Health and Food

Archive for October, 2009

Story diet’s man I’ am Carlo Cangelli and I walk on the November 2 New York Marathon. What my story is a bit unique is the fact that I was severely obese at the age of 21. I no longer even fit in the seats on buses and trams. At that moment I realized that I had to lose weight. I knew I had to change my life. I joined Weight Watchers in 2003 and weighed 150 kilograms at that time. Slowly I began my diet and my lifestyle change. It was not always easy or without setbacks, but I did it. The weight loss continued up to the point where I’m at now, a healthy weight of 86 kilograms. I am also the last 2 years back which started moving. In the beginning I could with difficulty sustain two minutes on the treadmill. Through my persistence I now walk 4 to 5 days per week.

The energy that I once needed for my heavy body in motion, I now use to keep fit – I’ve now almost every day. Running is part of my life. It’s amazing what all walk for my body does. It keeps me fit and gives me a great feeling. If I do not walk, I feel even not so good. Regular running makes me less nervous and a more balanced person. After the walk I’m more relaxed, both physically and mentally. Hours on end at a steady pace over fantastic scenery walking is relaxing, it really brings a kind of peace in my life. Since I walk, I have some dreams and goals in my view, like a marathon in under four hours ahead of time. To overlook such a major event stimulates me and gives the passionate commitment to my training. It keeps me motivated to run longer and faster. A contest like the NYC Marathon is the ultimate goal, a life dream come true. It’s just great for this marathon. I was a few years ago, less than a minute jog and now I walk a marathon in under 3:30. I’m proud of myself and feeling that I missed quite a while in my life. It feels great to say that I can run a marathon.

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A good diet provides the nutrients your body needs to function properly. Sickness your body requires extra nutrients and energy (calories). This may be difficult to keep weight and deficiencies may occur. Extra attention to diet is important.
What is energy in food and energy why do I need?

Food is the fuel for the body. Food contains energy in the form of calories. Remove calories from protein, fats and carbohydrates.
What are vitamins and minerals and what do I need?

Vitamins and minerals are essential for the proper functioning of the body. Everyday we have a small amount of need. A varied diet contains enough vitamins and minerals.

I spent a disease increased need for vitamins and minerals?

During illness, treatment and recovery has extra vitamins and minerals. To drink diet / tube feeding are vitamins and minerals. This helps to prevent deficiency.
What are proteins and why are they necessary?
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Many people need medical reasons to keep a diet. They have different and / or modified food needs. Sometimes this leads to additional costs. Municipalities can pay these higher costs through special assistance.
More Cost diets in Table

Stimulan published until recently a special application for municipalities, the level of additional costs on client level to be determined. As of September 1, 2009 this application is replaced by the table diet costs more power. That replacement was needed because the system for calculating the additional costs of diets, completely revised in early 2009.

More information can be found in the report Changing diets cost more (PDF).

Additional costs are the additional expenses that one has to power due to his diet. The assumption is that those using conventional foods or dietary products. The cost of diet preparations, such as drinking supplies, tube feeding, etc. are paid through the basic package of health insurance. Costs are therefore in this table Additional costs not power diet.
Amounts Guide Awards

The table presents More Cost diet supplies the additional costs that a person has to power when he needs to keep on the diet. The table is based on an amount for additional costs on the diet advice, instead of different amounts for different categories of clients, as previously customary. Refer to the additional costs for the group with the highest additional costs, namely men aged 19 to 50 years. Therefore, no group with more costs due to a diet, shortchanged.

For additional costs resulting from a diet, a client may also invoke the expenses for specific costs of care. This tax regime will be implemented by the Revenue.

If you want to lose weight or just wants to be fit and energetic, it’s a good idea to eat protein rich foods. But which products are suitable?

Here is a list of protein products:

* Meat: a major source of protein. Eat as much lean as possible variants, though you may occasionally even be a nice steak dinner to raise your fat burning.
* Fish: all species are an important source of protein, with tuna as outlier. Eat 2 to 3 times fish, shellfish and crustaceans for a high protein diet
* Cottage cheese: cottage cheese, please. With a scoop of protein powder in quality is a real treat and very high protein
* Cottage cheese: famous for its high protein content, appreciated for its taste (and also be very healthy for your body)
* Egg: The egg white contains many proteins. If you eat an omelette, add extra protein to a protein-rich breakfast to get
* Protein shakes: essential if you want healthy and safe weight loss. A high protein diet can be difficult to achieve without a daily 1-2 protein shakes to drink. They provide very high protein and low in carbohydrates, fats and sugars. An ideal snack
* Protein bars: if you choose the right bar, you always have a protein snack at hand. Choose a bar with at least 20lbs protein and minimal sugar. There are only a few bars on the market that are in compliance. These protein bars are perfect (they are more expensive but you get very good value for money)

Now that you have a list of protein rich foods, you can start working immediately on your new, healthy body

Nutrition Fiber is found in all plants and the digestive enzymes of man is not digested.

There are two types of fiber.

1. Insoluble fibers include cellulose and are found in cereal products.
2. The water-soluble pectin from fruits and vegetables as

What do they do?

1. Dietary fiber are undigested in the large intestine and bind water to itself. Thus increases the intestinal contents and get a better sense of satiety.
2. The soluble fiber also absorb water so the stools become smoother. This improves bowel function and less likely to get carcinogens to cause cancer.
3. Improved intestinal transit, there is less chance of constipation and the better you get less chance of passage of the intestinal wall bulges or diverticulosis.
4. Fibre rich diet also reduces the sugar intake from the diet which diabetes occurs less quickly.
5. Reuptake of cholesterol in the intestinal wall by the fiber in the diet to prevent and reduce cholesterol levels in the blood.

Risk of a fiber-rich diet

As these fibers absorb water above you should also include sufficient water. Too much drinking can give constipation and intestinal adhesion. This can only be resolved surgically.
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