Healthy ageing: from Lifespan to Healthspan A few weeks ago, an article was published in The New Yorker magazine entitled: Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger? The question of a not only longer but healthier life is emerging as a result of the...
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The biological activity of dietary supplements: "Do not use dietary supplements as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet, in a healthy and active lifestyle context. Remember that a dietary supplement cannot "compensate" for bad habits. "...
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What can be seen as “allergies”: Spring is the time of year when all the nature come back to life, but with it reawakes the symptomatology of mane persons who suffer from inhalant allergy, such as pollen. Exists furthermore, cross-reactive...
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Circadian cycle: does the biological clock exist and is it related with metabolism? The 2017 Nobel Prize for the Medicine or physiology has been assigned to three north Americans researchers for their discovery on the molecular mechanisms which...
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World Health Organization calls for a ban on trans fats by 2023 Non-communicable diseases represent the greatest health risk and the leading cause of death worldwide. Of these, cardiovascular diseases account for the largest share of this...
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Pros and cons of cooking food: Cooking is able to make edible and appetizing food otherwise inedible for composition and taste, preserves their nutritional qualities, gives them new colors, scents and flavors and stimulating for our visual...
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The origins of what we commonly call "sugar": Sugar has been produced since ancient times by extracting it from sugar cane. From a marginal and elitist use, in Europe since 1800 we see the spread of this product on a larger scale, thanks to the...
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Manage stress and stay healthy: According to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine*, stress management is an essential component on which to intervene to maintain health. The other fundamental elements are: the correct diet; physical and...
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What are functional foods? The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) defines functional foods in relation to their content of components with health benefits that go beyond the basic functions given by macro and micronutrients such as...
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Essential nutrients against "empty” calories Nutrition is a determining factor for human health. Paradoxically, although the guidelines for healthy eating are known, are continually disregarded particularly in Western countries. Likewise, in the...
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The cell membrane lipidomic analysis available in the medical channel and/or nutritionist biologist What is FAT PROFILE? FAT PROFILE is the cell membrane lipidomic analysis, particularly of the MATURE RED BLOOD CELL, developed in collaboration...
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