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“Beggars” is that when people hunger, appetite strong. But what if the catch something to eat, eager to fill their stomachs are very harmful to health, because some food is not fasting to eat, or will plant a hidden danger to your health.
 1. Sweet potatoes sweet potato contains tannin and gum will stimulate the stomach to secrete more acid, causing heartburn and other discomfort.
 2. Orange orange with a large number of organic acids, acid, hawthorn acid, citric acid, etc., empty stomach, gastric acid will jump on the gastric adverse stimulus, so that stomach fullness, belching, vomiting acidic water.
 3. Cold fasting state Baoyin various frozen foods, will stimulate gastrointestinal contracture occurs, for a long time is going to lead to disorders of various enzymatic reactions, induced gastrointestinal disease. In women (female food) will make during the menstrual period disturbance.
 4. Milk contains large amounts of protein in milk, empty stomach, protein (protein food) will be “forced” into heat energy consumed would not achieve the role of nutritional tonic. The correct way to drink and snacks, bread and other foods containing wheat flour with water, or two hours after dinner drink, or drink before bed can be.
 5. Hawthorn hawthorn contain a large number of organic acids, acid, hawthorn acid, citric acid, etc., empty stomach, gastric acid will jump on the gastric adverse stimulus, so that stomach fullness, belching, vomiting acidic water.
 6. Persimmon persimmon contains more pectin, tannic acid, the substance reacts with the acid dissolution of the gel formation is difficult to block the formation of stomach stones easily.
  7. Yoghurt fasting drinking yogurt, yogurt’s health benefits will decline, but two hours after dinner drink, or drinking before going to bed, both nourishing care (health food), to promote digestion, but also the exhaust purge function.
 8. sweet is an easy digestion (digested food) absorption of food, fasting lot of sugar, body short period of time not secrete enough insulin for maintaining normal blood sugar so that the blood glucose (blood sugar food) rose sharply High easily lead to diseases of the eye. And sugar are acidic foods, fasting sugar will damage the body’s acid-base balance and the balance of the various micro-organisms, adverse health.
  9. Tomatoes tomatoes contain more pectin, tannic acid, the substance reacts with the acid generated is difficult to dissolve the gel pieces, easy to form stones in the stomach.
 Of 10. Banana banana contains more magnesium, fasting bananas will suddenly increase the body of magnesium and magnesium destruction of human blood calcium (calcium foods) balance, on the cardiovascular inhibition produced is not conducive to good health.
 11. Soybean milk contains large amounts of protein, empty stomach, the protein will be “forced” into heat energy consumed would not achieve the role of nutritional tonic. The correct way to drink and snacks, bread and other foods containing wheat flour with water, or two hours after dinner drink, or drink before bed can be.

 

Brain food lead will lead to potassium epinephrine, dopamine and 5-HT content in a significantly reduced, resulting in nervous conduction block, causing loss of memory, dementia, mental retardation on sickness. Photo by too much lead the body, but also directly damage nerve cells function of the genetic material DNA, not easy to people suffering from dementia, but also makes his face gray prematurely.

 

Scale used for a long time after tea or WaterA produce scale, if not cleaned regularly drink will cause digestive, nervous, urinary, blood, circulation system, diseases caused by aging, this is because the scale contains more harmful metals such as cadmium, mercury, arsenic, aluminum caused. Scientists had used 98 days of thermos of water scale chemical analysis conducted found that more harmful metals: cadmium is 0,034 mg to 0,44 mg of mercury, arsenic is 0,21

 

Preserved foods in the marinated fish, meat, food dishes, easily added salt into nitrite, which under the catalytic enzymes in the body, easily and in vivo role of various substances carcinogenic generated imine material, people eat more susceptible to cancer, and to promote human premature aging.

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Teeth Whitening

Everyone knows that calcium intake will shake the bones of this, in fact, will wear dental health, so a variety of natural foods each day to supplement calcium. Cheese is not only a good source of calcium, it can play an additional protective effect of the teeth.

UK research indicates that the cheese inside with calcium and phosphate can be balanced in the mouth of the pH value, to avoid the mouth in the acidic environment conducive to microbial activity, resulting in tooth decay; and regular consumption of dairy calcium can increase the tooth surface and help strengthening and reconstruction of enamel (because calcium is the main ingredient composition of the enamel), making teeth more robust.

Green

Longevity as a treasure by the Japanese green tea, the health benefits of it over to the people can not resist it, and many studies have pointed out that it’s very strong antioxidant capacity, can prevent many types of cancer, adds to the growing person will reduce the risk of the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Now, even the teeth because of drinking green tea become more healthy. The one hand, green tea contains large amounts of fluorine (other teas are also available), you can and tooth apatite in combination with anti-acid anti-decay effect. On the other hand, studies have shown that green tea catechins (catechins) can reduce tooth decay in the mouth caused by Streptococcus mutans, but also remove the unpleasant tone of voice.

Mushroom

Mushrooms in recent years will not only boost the immune system has become a popular food, since 2000, some of the study also found that it also help protect the teeth. The reason is contained inside the mushroom mushroom polysaccharides can inhibit the manufacture of dental plaque bacteria in the mouth.

Mustard

Taste of Japanese cuisine sashimi or sushi, people must be accompanied by the tears that were choking the nose of the mustard DC The main purpose for sterilization.

Mustard will have such a spicy, pungent taste of the nose, because it contains a special ingredient, this substance also found in other cruciferous vegetables. Japan in a test tube experiments found that mustard inside the cavities caused by a substance can inhibit the reproduction of S. mutans.

Mint

Mint soft, subtle fragrance will help revive and refresh, while also reducing “bad breath.”

Mint Leaf Village contains a single quote vinyl compounds, you can reach the lungs through the blood circulation, so that you feel when you smell fresh breath. Overseas study also found that the use of this type of herbal mouthwash can reduce oral bacteria breed.

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Skin care experts we concluded that the following 10 kinds of skin, a favorite food:

1. Broccoli – the ability to enhance anti-injury skin, broccoli is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, carotene, can enhance the skin’s anti-injury abilities, but also helps to maintain skin elasticity.

2. Carrot – to keep the skin moist and delicate contains a large number of carotene helps to maintain the normal function of skin tissue, reducing wrinkles and stimulate the skin’s metabolism to keep the skin moist and delicate.

3. Milk – Milk is a skin to enhance skin tension in the evening’s favorite food. It can improve the skin cell activity, there is delay of skin aging, enhance the skin tension, elimination of small wrinkles and other effects.

4. Soybean – to prevent pigmentation in the skin Soy is rich in vitamin E, not only to destroy the chemical activity of free radicals, thus inhibiting the skin aging, more to prevent the pigmentation in the skin.

5. Actinidia – Kiwifruit to eliminate freckles and other spots are rich in vitamin C, can interfere with melanin production, preventing pigmentation, to keep their skin white, and help eliminate skin, freckles and other spots are already on.

6. Tomatoes – a new wrinkle the skin flattening contain lycopene helps flattening of new wrinkles to make the skin smooth and delicate. An experiment found that eat tomatoes, but also difficult to appear black eye, and not susceptible to sunburn.

7. Honey – to keep the skin ruddy and shiny honey known as “nature’s most perfect nutritional food”, containing a large number of easily absorbed amino acids, vitamins and carbohydrates, nutrition, comprehensive and rich, ruddy skin and delicate can eat it regularly, there is luster.

Modern people are increasingly pay attention to eating healthy, many people are beginning to reject high-sugar, high salt or high fat content, but also something that the United States Council for Responsible Nutrition, a healthy diet but excessive stress may result in nutritional intake is not balanced.

According to the latest release of “Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” most people in seven low intake of essential nutrients, they are calcium, potassium, fiber, magnesium, vitamin A, C, and E.

Or, even if you eat, and these nutrients are also difficult to retain in the body. Nutrition Association, suggested the United States, it is better to try to change some of my eating habits, to achieve a multiplier effect.

Calcium: Calcium mentioned, we immediately think of calcium beneficial to the growth of bones and teeth. In fact, the function of calcium is far more than that, it can also help maintain the heart rhythm, maintaining muscle function. How much calcium and that in the end be enough? The United States “Web MD” web site that people of different age classes of calcium demand is different. 50 years old and below the daily requirements of calcium for adults is about 800 mg, while people over the age of 50 need 1000 mg. However, for those prone to osteoporosis in high-risk groups, the daily calcium intake should be increased to 1200 mg.

Well, from what foods to supplement calcium? We all know that eating dairy products is the easiest way. In addition, a variety of fortified foods are also rich in calcium, such as cereals, orange juice and soy milk, you can also eat some fat flavor yogurt, skim milk, cheese, salmon, boiled spinach.

Potassium: Potassium to maintain normal blood pressure and in maintaining nerve and muscle function also play a key role. Generally speaking, an adult should ensure that the daily intake of 4700 mg of potassium. In addition we all know that bananas can be potassium, the U.S. Food and Nutrition Association considers that the following is equally rich in potassium: Kaohong Shu, tomato sauce, fat flavor yogurt, tuna.

Fiber: Normally we think that the elderly something to add fiber, but in fact fiber for each age people who are very important, it enables the body to maintain healthy intestinal tract, reducing the risk of suffering from intestinal diseases. University of California, community nutrition expert Lucy Ya Kaise believe that the rich fiber intake can help prevent heart disease, diabetes and other cancers.

The amount of fiber necessary for human body depends on the age and gender differences. In general ,19-50-year-old female intake per day should be about 25 grams fiber, 51 years of age and women over the corresponding less, for 21 grams / day; while the 19-50 year-old man, the daily fiber intake capacity of 38 grams, 51 years of age and men over the intake of 30 grams. Fiber-rich foods include: cereal, boiled red beans, Kao Hongshu, pear, any oat products.

Magnesium: the normal operation of the human body functions are inseparable from the whole process of magnesium. Magnesium can be strong bones and enhance the immune system and magnesium in the maintenance of the human heart, muscle and nerve function also play an important role. Of different ages and different sex pairs of the demand for magnesium is different :19-30-year-old female daily intake of magnesium should be 310 mg for women 31 years and over 320 mg; 19-30 year-old male 400 per day mg, 31-year-old and over, compared with 420 milligrams of men. Eat hazelnuts, almonds, steamed fish.

Vitamin A: good to enhance visual acuity, which for the immunity and human tissue growth is also crucial. In general, an adult male needs 900 micrograms a day-dimensional A, adult women need 700 micrograms. There should be conscious of eating carotenoid-containing foods, such as: Kaohong Shu, fresh carrots, spinach, lettuce and so on.

Vitamin C: not only can enhance immune function, it is a powerful anti-oxidants, can protect human cells from damage. At the same time, Victoria C will also help create collagen, and thus strengthen the bone and cartilage function. C per day for adult males intake should be 90 mg, while the adult females is 75 mg. In the end what foods are rich in dimension C do? Red peppers, oranges, strawberries, cantaloupe, New Zealand Huadu can eat.

Vitamin E: is also a powerful anti-oxidants, can help protect the body’s cells. Victoria E is found in foods with high fat content, it is easy to pursue a healthy diet of people who rejected, it is because they do not clarify the “bad fats” and “good fats” the difference. We usually think that the unhealthy fat is saturated fat and trans fat, and fat of the monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats are beneficial to human health. However, no matter what kind of fat calories than higher, must be moderate intake. Adult intake of 15 mg each day-dimensional E. Victoria E-rich foods include: seeds, almonds, walnuts, peanut butter, tomato sauce.

Lidong after winter officially began. In the winter dry season should not lead to neglect of diet and pale yellow, dry skin. In order to change women’s skin in the winter and the situation should first start from the conditioning diet. The need in the end to see how to eat, how to drink, to the beauty of an autumn date, with food conditioning face.

Fruits and vegetables: the fight against skin aging

Of course, because of their abundant moisture and vitamins (vitamin C, β-carotene … …), and anti-oxidant compounds (phospholipids, red pigment … …). Fruits and vegetables make the skin glow with brilliance, color rosy, and the erosion of the skin surface can be captured by free radicals. Therefore, the proposed multi-eat carrots, and its β-carotene content is unrivaled. Other fruits and vegetables is not low in carotene content: You can use bright orange as the criterion (apricot, mango, pumpkin … …). Tropical fruits can be an effective complement to vitamin C (helps form collagen to maintain skin elasticity): guava when the highest number of such (273mg/100g), followed by Kiwi (80mg/100g), Strawberry (60mg/100g), Finally, oranges, each 100g contains 52mg. For vegetables, the first is a sweet pepper (red, green can), the average content of 146mg/100g (cooked in the future is 100mg/100g), of course, broccoli, and other types of cauliflower (Brussels sprouts, red cabbage, cauliflower … …), they also contain vitamin C. Finally, do not forget our beloved tomatoes, because it contains lycopene (a red pigment, with the same family of β-carotene) and other valuable antioxidants.

Vegetable oil: to maintain skin elasticity

Fat is essential for the maintenance of skin tissue substances. Here is the cell membrane phospholipids, which play protects cells and ensure cell internal communications role. Thus, edible vegetable oils (rapeseed, grape-core … …), its cellular fatty acids can guarantee the maintenance and metabolism. Some of these fatty acids also act as a cellular lubricant, which can limit the loss of water and avoid dry skin. If fatty acids are essential because our skin and not to make their own manufacturing plants, as the substance. Therefore, to rely on edible vegetable oils (sunflower, soybeans … …) or oil-bearing crops (walnut, almond … …) as well as cod liver oil (refined later). There is one final point: the oil is also rich in vitamin E. It can give the skin a double benefit: to ensure good hydration and delay skin aging.

Water: eliminate toxins

Drink plenty of water is perhaps the most important initiatives to resist aging. In the body, water is responsible for the transport of useful substances (nutrients, hormones … …), which excludes the body garbage. Water shortages will disrupt the balance of the body, of course, also affect the balance of the skin. Insufficient hydration, the skin will not be able to stop the air pollutants (such as UV, smoke, … …). To this end, a small number of various drinking water (soft drinks, mineral water, tea, flower tea … …) is very important, at least 1.5 liters a day. Among them, as Tea is rich in phenols (an antioxidant compound, can resist the erosion of free radicals on the cells), particularly beneficial to the skin! However, avoid too much tea, otherwise it will disrupt sleep, and undermine the stability of the body iron .

Shellfish and crustaceans: to maintain the flawless skin

To take full advantage of every opportunity to enjoy the seaside seafood. Seafood are rich in selenium and zinc, two important antioxidants. If the few opportunities to go to the beach, be sure to shop frequented by fish. The above-mentioned two kinds of trace elements can resist against the skin of free radicals. Pearl oysters are zinc (22mg/100g). As for the element selenium fish, there are a variety of flavors: tuna (82mg/100g), cuttlefish (65mg/100g), Pseudopleuronectes flounder (55mg/100g), mussels (56mg/100g), and mackerel (39mg / 100g).

Vitamin A and B: to make skin shine

Liver, butter, eggs, cheese, whole milk and non-fat dairy products are an important source of vitamin A, which can slow down aging and maintain skin elasticity. In addition, the brewer’s yeast, liver, kidney, eggs, meat and black beans also rich in vitamin B5, B6, B8. Cosmetics often contain vitamin B5, is because it helps maintain and repair the skin and hair. Vitamin B6, and B8 will facilitate the adjustment of sebum secretion, for the treatment of oily skin and very effective.

Vinegar, soy foam

Approach: Take 250 grams of fresh soy beans to vinegar, soak 15 days later, the daily take of about 10 quid, make the skin soft, pigment shallow. Efficacy: vinegar beans contain phospholipids and a variety of amino acids, can promote the metabolism of skin cells, and have lower cholesterol, improve liver function and anti-aging effect.

Juice

Practice: Grape 100 grams, 5 grams sugar, cold water 60 ml. Wash the grapes and capsules off sugar and water with stirring, to leave residue juice. Efficacy: grape juice is rich in vitamins, niacin, there is strong body of the efficacy of high quality goods health and beauty in autumn.

Black beans cooked lemon

Practices: the black beans cooked soft water, after adding soy sauce and lemon slices food. Effects: black beans are rich in vitamin B, an improvement in skin cell metabolism, skin fitness can eat it regularly. The lemon has the same effect.

In accordance with traditional Chinese medicine, “Ziyin spring and summer, winter autumn Yin, seasonal regulations, each have their attention to” the theory of autumn where care should be emphasis on the yin-yang, in general, the best choice for autumn eating lotus porridge, porridge wolfberry , milk porridge, and rice pudding, etc. can also eat some with a temperature compensation of cattle, sheep, dog and the like, in order to Ziyin impotence, prescription for warming blood gas, enhance physical resistance, played moisturizing organs, beauty skin care effect.

柠檬 拷贝Several common foods, you can let your white, come from the inside out revealing. Whitening is not quickly pick up our food list, go to the supermarket purchase some.

White Food List

Tomato: This is the best sunscreen of food. Germany and the Netherlands scientists study results indicate that tomatoes are rich in antioxidants, lycopene, a daily intake of 16 mg of lycopene decrease the coefficient of sunburn can make 40%. And to eat cooked tomatoes than raw better.

White sharpen your food

Watermelon: watermelon water content in the fruit is second to none, especially for summer consumption. Watermelon juice contains a variety of healthy and beauty of the chemical composition, such as the biological activity of a variety of amino acids with the skin. These ingredients easily absorbed through the skin on the facial skin have a good moisture, nutrition, sun protection and whitening effect.
Lemon: Lemon is rich in vitamin C, be called White King. According to the research, a week or so as long as the spoonful of lemon juice will make the incidence of skin cancer rate has dropped 30%. Similar effect with Lemon also oranges, kiwi fruit, peppers and strawberries. Incidentally, when you can purchase to buy a few samples.

Antioxidant Food

Green tea: Green tea beneficial to health, various studies an ongoing basis. The catechins in green tea has a strong anti-oxidation function, which will contain green tea skin care products ingredients coated on the skin, even by strong sunlight can cause skin to sunburn, relaxation and rough peroxide reduced by about 1 / 3.

The skin is more white

Nuts: nuts contain unsaturated fats and vitamin E. To have a strong defense against UV skin, should be fully intake to prevent skin aging rich in vitamin E, nuts, from the inside and the outside to soften the skin, prevent wrinkles, nourish, and at the same time an effective moisture, so skin looks younger

Two Beauty Therapy

Chinese believe that looking and spleen-related, such as acne, acne is due to hot and humid Piansheng spleen; Hudie Ban is due to liver depression Spleen; surface dull yellow is the Spleen qi and blood can not be on the bearing performance. Spring things up hair, the body also will be strong splenic function. Therefore, the spring beauty to blood or spleen Shu Shugan spleen, promoting blood circulation meridians of the diet is the best.

1. Bird’s-nest porridge: bird’s nest with moisturizing the skin, blood and beauty achievements. 3 grams take bird’s nest, rock sugar amount, boil-like porridge can be eaten. Ruozai adding 5 grams sweet almond Tongzhu, its beauty better.

2. Long-lian egg soup: 15 grams of longan, lotus seeds 50 grams of meat, eggs 2, ginger, 2, 4 dates, salt a little. Ning heart can soothe the nerves, nourishing and moisturizing.