fbpx

30Apr, 2018
0

OBESITY AND PREMATURE DEATH

By: | Tags:

Weighing too much and having too much fat is number one problem for the Portuguese. It weakens and kills more people than any other disease. Many persons carrying too much body weight and specially too much fat, will have to go on a diet or else will die still young. If someone is overweight it will shorten its life, according to statistics, from one to ten years, depending on the quantity of fat in excess at stake. If a person is 10% or more above the normal weight, it must […]
READ MORE

18Apr, 2018
0

LIPOSHAPER® RESULTS

By: | Tags:

Our clinical research has shown that all patients who followed this treatment, on average, lost 10 cm in circumference off hips, waist and thighs, for instance, reaching values up to 20 cm. It all depends on the rigor they apply and they adapt to the treatment program they were prescribed, not ony regarding the number of zones to be treated but also the alimentary plan to follow, and the maintenance and support treatments that may be recommended. Regularly attending the monthly follow-up consultations is essential along the 3 to 4 […]
READ MORE

16Apr, 2018
0

MOON IS LIKE A POTATO

By: | Tags:

A Chinese experience will take potato seeds to the Moon before this year is ending, but other alimentary species as well, like cress, intending to study the seed’s respiration and photosynthesis on the Moon. Cress may be eaten raw, it is tuber that should be ingested green, at it state of greater freshness, a premise of the true healthy foods: the more it’s green and fresh, the better! Be also aware that it has little calories, it is exempt of fats and it also stands out for its encouraging results […]
READ MORE

10Apr, 2018
0

DID YOU KNOW?

By: | Tags:

TIP OF THE DAY from our Nutritionist Dr. Tomás Barbosa: That hamburgers have a great aspect, but in reality they are a food we should eat in strict moderation and adequate portions! Although hamburgers are rich in proteins, vitamin B12 and iron, what’s most important is that they are rich in saturated fats. If you feel like eating a hamburger do-it yourself, this way you can control the ingredients using those who are most healthier, and at the same time you will be reducing those who are most harmful.
READ MORE

9Apr, 2018
0

WEIGHT CHANGES

By: | Tags:

To weight too less is a problem that one must seriously take care for it may be a symptom of a developing  disease. Whilst a balanced weight is desirable and healthy, too much meagreness is not. To be overweight or obese is also a sign of malnutrition. It simply means that too much food is being taken for the body’s needs, and that excess is being stored as fat. Just the same as with too less weight, it must be dealt with gravity, because besides being poorly attractive, too much […]
READ MORE

4Apr, 2018
0

FACTS ABOUT ANTI-AGEING

By: | Tags:

It’s a fact that people from developed countries leave longer and longer. A Spaniard life expectancy in 1900 was 40 years old, a Portuguese in 1960 was 60 years of age, and life expectancy of new-borns in this century is more than 80 years foreseeing that individuals of this generation may have a life expectancy close to a hundred years. The increase in life expectancy is essentially due to the general improvement of sanitary conditions at all levels, the large reduction of perinatal mortality, the efficiency of new ways to […]
READ MORE

3Apr, 2018
0

WHAT ARE SOFT FOOD DIETS?

By: | Tags:

The soft food diet is one that includes foods that are easy to chew and swallow and excludes foods with a hard texture. The mechanical soft food diet is another name for the diet, and refers to using equipment, such as blenders or food processors, to make food into a smooth puree. There are many situations where people are advised to follow a soft food diet, such as following surgery. Then doctors may recommend that people who have had surgery to the stomach follow a soft food diet for a […]
READ MORE

2Apr, 2018
0

RATHER PLANT-BASED FATS

By: | Tags:

Plant-based fats are tied to lower risk of death, according to the results from a long-lasting research in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Over an average follow-up period of 22 years, 20,672 of the subjects died — including 4,588 from heart disease. Using this information and that of fat consumption, the researchers found that: Having a diet higher in plant-based monounsaturated fats was linked to a 16 percent lower risk of dying from any cause over the follow-up compared with having a diet that […]
READ MORE

29Mar, 2018
0

BENEFITS OF FIBRE IN THE DIET

By: | Tags:

A good balance of fibre in the diet is associated with a host of health benefits. These include reduced risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and colorectal cancer, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, improved gastrointestinal health, help with weight management and fat elimination, and more regular bowel movements. There are two basic kinds of fibre, soluble and insoluble. Although the body cannot digest either of them, they are both necessary for a healthy diet. Soluble fibre breaks down in the water found in the digestive system and forms a gel. It helps keep stools soft and […]
READ MORE

27Mar, 2018
0

SAY NO TO LONELINESS!

By: | Tags:

Today was release an article referring that solitude, living alone and seeing few people increases the risk of death due to a heart attack or a CVA. The same medical magazine Heart, strengths this evidence adding that “Social isolation and sense of loneliness are linked to an even larger risk of myocardial infarction or cerebral vascular accident or stroke”. Unfortunately this is a proven scientific observation. But even worse than solitude, that especially exists among elderly population, it’s overweight and fat in excess that affect half of the Portuguese people, […]
READ MORE

LIGUE JÁ