Urban legends about chocolate are disappearing. Investigations have been carried out with this succulent dish have shown that black chocolate increases further, the levels of antioxidants in their blood than milk chocolate, which can help prevent heart disease.

An article published earlier this year in the journal Nature dispelled any mystery about the protective role of flavonoids (antioxidants) of cocoa and chocolate against heart disease and its enormous power to prevent the formation of atherosclerotic plaques (atherosclerosis). (more…)

Vitamin C is one of those miracles of nature that always has wonderful effects in our body.

It is popular belief that vitamin C should be eaten only when we have a cold or flu. However this is totally false, since this vitamin is beneficial at any time, especially for children, for without exception helps fight any disease that attacks us.

But besides such wonderful effects with regard to disease, vitamin C is involved in the formation of collagen, a protein that nourishes, strengthens and holds together the tissues of the body. For this reason, it also helps our bones and teeth strong and healthy tissues, and even more so in the case of children, whose bones and tissues are forming. (more…)

Many times we do not give proper treatment to have the hair carefully. You’ve tried everything and yet, your hair does not look as you want. The fact is that there are many hair problems that appear for no apparent reason and sometimes may be associated with food. Mindful of the information we give you, because healthy eating can contribute to the health of your hair.

There are many diseases related to hair nutrition. Hair loss or lack of brightness or freshness are some of them, they may have to do with the diet you follow. We can say that can arise if you do not eat enough healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains or fibers. (more…)

In summer there is twice that drinking fluids to avoid dehydration and maintain beautiful skin. But not at the expense of soft drinks or alcohol, low in nutrients and calories. We offer soft drinks, light and loaded with vitamins and minerals.

In the hottest days of summer is essential to double and even triple the amount of liquids we drink. Moreover if we are in the sun on the beach or pool, outdoors, or we’ll do some kind of physical exercise. Increasing fluid intake can compensate for the minerals that your body loses heat, avoid the typical dry skin in summer and even get a nice tan and durable. (more…)

Avoids problems such as incomplete digestion, heaviness, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, or gastritis, with these good habits.

If you include healthy foods in your diet but your digestion is not very good, it is possible that you mistakenly combined.

The digestive system secretes various substances for the digestion of different foods, and to the simultaneous presence of incompatible foods, processed first one and delaying the digestion of others, which will leads to incomplete digestion, heaviness, flatulence, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, or gastritis. (more…)

You should not drink alcohol, raw or undercooked meat, canned foods, spicy foods, fried foods or too much coffee gargantuan.

“What happens when you do not do a balanced diet?

Excess carbohydrates: all leftovers are transformed into fat and deposited where you dislike.

Excess fat: The entire surplus is stored as fat. 50gr. Daily excess becomes 17kgr.de body weight over a year. (more…)

Experts speak of in pregnancy what is important is not to eat more, but look good in vitamins and minerals in the foods we eat.

The first thing to consider is that, in any way, multi-vitamin supplements should not replace food and much less during pregnancy.

The gestation period should be the best time to take care of the food especially.

With a varied diet and doing regular exercise is normal that when a woman becomes pregnant do not need vitamin supplements. However, there are always exceptions.

There may be women who have not planned the pregnancy and that they “catch? Slack at a time in which your nutritional needs a jog… In this article we present what vitamins are important to your pregnancy and what foods I can find. (more…)

If you want to know how to treat and better educate your child, not that hard, just ask him, he knows more than you think.

You’ve always wanted to know how to treat and better educate your kids. And is not that difficult, but you have to start to ask themselves, because they know more than you think. Here are a collection of feelings and thoughts in some children about their parents. With these words of children themselves, perhaps change your way of thinking small.  (more…)

Classes childbirth help expectant parents learn about and prepare for labor and birth. A good preparation for motherhood leads to increased health and welfare of the pregnant woman and her family.

Preparation courses for mothers are essential for most mothers. Led by midwives and doctors, in the classroom provides the proper physical and psychological training for motherhood is a positive experience.

Despite advances in epidural anesthesia, the childbirth preparation classes are still very important for pregnant women. In addition, we should not ignore the causes of major changes to come, or how to be prepared to address typical situations that occur during pregnancy and the postpartum period. All this you learn in class. (more…)

After revisarte, the doctor says you’re not brewing no baby, no baby or heartbeat, everything is the product of your mind.

Laura goes to the gynecologist excited to confirm that what your body tells you and how many weeks now. After listening carefully and undergo an ultrasound, the doctor replied, scratching his head in disbelief: “I do not know what is going on, Laura, but you’re not brewing no baby. There is no fetal heartbeat or embryo or placenta. Everything is the product of your mind. ? (more…)