martes, 4 de septiembre de 2012

The world of cooking Part5

Anise: one of the oldest medicinal plants

Anise is one of the oldest medicinal herbs in the world. The fruits contain up to 3% deaceiteesencial whose primary component is the acetol, as well as components estragole, fatty oils and choline.

Estaplantaes widely used as an expectorant to treat coughs and bronchitis infusión.Una as how to prepare the infusion, with 1 tablespoon of crushed fruits for a cup of water. Let boil 2 minutes and rest for 5 minutes, is best taken after meals.

You can sweeten agregarmielpara also diuretic and carminative infusión.Es, and is excellent for curing digestive problems like flatulence painful, especially in the case of children it is also recommended to drink a tea after meals.

In the food industry it is used as a seasoning and enough to flavor some liquors or beverages. Some recipes you can prepare with anise are: anise rolls, mielsobre Ojuelas, fritters, cookies, etc..
 
Discover which plants help lower bloating
 
The belly, the nightmare of all. Whether by poor nutrition, stress, sedentary lifestyle or hormonal disorders, the area swells and one (a) does not know what to do to lower it.

While doing crunches is one of the most effective natural solutions, not everyone may be performed for various reasons.

If this is your case, we present these plants that will help you lose that bulging belly, improve digestion, prevent fluid retention and eliminate the obnoxious gases.

Warning: These plants contain medicinal substances, therefore you can not abuse their consumption risk of indigestion.

     Lemon Verbena. Estaplantaayuda combat stress, one of the causes of bloating, and also creates a state anxiety about eating more than necessary.

       Infusion is taken, preferably after lunch to aid digestion.

     Fennel. Helps expel gas, also cause swelling, and acts as an antiseptic in cases of diarrhea or parasitic infections.

     Comino. Commonly used in cooking, cumin eliminates gas, and prevents water retention and infections.

     Oregano. Helps eliminate flatulence and fluids, improves liver function and relieve menstrual cramps.

     Birch. Estaplantase infusion takes to help deflate the belly during hormonal changes. It also has diuretic and detoxifying properties.

     Anise. Both anise and star anise are antiflatulents.

     Savory. Estaplantaque aids digestion and expel gas, infusion prepared with common anise make an excellent home remedy for swelling. This infusion can be taken at the end or in between meals.
 
Discover food for beautiful skin
 
The skin, like any other part of our body needs water and food to perform their functions, especially cell regeneration.

This process takes about 28 days, and it needs a continuous supply of rich nutrients, such as:

     Good fats. The monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats such as Omega 3 which helps fight skin diseases. The first olive elaceitede delaguacatey obtained, and second, delpescado (salmon, tuna and bonito), losfrutos secosy sunflower seeds.

     Vitamin A. Stimulates cell division, especially prematurely aged skin, improved collagen production to give elasticity and promotes keratinization, process which acts against dry skin. Obtained from the livers of dairy and meats.

     Vitamin C. Antioxidant properties and contributes to the production of collagen. Obtained from citrus fruits such as tangerine, guava, strawberries, and deverdurascomo tomato, cabbage and peppers.

     Vitamin E. Estavitaminatiene antioxidant properties that help to release free radicals, the cause of the stains on the skin. Obtained from green leafy vegetables and loscerealesintegrales.

     B vitamins Estasvitaminastambién contribute to the regeneration process. Are obtained from vegetables, nuts, legumes, cereals, eggs, dairy, fish, and meat and viscera.

     Lycopene. This is the main element of the tomato and is a powerful antioxidant, and helps the rejuvenation of skin cells. Also obtained from papaya, watermelon and apple.

And of course, you should never miss the water to hydrate the skin and help remove toxins.
 
What to eat to maintain a glowing skin?
 
For those who do not know, the skin is exchanged every 28 days and this requires replacement of nutrients to achieve. To give you an idea of the process, it is estimated that a person sloughs 100 kilos of epidermal cells during their lifetime.

Many times it is necessary to use expensive beauty treatments or spend millions encremasmilagrosas because vegetables, meats consume daily yfrutasque have properties that will help us achieve our goal, it is only necessary to have some information and creativity to combine them into our meals .

     The skin needs daily hydration and nothing better to do than water, so we recommend eating at least 1 liter a day.
     The elasticity of the skin, that aspect remains rosy and flexible consumption deaceitede with olive, avocado, oil seeds, fruits and fish secosoleaginosos that provide fatty acids.
     To remove toxins we consume antioxidants like Vitamin E, found in vegetable oils and wheat germ. We supplement with Vitamin C, we draw from peppers, kiwi, citrus, melon, strawberries, blackberries, frutastropicales, cabbage, tomatoes.
     To maintain a healthy color to the skin, should eat carrots, tomatoes, apple pulp, apricot, watermelon, papaya and pink grapefruit, this will give us a nutrient called lycopene.
     Meats and susderivadosnos provide Vitamin A and group B, to renew our skin and maintain their youth.
     The minerals also act in the slow aging process of the skin, so we eat eggs, lean meats, legumbresycerealespara get zinc, iron, sulfur and selenium.

Important: Go combining foods in each of the four meals a day, seven days a week to achieve unadietaequilibrada.
 
 
 

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