An estimated 10% of children under five in developing countries are malnourished. Experts agree that education is fundamental to recognize the problem and implement, within families healthy diets.
Cheese is a food made from milk coagulates most of the protein and is partially removed where it is part of the serum protein and lactose. Nutrient composition [...]
Most foods that usually are part of our diet are the proceeds resulting from a series of more or less intense manipulation of foodstuffs in order to ensure their health, improve organoleptic qualities (those that appreciate through the senses; color, aroma, flavor, texture ..) and provide the consumer preparation and consumption.
Pasta (lasagna, cannelloni ..), salads, [...]
Commonly associated with people who do not eat meat, vegetarianism arises as part of a philosophy of life that is generated from the protection of animals and the non-consumption of products derived from them. Currently part of a lifestyle used to control the feeding and as an alternative to achieve a healthier diet.
However, often these [...]
No need to add sugar to our feed it is everywhere (bread, pasta, fruits). Search the sweet taste is innate. For others, result from a social and cultural conditioning, probably psychoanalytic: the mother who wins her son posing as the only authorized source of candy, the child punished for having eaten too much candy.
Too [...]
Cognitive development occurs at different stages of growth parallels the development of eating habits of eating skills and nutritional knowledge. Food and eating habits mean more than the supply of nutrients for growth, development and maintenance body.
Many factors, some are obvious and subtle, influence food intake and habits of children and adolescents. Among the many [...]
The same protein that causes osteoporosis, i.e. the loss of calcium in bone, causes bone to form in the arteries, the discovery by the Renal Research Network (REDinREN) Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Science and Innovation.
The results of this work, published in the latest issue of U.S. scientific journal ‘Circulation Research’, show that [...]
For healthy meals made light hunting hidden sugar. This index ranges from 0 to 100 and can exceed 100 in some cases.
The Glycemic Index is the sugar of the food multiplied by the coefficient of absorption of sugar from food into the body, and thus the amount of sugar actually absorbed.
To prevent diabetes and do [...]
How prepare organic grass fed beef? So read this recipe:
Ingredients
* 500g beef fillet, chopped
* 1 tablespoon coriander
* 1 tablespoon parsley
* 1 tablespoon tarragon
* 1 tablespoon chervil
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 teaspoon mustard
* 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
* A few drops of Tabasco
* 1 onion
* 1 clove garlic
* Salt, pepper
Preparation
* Peel and chop the onion and [...]
Food preservation techniques is the method and some knowledge of the effects on nutrients. There are natural preservatives, and chemical processes such as dehydration, irradiation and vacuum packaging. A single goal for all these proposals, maintaining edibility and nutrient status of the food
Why are they food perishable?
Over time, the enzymes present in foods that digest [...]
What is a food additive?
Food additives are substances added to food in a specific technical purpose. They are classified according to the function they perform when added to foods: stabilizers, thickeners, gelling agents, anti-caking agents, coating agents, packaging gases and propellants. Only a substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not used [...]
