AND between meals a glass of grape juice pure, prepare of this way: thrown into the blender 250 grams of grapes black, washed, with pills and shell, dissolve without water, does not go to make sugar, served in a large glass and enjoy.
Curious Information (dropped from consumer.es) Read the rest of this entry »

The CKD is difficult to treat and can progress to the final phase of kidney disease that requires kidney dialysis or a kidney transplant, this situation promotes the search for new forms of treatment of CKD and the preservation of the kidney function.
The work with the University of Manitoba and the colleague Harold Aukema, Aluko, was to purify a mixture of small proteins through the hydrolyzed protein contained in the yellow peas.
The researchers fed with small daily doses of proteins to laboratory animals with the polycystic kidney disease, a severe form of kidney disease used as a model for research on the CKD.
At the end of the 8 weeks of the study, the protein with which is fed to animals with kidney disease, showed a decline of 20 percent in the blood pressure, compared with animals in the same conditions but with a normal diet.
“This is significant because the majority of patients CKD in reality die of cardiovascular complications arising from the high blood pressure, associated with renal dysfunction,” says Aluko.
In humans with polycystic kidney disease, the condition causes the production of urine that has fallen dramatically, and the kidneys are unable to eliminate correctly the dangerous toxins.
Researchers showed that the extract of pea cause an increase of 30 percent in urine production in sick animals, leading to the normal levels of the same. Continue.

The objective of identifying and treating the arterial hypertension is to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality associated. The relationship is strong, continuous and gradual, for those with or without coronary heart disease.
Classification of the Blood Pressure in adults older than 18 years
Category Sistolica/Diastolic
Optima: <120/80
Normal: <130/85
Normal-High: <139/89 HYPERTENSION State 1:140/90 – 159/99 State 2:160/100 – 179/109 Rule 3: >= 180/110
The arterial hypertension can cause or be associated with heart disease, heart, brain-vascular, kidney, etc. And the risk increases if the patient has a habit of smoking, cholesterol or high triglycerides, diabetes, is greater than 60 years or have family history of cardiovascular disease.
Changes in the style of life for prevention and management of the Arterial Hypertension
The majorities of patients with hypertension established do not make sufficient or lasting changes in the style of life and do not take their medication in an appropriate way to gain control.
It is important to note that the increases in blood pressure are not inevitable consequences of aging. The studies based on the amendment of the lifestyles, have shown that prevent or delay the increased blood pressure expected in susceptible people.
If you have high blood pressure, try to follow these tips:
* Lose weight if there are overweight
* Limit your intake of alcohol
* Increasing the aerobic exercise (30 – 45 min most days a week)
* Reduce the sodium intake (salt)
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A new study by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA) concluded that the power of the Americans contains much salt. What is nothing healthy for our body and that is why the FDA developed a plan of regulation to that food producers cut the amount of salt of the meals.
The intention of the FDA is to create awareness on the part of the food producers and achieve some changes volunteers since the situation of the American diet in relation to the salt is worrying: Americans eat almost 1 ½ small salt a day.
More than double what our body requires, which creates the risk of high blood pressure, attacks and other problem to health. The salt many times is not available to the diner, comes to the body of the people in many of the processed foods that are served in restaurants.
The important thing is that one of the companies that heard the order of the FDA was Pepsi, this is interesting because I am sure that all once we have eaten any of the snacks that produce.
The company has developed a new way for the crystals of sodium chloride, i.e. , a new form of salt, which the company expects to reduce at up to 25% the amount of salt that appear in the classic potato chip. Read the rest of this entry »