HEALTH FOOD TIPS

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Cucumber keeps you fresh and healthy

March 10th, 2014

M.U.M. Abdul Maleque

Cucumber provides us manifold health benefits. Nutrient contents of cucumber include cucurbitacins, lignans and flavonoids. This nutrient combination of cucumber is closely associated with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer benefits for human health.

The vitamin contents of cucumber and conventional anti-oxidant contents of cucumber such as vitamin C, beta-carotene, and manganese provide anti-inflammatory benefit.

Moreover, cucumbers contain flavonoid antioxidants, including quercetin, apigenin, luteolin, and kaempferol which considered to have fair association with anti-inflammatory benefit.

A kind of phytonutrients called cucurbitacins content of cucumber has stimulated hope that cucumber has good association with anti-cancer benefit.

Expert opinions and experiences also indicate the following characteristic features of cucumbers when eaten or used externally on skins:

Cucumber vitamin and mineral contents promote weight loss when eaten as salad or juice.

Cucumber helps to protect skin from sun burn when applied on skins.

Cucumber when used externally refreshes eyes and removes dirt.

Cucumber has properties to keep nails firm and shiny.

Cucumber impacts on hair health and growth.

Cucumber aids to keep kidney refreshed.

Cucumber can match fairly with diabetics.

Cucumber has impact on bad cholesterol

Cucumber has been reported to act positively on muscle and joint pain

Cucumber acts to promote and stabilize skin quality.

Cucumber can protect dehydration in absence of water.

The above analysis and description indicates the manifold usefulness of cucumber for health benefit.. This again suggests that the eating of cucumber in whatever form as liked and necessary as well as its external use on eyes, faces or skins will have impact fairly overtime.

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Carrot is an excellent quality food!

March 9th, 2014

M.U.M. Abdul Maleque

Carrot is an excellent quality food. Nutrient contents of carrot is worth mentioning.According to a an estimate, a medium size carrot or a half cup of cut size carrot contains about 25 calorie, 6 gm carbohydrate, 1 gm protein and 2 gm fiber. Carrot is an excellent source of vitamin A or beta carotene. Around 200% of requirement of Vitamin A could be met from a carrot. Besides, one will get 2% vitamin C, 1% iron and 1% calcium from carrot. Anti-oxidant and phytonutrient contents of carrot act as barrier against f cancer. Beta carotene of carrot helps to stabilize eye health. Carrot is available in winter season abundantly. It is advised to get raw or half boiled carrot to get its full or useful nutritional support. It is also advised not to through away the water after boiling or cooking with carrot. It indicates that carrot is a food with many good qualities. This again suggests that we should try to make it a habit to include carrot in our regular food.

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Tomato has characteristic properties to impact on health

March 9th, 2014

M.U.M. Abdul Maleque

What is the impact of tomato on health? Tomato appears to be a universally accepted prime fruit-vegetable. Tomato is a source of various essential vitamins like vitamin A, Vitamin B (niacin), vitamin C, and vitamin K. Tomato also contains a fair amount of fiber, lycopene and folic acid; and is able to impact on human health significantly.

Tomato is used as a popular vegetable around the globe. Nutrient contents of tomato are worth mentioning. The tomato is full of Anti-oxidant properties and having high proportion of anti-oxidants Vitamins. The characteristic features of nutrient contents of tomato are presented below:

Vitamin A: Tomato when used as vegetables could be a source of carotinoid vitamin A. This is useful to stabilize skin and eye health and to provide disease prevention capacity.

Anti-oxidant properties: Tomato contains anti-oxidant properties having a high proportion of vitamin A, Vitamin C and vitamin E as compared to other vegetables.

Vitamin K: Tomato is a good source of potassium. One cup of tomato juice contains about 534 mgs of potassium (The Daily Prothom Alo Desk). Potassium has impact on healthy and strong bones. Potassium can also helps against osteoporosis if taken at the early stage.

Vitamin C: Tomato is rich in vitamin C. Vitamin C is considered as a strong weapon to create immunity and to fight against cold and associated illness.

Cholesterol:The niacin content in tomatoes is reported to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood. (to be considered along with appropriate diet plan).

Lycopene: The lycopene content of tomatoes helps to prevent prostate and pancreas cancers. The lycopene is able to reduce the occurrence of cancer of pancreas by about 32 %( The Daily Prothom Alo Desk). The lycopene content of tomatoes is also found to be helpful against certain age-related vision as well as cataracts problems.

Vitamin contents of tomatoes: One cup of tomatoes or 189 gms of tomatoes contains 38% vitamin C, 30% vitamin A, 18% vitamin K, 13% potassium and 10% manganese. Besides, there are vitamin E, iron and fibre in it (The Daily Prothom Alo Desk).

Caution before using tomato: Tomatoes contain a fair amount of potassium. So those who have kidney diseases should take due care and should not take too many tomatoes and should consult relevant physicians regarding this issue. It is also to be remembered that tomatoes also contain a fair amount of sugar.

After all tomato has always been considered as an important and popular food item around the world due to the vitamin contents of tomato vis-a-vis the antioxidant properties to keep both mind and body refreshed.

Attack Diabetic Risk with Sour Curd?

March 9th, 2014

M.U.M. Abdul Maleque

Attack diabetic risk with sour curd. It is very important that people who suffer from diabetes should select their foods very carefully. The diabetic patients need to follow a systematic diabetic diet plan to manage the problem as well as reduce the risk and complications overtime.

The diabetic risk appears to be reduced by about 25% when milk or dairy products are eaten daily. Milk is important for diabetic patients. Milk and diabetes are related. But the condition is that the milk or dairy products so eaten should be free from fat or fatty substance. Daily food habit with low-fat cheese or curd has been found to impact positively on diabetic risk. Research findings suggest that the diabetic risk is reduced by at least 24% for those who take at least 125 grams of fat-less curd, as compared to others. Curd and diabetes are closely related in this respect. The specific vitamin content of milk keeps the metabolic organs active and functional; vitamin K and vitamin D contents of milk keep the metabolic functions stable and running. Consequently, the Researchers suggest eating some fat-less curd or cheese daily after regular food or with breakfast.

Nevertheless the people who suffer from diabetes need to be in touch with concerned physicians on regular basis in order to stay stable and healthy overtime.

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What is Gall Stone-a health hazard?

March 9th, 2014

M.U.M. Abdul Maleque

What is gall stone? Gall bladder stones may take different forms depending on various elements of its composition. The gall bladder stones are formed through composition of cholesterol, bilrubin or calcium, etc., and remains mixed with bile. The color of gall bladder stones may vary from light black, dirty white or deep black, etc. Gall bladder is located on the posteroinferior surface of the liver. The function of gall bladder is to produce bile. The bile aids in digestion especially the carbohydrates. Excessive accumulation of various elements may lead to formation of this gall stone.
Gall bladder stones are predominantly found in overweight and fatty persons. The gall bladder may cause serious pain at the upper right side of the abdomen. This pain may last from a few minutes to around an hour.This pain may spread around the back of the abdomen, shoulder, middle of the abdomen, even inside the chest gradually. These symptoms may be accompanied with feelings of vomiting, mild fever, etc.Sometimes the gall bladder stone get stuck up inside the gall-ducts and may cause jaundice due to obstruction of normal metabolic function of bilrubin.
Saline, antibiotic or pain killer are generally used primarily to get relief from pain.This may be followed by appropriate surgical or other measures to remove the stones from gall bladder, as necessary.

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