Archive for January 24th, 2010
Obesity and pregnancy
The precautions that should take the mother during pregnancy are manifold, and it becomes necessary to monitor their health so as to avoid problems both in it as in your baby. In terms of obesity precautions are a key, because the obesity of the mom can adversely affect directly the health of the fetus.
This has been the conclusion drawn by a group of scientists at the University of Newcastle led by Judith Rankin, who concluded that the obesity during pregnancy is an agent directly damaging in the health of the fetus, and may generate in the baby multiple alterations.
The defects in the neural tube or the spina bifida are some of these alterations, which were in fetuses of mothers with a BMI exceeding 30, a value of there in the future is considered as typical of an obese person.
While the values of a normal person should not exceed the 21 points, a person with overweight exceeds the 25. During pregnancy is recommended to the moms not to increase more than 12 kilos according to the case, although perhaps the healthiest is thin to measure that pregnancy is in progress. Read the rest of this entry »
Food that stimulate the weight loss
The talk of subsistence to lose weight we must not sit with the idea that there food “bad” and food “good” the fact is that no food is good or bad as a whole, there is only to learn to consume them.
Know How to combine different foods can help to enhance the capabilities of your body to burn fat. In other words, there is no need to eliminate food we eat, or make drastic cuts in the calories, but we must learn to eat and enhance the benefits that each meal offers you to your body.
We see today in some article a listing of meals that can help you lose weight:
*Eggs. The eggs offer great animal protein concentrate, without the fat that comes with the meat. Various studies have shown that when people breakfast an egg accompanied with a roasted or cereals, often lose weight rapidly.
*Skim milk. The combination of calcium, vitamin D and protein low-fat found in the skim milk or yogurt stimulates the weight loss and helps maintain good condition your muscles.
*Apples. Eat one or two apples per day before lunch or dinner will make you eat less and purchase the necessary amount of fibers to feel with energies throughout the day. Apples also are antioxidants. Read the rest of this entry »