Sweet temptation, when I am on diet

Sweet temptation, when I am on diet

      It is very common, tempted when we are on a diet, in fact we believe that the intake of extra calories is almost prohibited, and we fear that if we escaped with a sweet consent we will have jettisoned every effort to drop those centimeters and pounds . However: who would not want a sweet occasionally? This time I will give you little tips to succumb to the sweet temptation, no regrets!

- Dulce yes, but better in the morning. The body works best with insulin in the morning, so the consumption of carbohydrates in the morning increases energy, not fat reserves, that is, our metabolism is faster. It also increases serotonin, and therefore, reduces the feeling of wanting fresh throughout the evening.

You need sweet: lean on seasonal fruits. Turn your blender in your ally in the snack, so if you do not add sugar! The orange and apple juices are low in calories at the same time detoxifying and pineapple smoothies with milky, in addition to diuretics and have fewer calories prevent the appearance of cellulite (especially if we add celery).

- Change snack for a healthy snack. Replaces mid-morning snack on the other, so sweet and tasty as it takes, but no fat or sugar. Black fruit skewers with chocolate or fruit ice cream and yogurt.

- Get changed to pure chocolate. Avoid milk chocolate as it has a high sugar content. Head over to black and pure chocolate, just have sugars in cocoa you'll find a number of flavonoids - substances that act as antioxidants - that improve circulation, dark chocolate also has substance tryptophan needed to produce serotonin - the hormone of happiness.

- Reduce the portion size, calories share with your loved ones or keep half the portion for another day.

- And last but not least is to adjust caloric intake in the coming hours, ie You have exceeded you, then you must reduce your carbohydrates in the next breakfast or you increase your physical activity to offset that you gave you permisito.

Dieting does not mean you can not eat sweets. If you follow these tips you will get it!

Benefits of Green Smoothies and Juices

Benefits of Green Smoothies and Juices

    Juices, smoothies and green juices are an excellent choice to incorporate fruits and vegetables into our diet in a simple way and take advantage of all its nutrients and properties. They are produced primarily by mixing green leafy vegetables and fruits, although you can also add a few drops of lemon or lime juice, ginger, turmeric, etc.

By adding seeds (such as sesame, linseed or flax or hemp) to some extent these impede the absorption of nutrients and favor the gastrointestinal irritation and may even produce gases. If you add the green smoothies, which is in short supply and sporadic.

Juices and green smoothies can be taken first thing in the morning, preferably on an empty stomach and not between meals for one day a week they can drink only to debug and detoxify, etc. They are a good way to provide nutrients to our diet and can be helpful in weight loss diets because it does not provide many calories, moisturize, help eliminate toxins and purify, stimulate our metabolism and are very healthy.

It is best to prepare at the time that will be consumed.

Difference between green juices and green smoothies

While green smoothies contain all the fiber, green juices lack of it, so into the bloodstream long before green smoothies and are absorbed more slowly because of the fiber they contain.

Green juices or juices are prepared with a blender. We can also prepare green juices with a hand mixer or tumbler and once prepared simply pour the batter to separate the juice or pulp.

Green smoothies can be prepared with a blender or hand (must add water) and drink as is, with the fiber.

An important difference is that juices or smoothies are oxidized before the shakes, so if you want to leave prepared your green juices at night to drink in the morning, if you make a juice (with fiber) it will retain many more nutrition claim that if a juice or smoothie. Keep it always in your refrigerator or refrigerator.

If you're doing a detox diet might be more beneficial to consume smoothies (with fiber) instead of juice, because the nutrients just need help digestion and thus purifying process in our body while keeping us hydrated and nourished.

Another benefit of green smoothies is that by keeping the fiber, helps us to clean the colon and cleaning and removal of accumulated toxins is favored.

In addition, green smoothies are more satiating than juices or smoothies. Consider your preferences and needs and combine the two options, juices and smoothies.

Health benefits of drinking green juices

Juices and green smoothies are full of chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals and enzymes very beneficial for us.

Strengthen our immune system, so help us protect our body and keep it healthy.

For his contribution in chlorophyll, a pigment green with lots of vegetables, help us to oxygenate blood and this will take more oxygen throughout the body, which is especially interesting for athletes.

They help alkalize the pH of the blood.

Eliminate accumulated toxins in the body.

Regeneration of cells that form tissues, organs and body systems is facilitated.

How do the juices and green smoothies

In juices and green smoothies combining fruits with vegetables, mainly green leafy vegetables are prepared:

Rúgala

Dandelion (leaf)

Amaranth (leaf)

Cabbage (cale)

Lettuce

Mint

Wheatgrass

Chard

Broccoli

Parsley

Spinach

Celery (stem and leaves)

Endive

Watercress

Nettle

Plantain

Stevia

Borage (leaf)

Cucumber

Leaves carrots, turnips, beets, radishes, etc.

You can also add a piece (about 2 cm2) of stalk of aloe gel or aloe vera to shake.

Combine these greens with seasonal fruits such as:

Apple

Pears

Banana

Papaya or pawpaw

Handle

Plum

Orange

Pineapple

Kiwi

Strawberries

Blueberries

Dates

Grapefruit or grapefruit

Cherries

Grapes

Peach or peach

Apricot

It is not recommended to mix fruits with starchy vegetables, such as carrots, cauliflower, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, squash, corn and zucchini, and that poor digestion is favored and could produce gases.

For a green juice or juice with two ingredients is sufficient, for example, lettuce leaves and a pear. No mixing several greens and various fruits in the same juice. Keep the mix as simple as possible and thus will facilitate the absorption of nutrients.

Try to vary as to the ingredients you use in each beat, so you make sure you get the different nutrients of each fruit and green leaf and also do not get tired of the same flavors.

Recipes juices and green smoothies

I encourage you to try the following combinations and also to experiment with other combinations according to your tastes:

Pineapple + Cucumber + Chayota

Spinach Strawberries +

Orange + Celeri

Mango Spinach +

Cabbage (cale) + Peach or Peach

Kiwi Mint +

Nettle + Grapes

Apple lettuce +

Parsley Cucumber + Pear +

Celery + Dandelion + Banana

Wheat Grass Endive + Plum +

Watercress + Kiwi + Apple

Stevia plantain + + Orange

Arugula + cucumber + Pineapple

We are what we eat

We are what we eat

   

This phrase may seem simple, but denotes a series of metabolic events that interfere with our physical and emotional health.
Did you know that virtually all of our health depends on what we eat? We are physically built by millions of cells to survive must feed each; the health of these structures depends on receiving the nutrients they need to function. What you eat determines what transports blood cells, toxins or nutrients either.
At times, our body asks us ingest food either generally have an emotional connotation for example, when we are sad or in the premenstrual days. In these cases it is seeking the feeling of well-being that are consuming foods rich in tryptophan, an amino acid that promotes the production of serotonin - a hormone happiness and welfare.
Did you know that virtually all of our health depends on what we eat?
We are physically built by millions of cells to survive must feed each; the health of these structures depends on receiving the nutrients they need to function. Blood carries these nutrients to cells and absorb waste products. Blood receives these nutrients from the food we eat collecting them mainly the intestinal walls. The blood is cleansed of waste products collected from the cells by the liver and lungs.
The most important point to remember is that blood is neutral in the transport system, if you eat foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol, blood collect these substances and take cells as if they were nutrients.
So what you eat determines what the blood to the cells either toxins or nutrients, that is why to strengthen all our organs and systems need to know what nutrients needed by the cells and toxins or other substances do not need, so Therefore we must include in our diet the nutrients needed for the health of all our systems and excluding harmful.
You know what the quality of your thoughts and feelings is closely linked to your diet?
We are what we eat, it means that what we think and feel is deeply related to what we put in our mouth. The physical reference of what we think and feel is the brain and this is a body composed of nerve cells called neurons, they like all other cells in our body need adequate in adequate amounts for proper operation nutrients, but as I explained yes up blood that is going to feed them is poor in nutrients, the quality of the cells and their functions will be very poor or the functions of these cells will not be correct and many of these functions have to do with our ability to think and feeling.

We propose a solution ...
First you have to avoid foods high in refined sugar, saturated fat and cholesterol because they are unhealthy and also containing harmful substances like artificial preservatives, sweeteners, chemical pesticides, hormones and prevent other harmful elements for health for example: refined sugar, refined flour foods of animal origin, saturated fat and salt. All this to have a clean and toxin-free body.
Second eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, grains, seeds, nuts, sprouts, vegetables, natural liquids such as water and some tea.
Third try at least once or twice a year a program of detoxification, these shakes care or feeding regimes should not be consumed for more than 48 hours.
All these are preventive health to live in and with our best mental and emotional fitness measures.

Nutrition, Genes and Health.

Nutrition, Genes and Health.
   If you feed in a balanced and appropriate or else you exceed not properly combine nutrients, this may affect nutritional status and will be reflected in the incidence of various diseases.With the application of molecular biology techniques and the success of the Human Genome Project to date they have identified at least 10,000 human genes that cause diseases.Some diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer have a genetic or hereditary component (a term often used as a synonym) and may accelerate or delay its onset by environmental factors, where nutrition and lifestyle play a role.Phenotypic differences in human health and disease are mainly due to this diversity and individual own genetics all members of the species, and also so important for different environmental experiences of each. And this individual genetic variability is a critical determinant of the different nutritional requirements.Thus using different molecular techniques has enabled the identification of markers of different type (length polymorphisms of restriction fragments, microsatellite markers, single nucleotide polymorphisms), they are frequently used for the development of chromosome mapping, and which will allow select individuals susceptible to specific diets.The food industry has the opportunity to use bioactive food components to improve health and prevent disease taking into account the genetic constitution of the consumers, this new era of molecular nutrition, gene - nutrient interactions, it can grow in different directions However, two essential. On the one hand the study of the influence of nutrients on gene expression (nutrigenomics) and another to know the influence of genetic variations in the organism response to nutrients (nutrigenomics).Nutrigenomics set as main objective to provide the knowledge to make a diagnosis and establish a nutritional treatment based on individual genotype by two main branches: nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics.Let's give some examples to better understand this: nutrigenomics studies the role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the genetic expression of oxidation and energy use. And to include these fatty acids in the diet directly or indirectly regulate the expression of genetic information. While nutrigenetics offers the ability to customize nutrition according to the genetic makeup of consumers, the example would be: individuals with different values ​​of serum cholesterol and blood pressure genetic variations, even with standard diet.These individual variations are given as polymorphisms, defined as the difference in DNA sequence in individuals, which can determine the state of health and presented in more than 1% of the population.The nutrient intake recommendations intended to meet the needs of 95% of the healthy population; however for conducting individualized recommendations; and it increases the complexity of information required subgroups with different genetic profiles and their interactions with diets. These results are currently available on some genes and only few nutrients.The importance of this research is that open the way to improve for example the treatment of obesity according to their genetic profile, it has been shown that alteration of a particular gene (beta-2 adrenergic receptor) makes the person suffering such alteration fattening if you do not exercise regularly. If we identify this as a specific genetic defect in obese patients, we emphasize in a treatment doing exercise over limiting fats, since the main cause of their obesity would be the lack of exercise.And also with regard to the metabolism of various nutrients, the genetic basis makes each person differently metabolize proteins, carbohydrates and fats; it has been shown that certain people suffer mutation in the PPAR gene should limit fat intake, in this way preferential change other habits to treat their obesity more effectively. In this way we will know in advance what is the best treatment strategy (very low calorie diet, diet low in fat or low-carbohydrate diet) and what is the best combination (diet + exercise, diet + medication).It is estimated that more than 30% of the cases have a genetic basis of obesity. Also in cases of borderline overweight, a large majority would fall within polymorphisms called energy saving, that is, those profiles that somehow the calories the advantage more or put another way that your metabolism is better suited for times of It lacked in order to store the energy as fat.You have to individualize each case, the analysis of 3 drops of blood are deposited in a specific card to the laboratory to identify specific genes polymorphisms analyzed (INSIG2: In case of people with family overweight, MC4R, ADRB2: when weight is increased easily with free carbohydrate diets and respond poorly to physical sports, APOAV activity: when it responds well to the low-fat diet, being associated with increased cardiovascular risk, GNB3).As it is not at all accessible to these tests yet in commercial laboratories, nutritionists continue to work with the assessment of clinical-nutritional history, covering family history of diet, taking supplements or supplements, food intolerances and allergies and personal history, and the anthropometric assessment as weight, height,% body fat, waist circumference or abdominal% weight / height, lean mass, fat mass, ideal weight, etc. In short, the ABCD Nutrition.

Omega 3, 6 and 9

What are Omega 3, 6 and 9? What are the benefits and differences?

    @garofaloestetic First before all with their professional and @marygarofalo @tonygarofalo them will explain in detail each of the omegas 3, 6 and 9, which provide benefits and differences for the body and in turn how they complement each other .
What are Omega 3 fatty acids?
Omega 3 fatty acids are a type of polyunsaturated fat (like omega 6), considered essential because the body can not produce them. Therefore, people must obtain food, such as fish, nuts and vegetable oils like canola and sunflower.
What types of omega 3 fatty acids exist?

    AAL or alpha-linolenic acid is formed by a 18-carbon chain with three double bonds of cis configuration. The first double bond is located at position n-3 or omega end of the fatty acid; that is why ALA is considered an n-3 (omega-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid.

    EPA or eicosapentaenoic acid contains a chain of 20 carbons and five double bonds of cis configuration; the first double bond is located at the third carbon from the omega end. Therefore, the EPA is also considered an omega-3 fatty acid.

    Docosahexaenoic acid or DHA is formed by a chain of 22 carbons with six double bonds of cis configuration; the first double bond is located at the third carbon from the omega end of the fatty acid. Thus, DHA is also considered an omega-3 fatty acid.
What are the sources of omega-3?

    AAL: canola, soybeans, nuts and flax seed

    AEP: oily fish; for example, herring, mackerel, salmon and sardine

    ADH: oily fish; for example, herring, mackerel, salmon and sardines; also they produced by the fermentation of algae.
What are the health benefits omega 3?
Correct imbalances in modern diets that bring health problems. A diet rich in omega 3 fatty acids can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases; for example, coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer; also lowers LDL or "bad".

    AAL: A diet rich in ALA helps reduce heart disease and stroke by lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, improving the elasticity of blood vessels and preventing the accumulation of harmful fatty deposits on artery walls.

    EPA / DHA: A diet rich in EPA and DHA contribute to brain and eye development, prevents cardiovascular disease; It can also help prevent Alzheimer's disease. For example, it has been suggested that diets rich in DHA particularly favor the protection against degenerative processes of the retina and increase the ability to solve problems in children nine months old. Today, all infant formulas contain DHA supplement.
What are omega-6 fatty acids?
Omega-6 fatty acids are also a polyunsaturated fat, essential to health because the human body can not produce them. For that reason, people must obtain food such as red meat and poultry, eggs, nuts and vegetable oils like canola and sunflower.
What types of omega-6 fatty acids exist?

    AL or linoleic acid is an omega-6 unsaturated fatty acid. It is chemically formed by a chain of 18 carbons. The first double bond is located at the sixth carbon from the omega end of the fatty acid; It is why it is classified as omega-6.

    AA or arachidonic acid containing a 20-carbon chain. His first double bond is located at the sixth carbon from the omega end of the fatty acid.
What are the sources of omega-6?

    LA: soybean oil, corn, safflower, sunflower, peanut, cotton seed and rice bran.

    AA: peanut oil, red meat, eggs, dairy products.
What are the health benefits omega 6?
Most are incorporated into the diet through vegetable oils; eg linoleic acid. Excessive consumption of this acid can cause inflammation and cause heart disease, cancer, asthma, arthritis and depression.
What are omega 9?
Omega 9 come from a family of unsaturated fats normally found in plant and animal fats. This monounsaturated fat is classified as omega 9 because the double bond is in the ninth position from the point omega. They are also known as oleic acids or monounsaturated and generally found in canola, sunflower, olive and walnut. Unlike omegas 3 and 6, the body manufactures and still are beneficial in food.
What types of omega 9 fatty acids exist?

    Oleic acid: It is a major component of canola, sunflower, olive and other monounsaturated fats; many of them are used to reduce the bad fats in cooking oils.
What are the sources of omega 9?

    Oleic acid: canola, sunflower and almonds.
Specially developed for the food service, such as canola and sunflower with Omega-9 Oils are uniquely high in monounsaturated fat (> 70%) and reduce the key factors that contribute to heart disease and diabetes. Found in various sources of animal and vegetable origin. Canola, sunflower, olive and walnut contain significant levels of omega-9, also known as high oleic acid or monounsaturated fats. The oils from these sources have emerged as a more healthy and highly functional oils partially hydrogenated cooking alternative, which often have a high content of saturated and trans fats unhealthy.
What are the health benefits omega 9?
It has been shown that omega 9 monounsaturated fatty acids usually called, can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. It has been found that increase the level of HDL ("good") and decrease the level of LDL ("bad"); therefore facilitate the removal of plaque build up on artery walls, which can cause a heart attack or stroke. Canola and sunflower Omega 9 are uniquely high in monounsaturated fats (omega 9), its low in saturated fat and also to be free of trans fats.
How omegas 3, 6 and 9 are complementary?
Although omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids different functions within the body, it is clearly shown that it is necessary to incorporate balanced proportions of essential fatty acids and non-essential to maintain good heart health and general welfare.
Here 55 Benefits of Omega 3, 6 and 9
The benefits of Omega 3, 6 and 9 to health are important and vast. They proved by numerous clinical studies, ranging from brain health, heart health, to health in pregnancy.
        1. Acne

        2. Aggression, antisocial behavior

        3. High triglycerides

        4. Unstable Angina

        5. Arthritis

        6. Rheumatoid arthritis

        7. Asthma

        8. Heart attack.

        9. Atherosclerosis

        10. Autism

        11. Cervical cancer

        12. Breast cancer

        13. Prostate Cancer

        14. Cancer and fatty liver

        15. Blood clots anti-thrombotic.

        16. low intelligence quotient in children

        17. Low HDL cholesterol

        18. aspirin, better control of inflammation

        19. Mental Decline

        Macular-Degeneration 20. Damage to the retina-Blindness

        21. Dementia

        22. Depression

        23. Postpartum Depression

        24. Imbalances cholesterol

        25. Bipolar Disorder

        26. Type 2 Diabetes

        27. Cognitive Dysfunction

        28. Endothelial Dysfunction

        29. The attention deficit disorder-ADD and ADHD

        30. Alzheimer's Disease

        31. Diseases several animals- My page in animals.

        32. Accelerated aging

        33. Drop

        34. Hypertension

        35. General-Inflammation important indicator of aging

        36. Lupus

        37. Evil genius child

        38. Poor concentration

        39. Poor memory

        40. Poor vision

        41. Bad joints

        42. Cancer Metastasis

        43. Arrhythmia Death repentina-

        44. Premature Births

        45. Osteoporosis

        46. ​​Sunburn-skin cancer

        47. Repeat Heart Attacks

        48. Colds, flu

        49. Restenosis angioplasty and open heart surgery.

        50. Dry eye syndrome

        51. Psoriasis

        52. Underdevelopment neonatal brain

        53. High Blood Pressure

        54. All cancers

        55. Nails, hair and bad skin
Differences between Omega 3, 6 and 9
What are the differences between Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9. There are fats that are good for the body because they are fundamental and necessary for the proper functioning of the body.
Main differences between Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9:

    Omega 3 Fatty Acids
The Omega 3 polyunsaturated fats are essential for health, since the human body can not produce.

    Foods rich in Omega 3: fatty fish such as mackerel, salmon and sardines, and flaxseed.

    Features and Benefits of Omega 3: contribute to the development and proper functioning of the brain, protect against cardiovascular disease, lower blood pressure and lower levels of LDL cholesterol and triglycerides.

    Omega 6 Fatty Acids
The Omega 6 are polyunsaturated fats that are essential for health, which like the Omega 3 the human body can not produce.

    Foods rich in Omega 6: nuts, whole grains, legumes, avocados, olive and vegetable oils, corn, canola and sunflower.

    Features and Benefits of Omega 6: enhance the immune system, they have anti-inflammatory action, protecting the cardiovascular system, and reduce LDL cholesterol and triglycerides.

    Fatty acids Omega 9
Omega 9 are unsaturated fats found in vegetable and animal fats, it is not an essential fatty acid because the body can synthesize. They are also known as oleic acids or monounsaturated fats.

    Foods rich in Omega 9: found in extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, mustard seeds and avocado.
Features and Benefits of Omega 9: increase good HDL cholesterol and lower LDL cholesterol, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and lower blood pressure.

The retention.

The Fluid retention.
Fluid retention is usually a very common problem every day, often occurs more in women than in men. Aesthetics Garofalo, we invite you to know some details about this and some tips so you know how to remove fluid.
Fluid retention is a condition that occurs frequently in people, either by heat, pressure, or poor blood circulation, causing leg pain and bloating and heaviness in them.
Often it occurs due to physiological conditions such as pregnancy or menopause, as well as for premenstrual syndrome, or heart or liver disorders. A sedentary lifestyle, stress, medication intake and climatic factors may also influence your presentation.
Fortunately, there are some foods to remove fluid that let us feel better, that in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle will help to reduce these annoying symptoms.
What is retention?
Fluid retention usually indicates that there is any complication at the level of the adrenal glands, heart or kidneys and is usually related to periods of high stress.
Retention begins to develop at the level of the smallest blood vessels, called capillaries, where water rich in vitamins and oxygen makes its way to reach the cells.Failures in pressure or tightness of the capillaries causes the water is accumulated between the tissue spaces and not properly get back into the blood. These spaces can then continue to expand and allow fluid continues to accumulate.
Fluid retention can cause overweight, swollen knees, swelling, bloating, breast tenderness and pain.
In elderly and pregnant women, there is also swelling of the legs and ankles. In addition, water retention increases blood pressure and greatly increases the dangers for pregnant women.
Removing liquids.
Sodium causes your body fluid retention and impair their natural and proper expulsion. To improve the expulsion of fluids, make sure everything you decrease sodium intake by controlling the food you eat and its contents.
Consumes your necessary and appropriate amounts of potassium, calcium and magnesium, both to remove and to prevent fluid retention.
If your doctor has determined previously, never forget to use your diuretic. A diuretic ensure you remove all the extra water your body does not need.
You can also try alternative treatments that help you lose fluid naturally. The roots of dandelion and celery seed, for example, are natural diuretics.
Some people also have fluid retention, for example, eyes or body extremities to swell. With some exercises you can help reduce inflammation and promote the area's natural fluid. Something you can do is place the limb swelling up.
How I can remove fluid retention?
To eliminate retained fluids must act at several levels:
Use salt sparingly.Diuretics increase the consumption of foods such as fruits, cereals and vegetables.Eat lots of fiber.Drink plenty of water (diuretic effect).Avoid fat intake (affect blood circulation).
This, coupled with an active lifestyle, will improve metabolism and help to eliminate fluid from the body.
Now that you know some tips that may help you to lose fluid, you can try food diuretics to remove fluid.

Woman feeding during lactation Breast

Woman feeding during lactation Breast



   

 There are a lot of myths related to food from the mother to ensure breastfeeding, many stories of grandmothers who have passed from mouth to mouth, are not always guaranteed a scientific reason. Therefore, many women wonder how to be feeding the mother during lactation.

           Your diet during this period should not vary. It is suggested to avoid for three months, citrus fruits (pineapple, mango, orange, strawberry, etc.) especially if you or the father of your hij @ has a history of allergies, you also suggest eliminating flatulent food, which produce gases - (beverages sodas, watermelon, melon, cucumber, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, beans). You can not abuse the dairy or fish.

           It is suggested to use the belt rigorous "full day" for a month and then at least four hours per day. Take much liquid, this is the real secret that influence the production of breast milk, oats or barley or beer has no scientific basis.

        Be guided by your hunger, your energy needs are increased by the production of breast milk (this must be unique to burn approx. 600 kcal per day) and remember that a balanced and healthy diet should be varied, containing daily carbohydrate and vegetables, vegetables, fruits, fish or meat, fats and plenty of fluids. Thus, immediately you return to your usual weight.
         As we said earlier, breastfeeding requires a metabolic effort to produce milk. However, contrary to what one might think it is not a matter of eating too much, but to adapt to the new needs diet. Thus it prevents the mother fattening, which is usual for bad habits. Keep in mind that you should not start a low calorie food plan with less than 1,500 calories a day because it could take to malnutrition.

            We must also remember that breastfeeding is used to produce milk fat reserves accumulated during pregnancy, especially the one located on the arms, so if we keep adequate food and balanced body should return smoothly to its weight usual.

         During lactation a physiological loss occurs 3 to 7% of bone calcium, which spontaneously recovered after 6 months. The recommended calcium for women 19 to 59 years is the same intake 1,000 mg / day, whether you breastfeed or not. Calcium can be taken through dairy or in case of intolerance or rejection, other foods containing it. If necessary your doctor will suggest supplementation.

        The recommended iron intake is reduced by half during lactation, mainly because it reduces menstrual iron loss. No iron supplements are recommended to mothers, unless you have iron deficiency anemia.

           Breast milk contains 85-90% water so it is necessary to provide plenty of fluids to replenish the mother, either in the form of mostly water or juices or shakes or teas. Should not drink alcohol as it focuses on passing the baby milk. They should also be limited exciting drinks like coffee, tea, caffeinated soft drinks, etc.

           In case of adolescents, vegetarian mothers we suggest you contact us to give personalized attention in relation to your nutritional needs.

           The ideal is to give exclusive breastfeeding until the 6th month after the incorporation of new foods will begin in the child without suspending it until the year of age.

Music and dances to use in the DanceTherapy .

Music and dances to use in the DanceTherapy .

THE SAUCE.We can define the sauce as the result of a series of social conditions and evolution of mainly Cuban music and other Caribbean areas in New York.After the Cuban Revolution and the emigration of many Cuban musicians to the United States, there was a separation between the two countries. The phenomenon of salsa has its peak in the late 60s, developing the concerns of the Latino people living in 'El Barrio', where most of the migrants from the Caribbean areas stood. Salsa is not a rhythm or style, is a term used to represent the music of Afro-Cuban origin in the United States and Puerto Rico.You can see the development of several musical specific sounds that emerged during these three decades. Generally speaking, you can divide them in: Sauce east coast of the United States (including New York, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean countries), the Post-revolutionary Cuban music (which includes dance music, jazz and new trova), and Latin jazz and Latin fusion, including Latin rock. Today, what we now understand as salsa has become Latin pop and other musical derivations.Therefore, the Latin and Afro-Cuban salsa takes elements, and develops a force greater than the Cuban son, thus increasing the richness of the rhythms of Cuba, which makes this extremely danceable rhythm.

THE MERINGUE.We can find the beginnings of this dance on the small island of Santo Domingo. Within the environment of Afro-Caribbean dance music, the Dominican merengue style has played a very important role.But as dance, the merengue is much easier than similar Cubans, consisting basically of a two-step dance. Like most folk genre, merengue varied regionally. Still, we can say that developed a standard style around the 20s known as the typical merengue of the Cibao region.Instrumentation consisted of a calabash, the drums, marimba and accordion of German origin. Over the years 30, merengue was recognized as a national symbol and musical style, and through modernization, has become very popular.El dance merengue biggest boom was in the 80s, getting maximum popularity in his homeland home, dominating the musical TV shows and more than 200 radio stations.A genre of merengue also evolved during this period called pambiche and like most of the changes, affecting more percussion section to the other instruments set. Although many consider the merengue as a genre different from the sauce, it is important to say that salsa is not a rhythm, and many salsa bands often incorporate the meringues to their repertoires.

THE RUMBA.The rumba is a genre that originated in Cuba but is based on African styles. It consists of eight bars played in 2/4 time, unchanged and often danced with exaggerated movements.The original meaning of rumba refers to community party, usually outdoors, where the locals gather. As with other musical genres derived from Africa, participants play instruments like drums or maracas and other instruments of percussion. These are often accompanied by clapping, singing and dancing. Initially, the term "rhumba" was used to refer to different styles or genres that have been imported from Cuba by the end of 1920. These styles and genres included the opening speech, song, and the bolero.Recently, people have learned to distinguish the rumba similar styles. The rumba can be classified in three distinct styles: guaguancó, Columbia and yambú. Guaguancó is the best known and most popular style in Havana than in the countryside. The lyrics are usually in Spanish instead of using African terms and expressions. The Columbia and Yambú are more vivid style.Generally, the instruments used for these styles consists of conga and sticks. Guaguancó style consists of three different sections: the target, a main section and choir. The first section, the section of the target; are melodic phrases where the lead vocalist improvises with expressions like "la la la", with no particular meaning. In the main section, the vocalist sings the theme song, which is usually a newspaper or daily occurrence. The song should be formed in the form of prose, two-line stanzas, called paradeos, or ten-line stanzas, called tenths. The final section - the choir, rumba participants will join the lead vocalist in a call response singing a chorus with a pattern already established while he improvises. It is this style of rumba, which has influenced the development of salsa genre we know today. Other facts complicate the differentiation of gender, have been the various processes in the musical structure, in the rumba and other genres such as son, guaracha and others.

CUMBIA.African dance, which has its roots in the traditional dance of Equatorial Guinea, popular in Panama, Venezuela, Peru and especially Colombia. It is usually accompanied with instruments like the rebec (rustic violin), the drums and other native. Originally, the form of this dance is a ritual imitation of several loose couples who carry candles or torches lit as offerings to their peers.

Conga.Cuban popular dance of African origin that has a syncopated rhythm and accompanied by drums. It serves music for the carnival parades. It has its origins in the celebrations that were black slaves. In his instrumental drums of various types, drums, bells, pans and other metal objects involved. "The dance is reduced to march to the beat of rhythmic pattern, in which alternately in every pair beats, syncopation highlight the dancers slightly raising one leg and marking the beat with a sudden movement of the body stands out."Then, little by little, was dancing more freely. The biggest conga in on record was the Miami Super Conga, which took place on March 13, 1988. The line consisted of 119 986 people.

THE CASINO RUEDA.The Cuban Rueda de Casino and Rueda is a dance style to the son montuno or guaracha and then for the trade name to be put to all Cuban music under one name, salsa. Casino wheel was born in Cuba in the 50s, around the year 1956. His name is because emerged and first danced at Club Casino Deportivo in this country.The wheel is formed by pairs of dancers performing any number dancing figures combined between them. When the wheel was born in the 50s they not dance salsa but they are, they are almost always montuno, guaracha and cha-cha, etc. This creatively arose this way of dancing that later applies fully Salsa dancing. Because the wheel up several pairs it is necessary to name figures dance in order to make them understood by all members.The names of the figures mentioned below may vary between countries or even between cities. However, at those sites the most famous steps are divided into three main levels: basic, intermediate and advanced levels. However, in some schools in the Rueda de Casino there is a fourth level called Level Master, which is very complicated shapes with twists.

DISC.The disco music is a genre of dance music derived from R & B (rhythm and blues) which mixed elements from previous genres, such as funk and soul, with Latin touches in many cases, and that became popular in dance halls (clubs ) in the late 70's pop music he dominated the musical scene until the beginning of the 80s.The disco songs were usually structured on a repetitive 4/4, marked by a figure of charles, eight or sixteen times, with open hi hat in his free time, and a predominant syncopated bass line, with heavily reverberated vocals. They are easily recognizable by its repetitive rhythms (usually between 110 and 136 bpm per minute) and catchy, often inspired by Latin rhythms like merengue, rumba or samba.The orchestral sound usually known as disco sound was based on the presence of string sections (violins, cellos) and metals, which developed linear phrases in unison, following the instrumental base formed by the electric piano and electric guitar (with hints clearly taken funk). Unlike in rock, lead guitar is unusual.The result was a kind of wall of sound, bright, with orchestral groups taking the solo parts and a harmonic background, based on a well-defined chord progression (retail / seventh / low), dominated by the major seventh chord with . They used the grotesque sounds of pure harmony. In this music sometimes used to add bass, cymbals and saxophones, but only if he was going to act in rooms that were not clubs. While the popularity of disco music declined in the early 80s, he had a major influence on the development of electronic dance music of the 80s and 90s, as well as genres like House or Techno.

Zamba.It is a mime dance develops the theme of the siege and loving beau requirement and rhythmically gloss resources coquetry of women, which avoids a categorical answer to the end.Zamba is native to Peru, direct daughter of the Spanish Fandango, where he was favorite dance of Indian and black races (baboons) and is one of their names to the fact that the songs that were sung were addressed to the sambas.He scattered Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador, arrived in Argentina in two ways, from Chile to the halls of Mendoza and Lima to Jujuy, Salta and Tucuman, between 1825 to 1830. It has been known by different names from the original, Zamacueca to Zambacueca, Zamba broody, Chile Fishermen, all of a common regional appellations choreographic musical form with slight variations captured the atmosphere. Born in Lima in 1824, according to Carlos Vega, under the name Zamacueca as its own form of amorous pantomime Fandango, to take the handkerchief acriollarse I happened to be expressive attachment of foreplay of their evolution.Because the fiery variant later returned to Chile, name changes and the Chilean call to war between the two countries, when Sailor christened in honor of the Peruvian Navy. Cueca in Chile is said abbreviating the original name, and in Argentina spread to the original, surviving in our century, almost exclusively, the first part thereof, Zamba in Santiago del Estero. Cave, in the Andean provinces, especially Cuyo, radiating its use to Tucuman. Chilean in the northwest in general.The regions where it is most intense was his practice are the northern and western provinces, particularly Santiago del Estero. It is also danced in the province of Buenos Aires and part of the coast, but in the north where it has been preserved with more vigor, one of the dances that lasts more vitality in the popular practice.Initial position: firm, faced, giving the gentleman his left to the public. You dance with handkerchief. The dancers hold a handkerchief with his fall right hand side; The man has his left hand too low, while the lady supports his on his waist or taken with her skirt. The gentleman holding the handkerchief at one end, the lady in the middle.

  BELLY DANCE.Oriental dance is one of the oldest dances in the world, combining elements from different countries of the Middle East and North Africa, although its precise origins are uncertain. In Arab countries this dance is called Raks Sharki Bellydance literally. Belly name began to be used in the nineteenth century by Europeans who traveled to exotic countries in search of new cultures, customs and landscapes. These travelers coined the term surprised by the belly and hip movements that did not exist in European dances.

We have to distinguish between the Raks Sharki (Oriental Dance) and Raks Baladi (Dance Village). Raks is a trivial elementary dance with virtually no displacement and hip dominant movements. The Raks Sharki is more refined and rich. It includes movements of Egyptian folklore, classical ballet and contemporary dance, with large displacements, turns and moves to all parts of the body, although the hip are also the most important. In some ancient peoples it thought that human fertility was directly related to the land. The women, who were the ones that created new lives, they are attributed magical powers. For example: In the Central and Mediterranean Anatolya (Turkey), thousands of years ago, women were ritual dances in honor of these magical powers (ceremonies related to fertility). Men were excluded from these rites.

In ancient Greece and Rome different dances of fertility based on the rotation of the hips and belly they were made. Some of them were held in honor of the goddesses. Many of these deities came from the East, particularly Syria and Turkey. In Cyprus, birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and fertility, women performed erotic ritual dances accompanied by songs and percussion by which became entranced. This allowed them to come into contact with the goddess and it pass their power.Also, these rites or similar took place in Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Egypt, Arabia and India. In these ceremonies involving large numbers of women. They are danced, he sang and even some women to men is offered in honor of the goddess. The purpose of these ceremonies was to bring the power of the earth goddess of fertility and encourage this. During the fourth century AD Christianity and Islam came to dominate the Middle East. Although they took some holidays and pagan rites and the appropriated adapting to his new religion, it also destroyed the rituals and goddess worship they tried to eliminate female dances related to sexuality and fertility.

THE MAMBO.Dance that originated in Cuba and became one of the most popular Latin American rhythms of the mid-50s were characterized by a syncopated rhythm, blend of Latin American music and jazz. Syncopation is the displacement of rhythmic accent strong to weak time compass time. Their difference is based on having a quiet time in each measure, which corresponds to a pause in the movement of those who practice this dance is usually danced in pairs, so that one leg moves forward or sideways , while the other is maintained in a flexed site, to the beat. Over time, the mambo has developed three different rates: the mambo single, double and triple. The latter gave way to cha-cha-cha that we know today.
THE TANGO.Tango dance originated in Argentina and was introduced and popularized in Latin America and Europe in the early twentieth century. Their dance is characterized by a variety of steps and positions. It is possibly the most elegant dance, and requires some skill to develop it properly.Tango music originally had a 2/4, using the dot in its characteristic rhythm. Both the music and dance of tango have indirect influences of the Cuban habanera. It was a direct antecedent of the milonga, which tango was born in the late nineteenth century, in the port area of ​​the city of Buenos Aires.The first expressions of tango emerge in the late nineteenth century. From the early decades of this century music and dance become popular and acquire the basic canons that remain. Already in 1990 the tango had its world boom, not only in their dance, but also in the birth of new composers. Today the tango is more than a dance, it is a philosophy and a way of life.The tango it is known as music of two by four, that is in the rhythm of two quarters (2/4). But in reality most tangos are in compass four quarters (4/4), and its rate of 33 beats per minute. In this genre of music he was applied the derogatory name "tangó" perhaps because of its confidential and secret. The oldest tango composers and performers known appeared in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The first tango known author is "The Entrerriano" Rosendo Mendizabal, published in 1898.Although, the most famous tango singer was undoubtedly Carlos Gardel, who also had appearances in films in the decade of the 20. Many of the issues that interpreted composed himself, ordering the letters to his inseparable companion Alfredo Le Pera. The 40s was a period full of successes for the genre. The international fame of this dance and the ability to be presented in global shows resulted in more colorful and complicated choreography, with greater demands and develop gymnastic figures.
THE CHA-CHA-CHA.The Cha-Cha-Cha is a rhythm and sound with more than forty years. It was created by the Cuban violinist and conductor Enrique Jorrin in 1948, the result of his experiments with form, the melody and rhythm of danzon.The name Enrique Jorrin originally called his experiments was neo danzon. We can say that is the dance that most recently has been incorporated in the form of Latin dances. Due to the introduction of the mambo, this unique dance was introduced in the ballrooms, gaining popularity recently.This rapid and widespread acceptance is due in large part to the fact that an intermediate floor, not too slow or too fast, making it a genre of dance for all audiences.The name we all know today was born with the help of the dancers. Dancing cha-cha-cha it is characterized by a series of three quick steps taken rebound compass. Thus it was that, by onomatopoeia was given its current name since it was discovered that marked a peculiar sound feet to touch the ground, cha-cha-cha.Chachachá instrumentation originally was retaken the danzon, which in Cuba is played with a musical group called Charanga French. The basic instrumentation is also the rhythm section (usually consisting of percussion, piano and bass) in a string section that outlines a harmonic rhythm.
FLAMENCO.Flamenco music is one of the most characteristic Spanish music of Spain, which normally is associated with the Roma community and Andalusia, although, in truth, is a mix of cultures of Spain as both their dances and their songs have Arabic influences, Berbers, Jews and Roma. Flamenco was born and developed in anonymity, which makes it hard to find valid and objective evidence about its origin.The Andalusian gypsy art should also be understood as a lifestyle. The first performers, made flamenco a resource for their livelihood, and a communication system.In the early sixteenth gypsies they had already picked up the Andalusian folk music, and had begun to mark it with their interpretation. The flamenco song originally had no musical accompaniment. Later he was accompanied by fiddles and mandolins. The guitar was not part of flamenco until the nineteenth century. Basically, the flamenco song is the historical testimony of the gypsies, transmitted orally. His most topics are the people who suffered persecution, imprisonment and freedom love and death, the importance of the mother and hopelessness. Flamenco is a form of dance in which the movements of feet, hands and arms are the most important. It is very precise gestures, but improvisation plays a key role in this art. In addition, flamenco can be danced in groups or alone.Flamenco guitar can be used either alone or to accompany the voice or the dance. The footwork of flamenco is its main distinguishing feature. The plant set of steps and heel is what impresses in dance this dance, especially in men. The dance form in women is based on the movements of the body and hands.
Bachata.The bachata is a Latin rhythm that originated on the island of the Dominican Republic in projecting the string arrangements and percussion. To define this dance, we could say that is a mix between string bolero and Cuban son.Although its beginnings date back to around the 60s, bachata began to have popularity since 2000. The affluent upper classes or define this rate as lower-class music, music primarily to get drunk.In fact, bachata had to go out of their homeland in order to achieve the success that its citizens have failed to recognize, something like what happened to tango in Argentina. Such discrimination went so far not to sell bachata music. Just as, in nightclubs and radio stations, not sounding songs of this rhythm.This whole process was a turning point for the year 1989 when an extraordinary and recognized Dominican musician Juan Luis launches its album "Bachata Rosa", with which he achieved record sales in the country and earned an impressive international impact.The release of this record was essential to enable the bachata became known worldwide, reaching countries like the United States, Germany, Mexico and Spain. Today, the pace of bachata has recognized quality performers like Luis Vargas, Monchy and Alexandra, Alex Well, Frank Reyes and Zacarias Ferreira and composition as Teodoro Reyes, Anthony Santos and Joe Veras, among others. Thanks to them, and many other artists, bachata has reached levels as high as those likely to have the merengue acceptance.
Reggaeton.Reggaeton is a mix of rap in Spanish Puerto Rico, American hip hop and Jamaican reggae. We can say that is a musical exchange between the customs of the Caribbean culture. There is debate about the origin of reggaeton. For some it is original of Puerto Rico while others argue that it is Panama. It's a genre that derives from Reggae, from Jamaica.It is a variant of raggamuffin, which in turn descended from reggae, influenced by hip hop. The particularities of reggaeton are the letters on the local dialects of Spanish and influence other Latin styles such as bomba and salsa. From the 80, in Panama and Puerto Rico, the anger begins with the sensual rhythm with their warm letters. Reggaeton is also considered a form of singing with double meanings. These quarrels did decline reggaeton in the late nineties.Since 2000, this rate of perreo entered its heyday, knowing the style in many countries such as: Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Dominican Republic, United States, Puerto Rico, among others. Well this form of dance brings a new style to dress, dance and even talk. Reggaeton is a style of popular music among young people, easy to dance and provocative.Most characteristic of this rhythm is the bass lines and repetitive rhythm. The lyrics of reggaeton are characterized by relying on rhyme to make the song is catchy and easily identifiable for the public. The subjects of the letters were a source of social criticism, but with the passage of time has been drifting in more commercial bills, especially those that refer to sex.Another feature is the shrill voices, usually distorted by electronic equipment, giving an echo that gives more power to every word. Reggaeton is usually associated with a form of very sensual dance, sometimes called perreo, wide glued bodies. The rhythm of reggaeton is criticized for being simple and repetitive, and the lyrics are criticized for being sexually explicit and denigrate women, making it a sex object.
THE ZUMBA.Zumba is a fitness movement or discipline of Colombian origin, focused on the one hand to maintain a healthy body and the other to develop, strengthen and give flexibility to the body through dance movements combined with a series of aerobic routines. Zumba routines used within its major Latin American rhythms, such as salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton and samba. In each session of Zumba, you can burn 800 calories.The word comes from the Colombian idiom "rumba", word that many Colombians refer to the party. In an unknown process of appropriation of the term, its use became widespread throughout Colombia.Benefits buzzes like aerobic exercise has many benefits, each of them will depend on the routine to perform. For example if you only want to tone Zumba you can be used with items like a chair that allows the Pilates toning muscles develop. Another way to profit by Zumba is Endorphin release by a routine 60 minutes dance mixed intense exercise. Activates the body and awakens, toning through the Zumba dumbbells and develop greater resilience to exercise when you have a discipline in their practice.