Healthy Life

The pathologist found many benefits that can be taken from the chocolate. Chocolate made from cocoa beans which are rich in compounds called flavonoids that are also found in tea leaves. To date, more than 4000 kinds of flavonoids have been identified. Plants to synthesize compounds that can dissolve in water from the amino acid phenylalanine and acetate. Flavonoids act as antioxidants, neutralizing the bad effects of free radicals that can destroy cells and body tissues. Read the rest of this entry »

Many foods are known to get rid of stress, such as chocolate or ice cream. But there were other foods that can fight stress and make the body stay healthy. Here are 5 types of food can eliminate stress:

• Spinach

According to Beth Reardon, RD, nutrition experts from Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, 3 cups spinach could supply 40 percent of magnesium, which is a mineral that can reduce the effects of stress on the body by preventing blood pressure rise. Enter the spinach in an omelet or a sandwich if you do not really like to eat it separately.

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DRAGON FRUIT, although this plant is now easy to find, but not many people who understand deeply hidden benefits dragon fruit. The form is different from other fruits, so highlight features of the full benefits of this fruit. Dragon fruit has a light skin color, skin is not smooth, but covered with scales that looked like a big snake or dragon. The contents of the fruit are white, red or purple with a sprinkling of seeds black. Texture it as sweet basil taste like kiwi fruit. Read the rest of this entry »

Apples contain pectin which is known to function against fat and lower cholesterol. Fiber in it also helps the digestive process. Later, apple could allegedly heal the gut. Read the rest of this entry »

What you know about brocolli ? Vegetables such as tree form is very good eaten with cheese. Not only delicious, but broccoli can also protect the heart from the cells that damage the liver. Based on research conducted by the University of Connecticut, revealed that the substance sulforaphane in broccoli effective to prevent damage to the heart. Broccoli can also stimulate the body to produce a protein called Thioredoxin. Thioredoxin substances may protect the heart from damaging cells. Read the rest of this entry »