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Oil and Healthy Diet: Other Oil Seeds and Fruits
They abundant polyunsaturated fat (especially linoleic acid, and in certain oils, linolenic, the latter similar to the fat blue fish). Linoleic and linolenic acids are essential, must be included every day in the diet because the body can not produce on its own.
In our body, polyunsaturated fats cardioprotective the following effects: reduce total cholesterol levels and other blood fats called triglycerides, reduce the risk of blood clots (thrombosis and cardiovascular-cerebrovascular accidents) and produced vasodilation (increase the diameter of blood vessels). Read the rest of this entry »
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Oil and Healthy Diet: Olive Oil
Season approaches the olive harvest, fruit which gets precious olive oil. Compared with seed, olive oil is more aromatic and flavorful, making simpler, more stable (takes longer to become rancid) and more suitable for frying, and more enduring high temperatures without decomposing. There are different types:
Virgin olive oil is not refined and is achieved by crushing the olives into a paste and applying cold pressure to squeeze the oil. Only subjected to physical processes which remove solid particles contained in suspension, and to make it transparent. Depending on the amount of free fatty acids according to fruit characteristics, quality and smoothness of taste will be more or less:
Extra virgin, refined and current: the Extra, fruity flavor and aroma and soft, the acidity is less than 1 degree (1% free fatty acids) in the fine reaches 2 ° and the current up to 3 º. The lower the acidity, the better quality. – Virgin lampante: contains more than 3 of acidity and is not edible because of its strong flavor Read the rest of this entry »
Oil and Healthy Diet: How Oil is Produced
The oils are vegetable fats that are forming small droplets within the cells of seeds and some fruits. The most common for human consumption are obtained from soybean, sunflower, corn, sesame, walnut, coconut and fruits such as olive and palm fruit oil.
Industrial production phases of oil
Removal: To get the oil must be broken by grinding plant cells and then isolate it from the other components of seeds or fruits. The grinding is performed by rollers or grinding until a smooth paste is subjected to a pressing using mechanical devices that apply pressure to the paste to squeeze out the oil. The pressing can be hot or cold. Hot you get more oil but, in contrast, requires a further refining process than cold pressing. On the other hand, the ‘cake’ or residue left after pressing still contains 10-20% oil which can also be exploited. Read the rest of this entry »
Light and Balanced Healthy Diet
Healthy diet, light and balanced … To lose weight safely is essential to follow a balanced hypocaloric diet, to provide 1400-1600 kcal per day.
Then, healthy diet, light and balanced:
With it, you might lose a kilo weekly average, according to age, weight and previous diet.
Two or three servings of starchy foods per day are necessary: one serving equals 50 grams of pasta or rice, 30 g of cereal and a slice of bread at every meal.
Take two pieces of fruit, two servings daily of vegetables at least: in terms of vegetables, one serving is better than a mixed salad.
Do not eliminate fats entirely, and choose olive oil as fat fundamental than two or three tablespoons a day. Read the rest of this entry »
Reduce Your Cholesterol
Cholesterol is in many fats and oils, but it is a fat. It is a part of many important body substances such as hormones, and structures including the brain and nerves. But too much cholesterol in your blood can clog your arteries.
You’ve probably heard about “good” cholesterol and “bad” cholesterol. Bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol, which is an abbreviation in English of low-density lipoprotein, can clog your arteries and lead to heart disease. Good cholesterol or HDL cholesterol, which is the English abbreviation for high-density lipoprotein carries unneeded cholesterol away from body tissues, so it lowers your risk of heart disease.
If your doctor says your cholesterol level is too high, what can you do about it? It helps to lose weight and eat a healthy diet. Your diet should limit the amount of fatty and cholesterol-rich foods you eat. Read the rest of this entry »