Posted by: admin in Health on August 21st, 2009

Until now, there was no magic pill that could ward off deadly diseases like making slim. But there is another solution, something that is not only a healthy and lose weight to make, but taste good, namely a kiwi.

Elisa Zied, MS, nutritionist and author of Feed Your Family Right, says kiwis are included in one of the 10 super foods (great food). Kiwi fruit under multitasking: they contain disease-fighting nutrients, taste good, contain fewer calories, plus making the skin young. Really great!

Kiwifruit is often associated with New Zealand. In fact, the fruit and the skin looks like a brown fur actually comes from China and the new in New Zealand early 1990.

The success of the kiwifruit industry in New Zealand can not be separated from the services of Isabel Fraser, a teacher’s house brought the seeds of the kiwi after visiting family in China. Kiwi seeds were then to the family of Allison’s, who struggle in the field of horticulture. Since then the agriculture in New Zealand kiwifruit starts.

The original name is The Tao of kiwifruit. New Zealanders believe that the fruit has a flavor called Chinese gooseberry and gooseberry. New fruit around the year 1959 was given the name “kiwifruit” after setting the kiwi bird as a symbol of New Zealand.

There are two types

In the world market today, there are two types of kiwifruit, like, green (green) and gold (gold). green kiwi Actinidia Deliciosa with botanical names and kiwi called Actinidia Chinensis gold. Slightly sour flavor of green kiwifruit and fresh. Medium Gold kiwi taste sweeter on the tongue.

Vitamin C content in green kiwi 92.7 mg vitamin C per 100 grams, slightly less than the vitamin C content of the gold kiwi reached 105.4 mg per 100 grams.

Nevertheless, according Fiastuti vitamin C content in green and gold kiwi kiwi over oranges and papayas. Meanwhile, rich in vitamin E than mangoes and papayas.

In addition to vitamins, these two types of kiwifruit is also rich in fiber is good for the health of digestive tract. Not only that, the fibers can adequately maintain blood sugar and lowering cholesterol in the blood.

Rich in nutrients and antioxidants
One of the benefits of kiwifruit has a smooth texture, great taste and aroma are distinctive and fresh. But under the hairy brown skin, kiwi is the most nutritious fruits.

A study published in the Official Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that 27 types of frequently consumed fruits such as papaya, mango, avocado and kiwi apparently has the highest concentration of nutrients.

Size nutrient density (nutrient density) is usually used for the dietitian nutritional value of certain food ingredients measure compared with other food ingredients in equal portions. Higher nutrient density, the better the quality of the material.

Kiwi is also known as rich vitamin C, A and E. The content of vitamin C in kiwifruit two times more than oranges. Although the amount of vitamin E in kiwi two times more than the mango.

Vitamin C and E, so we have as a source of antioxidants. According to nutritionists dr.Fiastuti Witjaksono, Sp.GK, one or two grains of kiwifruit per day is enough for the requirement of vitamin C per day to meet. “Women aged 19-30 years, approximately 45 mg vitamin C daily meantime., Pregnant women increased to 60 mg / day during lactation and in need 85 mg / day,” he explained.

According Prof.Made Astawan in the book the content of different foods, in addition to vitamins C and E, an antioxidant found in fruits such as kiwi-carotene, lutein, xanthophyll, flavonoids, and so on.

Eat foods that contain antioxidants, believed to be dangerous diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature aging. One theory as to why someone may age is due to free radicals. Oxidation process will also lead to DNA damage leading to carcinogenesis.

Antidote against free radicals that are known at this time is an antioxidant. Kiwi antioxidant capacity against free radicals connections in the third highest after the orange and red wine.

Antioxidants in kiwifruit is the most easily metabolized and absorbed into the blood vessels of the body. That is why the food sources of antioxidants, such as the kiwi is strongly recommended for those who want natural sound.

Posted by: admin in Health on August 19th, 2009

A drug test for the problem of prostate enlargement in men to overcome it is more effective to prevent the disease developed cancer themselves.

Four years on probation drug dutasteride with 6500 shows the man who dutasteride 23 percent lower risk of prostate compared to those who drank the placebo pills.

All respondents in the study were at high risk for cancer. Actually, the potential drugs of this type have been previously known to prevent prostate cancer. In 2003, scientists showed similar drug, finasteride, the cancer risk can be reduced by one quarter of healthy people who have aggressive tumors.

Both types of drugs, finasteride and dutasteride, are by doctors for men who are prescribed an enlarged prostate, which are benign. Enlarged prostate often by men who are showing symptoms such as frequent urination and pain during urination aging experience.

In the last drug test conducted, Glaxo Smith Kline, the manufacturer of dutasteride, are the men at high risk for cancer, announced the results of blood tests basis, but do not develop the disease to cancer.

During the study, respondents were given daily dutasteride or placebo. In this research, a total of 659 men given the drugs affected by prostate cancer and 858 men from the placebo pills.

In men have, the story of a family of prostate cancer, the drug was noted to reduce the risk of cancer by 31 percent. The researchers believe that most tumors are found in earlier studies may already exist, but the small size so can not be detected.

Although the drug is likely to be suppressing cancer drug, experts argue that research needs a lot more. “Of course we do not know what happened to the interviewees at a later date, it would be affected by cancer or not.’s Why it’s even lasted longer,” said Dr. Helen Rippon, chairman of The Prostate Cancer Charity researchers Dari, England , the reaction to the results of this research.

Posted by: admin in Tips on August 3rd, 2009

Laugh Out Loud is one of the best and easiest way to everyday stress, which often interfere with our health drive. That is, the more we laugh, the healthier our body and mind.

Old thinking says that we laugh when something funny. Plus, not everyone was born a humorist. Humorous or not, is determined by the genes. Nevertheless, the fact is not so. Recent studies show that laughter could be designed and carried out every day. This is the opinion of Lee Berk, Loma Linda University researchers.

Through his research, Berk concluded that laughter is not disconnected or to reduce previously healthy expected performance with a level of “bad” cholesterol (LDL) by 26 percent.

In addition, the laughter also reduce the level of C-reactive protein. This is part of the protein, which is a measure of risk a person with diabetes and heart problems. The higher levels of C-reactive protein, the higher the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Therefore rajinlah laugh but nothing is really funny that we can to burst with laughter. Laugh for the little things, or a joke that we have ever heard.