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Have you ever tried the delicious strawberries to be found in the woods in early summer? Or did you go to pick blackberries on the field? Then you will know what they are delicious berries. Until recently you could only eat if they were collected, that is, had to take a trip and pick them up. Fortunately, already in the market, even sold frozen.

The best known are:

- Blackberries, blackberry, can be eaten alone, in salads, make jams, juices …
- Raspberries – if you like blackberry jam, the raspberry and you look like a delicacy. They taste like a cross between strawberry and the Moorish
- Wild strawberries – tiny and delicious, nothing to do with the strawberries you buy in stores. You can harvest them in early summer. Read the rest of this entry »

If we listen to the saying, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And it is not unreasonable, especially if we consider the significant benefits that the humble apple can contribute to our health, with the advantage that there are many varieties, making it hard not to find one that we like and to help us be healthy.

The apple is rich in a substance called pectin, a soluble fiber that is very beneficial for our digestive system as it helps to balance it. Pectin helps protect the stomach, so it is recommended to treat ulcers and digestive aid digestion.

On the other hand, pectin also helps control cholesterol levels, and different studies have confirmed that taking two apples a day can do to reduce your cholesterol by 10%. Read the rest of this entry »

The so-called anti-inflammatory diet is actually a lifelong diet that provides health and helps to control weight.

The anti-inflammatory diet has recently gained popularity in the United States because several authors have identified it as a variation of the Mediterranean diet. The objective of this diet is to counteract the inflammatory diet due to food procesadis: rich in omega-6 fatty acids but low in omega-3.

The inflammation in the body lead to poor health and eating to avoid constant inflammation promotes better health and can alleviate the disease.

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What is healthy lifestyle?

Healthy lifestyles are a global strategy, which is part of a modern trend in health is basically framed in disease prevention and health promotion perhaps the key moment of this trend or the beginning of this trend was 2004 and were generated by a declaration by the world health organization, to improve risk factors such as unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle, healthy lifestyles are related to eating and physical activity to prevent such diseases metabolic, cardiovascular, today we are facing an epidemic quoted or unquoted, an epidemic of these diseases and in whom obesity is perhaps more relevant is that since late figures of overweight and obesity in different countries the world both developed and developing towards increasing dangerously.

Recommendations of a balanced diet to maintain a healthy lifestyle:

There are several recommendations, but perhaps there are two points that are key to three points are key, the first is that in all societies there is a deficit in current consumption of fruits and vegetables Read the rest of this entry »