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Myths and Facts About Foods That Help You Lose Weight

Food to Lose WeightBananas or apples. Fresh bread or toast. Skim milk or yogurt. The rise of homemade diets has sown much confusion among those who wish to practice. The answers to these questions:

Skim milk or yogurt

A glass of milk is preferable to one of yogurt. Skim milk and raw form a clot in the stomach that demand more time to be digested, so there is greater satiety for longer. Yogurt, however, is a type of milk easier to digest.

200 cubic centimeters of skim milk equals 65 calories (*)

Bananas or apples

A 100 gram banana, an apple is better than 150 grams (both red and green, they have the same calories). If the banana is ripe, will have more starch than sugar, and bring increased satiety and longer, further reducing addiction tastes. In addition, can provide much potassium, which strengthens muscles.

100 grams of banana equals 100 calories (*)

Fresh wheat bread or toast

A fresh bread is preferable to one white and/or crispy toast. Cool bread disintegration produces more work, thus causing greater satiety, while the crunchy, dried and therefore, is rapidly digested.

40 grams of bread equals 105 calories (*)

Water, tea or soft drinks, beer and wine

Water, tea, vegetable broths, fruit juices without sugar, the bitter mountain dietary or dietary instant juices are preferable to wine, beer or soft light, especially colas. The latter drinks contain gases that can swell, and in the case of queues, you can find caffeine and phosphoric acid, components that interfere with calcium absorption. Drink plenty of fluids to thin.

200 cubic centimeters of gas light is two calories. 200 cubic centimeters of regular gas is equivalent to 84 calories (*)

Semolina pasta or egg

Semolina pasta with thick laminate, or corkscrew-type bun, and cooked al dente, are preferable to those made with egg. One of the starch-containing pastes, starch becomes resistant to digestion, so it provides greater satiety, and also acts as a fiber.

One cup of semolina pasta equals 88 calories (*)

Plant more or Pumpkin

Any vegetable is better than the pumpkins. The latter are very easy to digest and separation, and absorbed very easily, causing appetite shortly. Furthermore, 300 grams of pumpkin provide the same calories as half a box of ravioli.

100 grams of pumpkin add 100 calories (*)

Milanesas soy and cereal bars

Both consumed in quantity, are inconvenient to lose weight.

(*) A man of 70 kilos and 1, 70 meters, should take, on average, a total of 2,600 calories a day.

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Is Caffeine Really Bad?

Who could deny that a tasty coffee is always good after a meal, or as an inevitable companion to chat with friends, who do not be tempted with a very cold gas when the heat and thirst strike looms, or who did not enjoy a delicious afternoon tea and cookies anyone? All of these beverages, while seemingly different, have something in common: caffeine.

The active ingredient in coffee is present in many foods and beverages and is the most popular stimulant drug central nervous system. It is found in more than 60 plant species distributed worldwide.

It has been discovered that caffeine is found in coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate and soft drinks, like cola. It was discovered in coffee seeds in 1820 and some years later showed that the protein, an alkaloid present in tea leaves was actually caffeine. Moreover, tea, weight, contains more caffeine than coffee. Stimulant drugs is more socially acceptable and, in turn, the least harmful.

CaffeineWhat is it and how does caffeine

According to experts, caffeine, which belongs to the group of substances called xanthines, it stimulates the brain by interfering with the action of adenosine-producing nerve transmitter calm and quiet, and produces a feeling of euphoria and strength for some hours. It also facilitates intellectual activity and creativity, to keep awake and alert to its consumer. All this occurs along with increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline are neurotransmitters that activators.

The maximum blood concentration is reached between 30 and 45 minutes of having eaten. After three hours already removed half of what was absorbed.

According to the book of Pharmacology, Dr. Manuel Litter, this substance acts at different levels throughout the body. A standard dose of two to four cups a day -150 to 250 milligrams-stimulate the psychic functions, which apparently is not followed by depression, and it becomes easier to intellectual effort, the association of ideas and attention. In the cardiovascular system works by stimulating the heart increases heart rate and force of contraction and also increases blood pressure transiently.

Both caffeine and theophylline decreased blood flow caused by cerebral vasoconstriction, thus relieving the headache.

Another important effect is that it increases the secretion of juices, such as hydrochloric acid and pepsin in the stomach “. This action makes it one drug irritant to the gastric mucosa, but, in turn, has antispasmodic action on the gallbladder.

Caffeine also has a mild diuretic effect, increases the working capacity of muscle contraction increases, delays and relieves fatigue. Finally, it produces a very small effect on the lungs, bronchial dilation.

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