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5 Healthy Foods for Children's Brain Development

1. Milk and milk products such as yogurt, etc.: Milk and other dairy products have a rich source of protein, calcium, potassium, and vitamin D. All the essential nutrients are key to the development of the neuromuscular system, neurotransmitters, enzymes, and brain tissue. Children and adolescents in this age group are in a growth phase, so they need a lot of nutrients.

2. All kinds of berries: They contain virtually all of the important brain nutrients. Berries are a food source rich in antioxidants and vitamin C helps that in reducing oxidative stress. Various types of berries such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and more.

3. Eggs and nuts: Choline is an essential element for the development of memory cells. It is contained in the egg. Nuts also have a lot of choline. These compounds can increase the production of stem cells in the memory, the brain.

4. Whole grains: Vitamin B and make glucose found in grains such as wheat and brown rice healthy brain food for your child. Our body needs a regular supply of glucose supplied by grains. Vitamin B improves circulation in our nervous system, which remains one of the most important factors for all of our active organs, including the brain.

5. Salmon: Salmon is a rich food source of omega-3 fatty acids, such as DHA and EPA. It is very important for proper development of the brain. Research shows that people who eat fish sharper memory than those who are not among them.

Enter the correct diet for your child. Eating healthy helps their brain development.
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Healthy Food For Kids

Children who do not have a balanced diet is very prone to health problems, such as visual, fatigue and lack of concentration disorders. This can hinder their development, which can be very painful for parents. Understand that a good list of foods consumed by children to parents ideas on how to prepare healthy food menu for children that can help their development. Some healthy foods that can be consumed to help your child grow up is as follows:

Dairy farm
Milk is one of the best healthy beverages for children. Studies have shown that milk contains 9 nutritional requirements that include the necessary minerals like calcium, potassium and zinc. In order to have healthy bones and also to avoid problems in the eyes, the children need to drink two glasses of milk every day. In addition to milk, children should be given yogurt, which is loaded with "good" bacteria. Cheese is also included in the list of healthy foods, because the calcium in cheese helps strengthen teeth and bones of children. However, it should be consumed with all the normal dose and not excessive, because it can lead to weight gain.

Seafood
Fish is rich in protein, fish have been found to be an excellent source of omega-3yang is food for the brain. Selection of salmon may be a better alternative, in terms of preparing food for the children. Parents can increase the vitamins and minerals from lunch, the children by giving them their child sushi twice a week.

Eggs
The protein-rich foods such as eggs that you need to keep your kids stay nutritious. Protein has a vital role to make the muscles stronger and also ensures healthy hair growth. However, eggs are rich in cholesterol, the child should not be given an egg every day. You can give eggs as one of their food on the menu in a few days.

Vegetables and fruit
Green leafy vegetables has long been hailed as a major source of supply of minerals and vitamins, and is an important part of a healthy diet. Fruits and vegetables can remove excess fat in children. You can feed the kids made from vegetables such as spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots and cabbage. This fruit also helps provide vitamin consumption in children and also has the effect of weight loss. Fruits such as pineapple, apples, and peaches are great very good for the gut and also help stop the painful bowel movements in children. Steam the cauliflower or broccoli and carrots and cucumbers, or maybe a green salad can be a great addition to children's lunch.
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Healthy Foods for Pregnant Women


Women who are pregnant need of healthy and nutritious foods in order to remain healthy condition of the mother and the baby is in the womb get enough nutrition for development. It looks very heavy, because the mother had to think of two foods at once, which is to his own body and to the baby. For that you must be careful - careful in choosing the food that you will consume, and considering the existing nutrient levels in foods. Here is a list of healthy diet for pregnant women that you can consume.
  1. Eggs. Eggs are an excellent source of high quality protein, which is good for the development of the baby in the womb.
  2. Salmon.This fish is a fish, eggs and high protein content. Furthermore, the salmon also contains omega-3 fatty.
  3. Nuts. Bean fiber and protein, especially beans are the best.
  4. Sweet potatoes. Because it contains vitamin C, folic acid and fiber are also good for the body and for the development of a baby in the womb.
  5. Vegetables with dark green leaves. Benefits of vegetables were without a doubt, especially for women who are pregnant are certainly very useful. Examples that have dark green leaves are spinach, kale, etc...
  6. Fruit - Fruit. There is no doubt the fruit - the fruit is very good for pregnant women, because a lot of content in the fruit.
  7. Meat without fat. Meat is a source of protein, but look for meat, contains no fat, because fat is not good for the baby in the womb. Look for meat, the fat is separated.
  8. Yogurt. This is one food that is low in fat and rich in vitamin D (soccer) is good for our bones and strengthens bones in children. 
  9. Red beans and broccoli. And 'one of the foods that are high in fiber and iron, which are essential for cell growth -. Red blood cells of the baby in the womb
  10. Skimmed milk. The milk is different to that of normal milk, because the milk is very rich in protein. It also contains a lot of calcium and vitamin B12.
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Healthy Life of Vegetarian

Vegetarianism is a plant-based diet by avoiding animal foods, especially meat. A vegetarian diet is divided into four types: first, semi-vegetarians are those who never eat meat except poultry. Second, Lacto Ovo those who eat meat or animal products if they have slaughtered first, eggs and milk are allowed. Third, the type of vegetarian Vegan pretty tight. In addition to meat, fish, milk and eggs were taboo. Fourth, Fructarian that they are very tight not only reluctant to four types of food was also taboo against rape. The reason is that after the crops were harvested plants would soon die. There was also a temporary vegetarian kind to those who still eat meat, fish and chicken if attending an invitation or a meal. The question is whether it's vegetarian one way to live a healthy life? Are they lackluster?

Apparently a lot of vegetarians who claims his life are much healthier than before becoming a vegetarian. Although the type of food consumed is limited but still there are many options and variations as well as important life stay pleasant. Many feel that their immune system more vibrant and smooth bowel movement, even they feel the smell of sweat is not too overpowering.

Dr. Kjeldsen-Kragh jean from Olso, Norway stated that a vegetarian diet can reduce swelling and pain in rheumatoid arthritis common in people aged 40 years. Experts remind me often of heart disease among others obtained from consuming excessive saturated fat and cholesterol from animal foods. While the fiber in plant foods actually can lower blood cholesterol levels, controlling blood sugar levels, as well as loses weight. But even so, the vegetarian if not careful it could be attacked by the disease. Need to know about nutrition because if the lack of knowledge about nutrition and balance of nutrients that need to be absorbed by the body can be bad. Among others; diseases related to malnutrition, especially because of the low quality proteins such as slow growth, kwashi-orkor, malnutrition and so on.

Kerry Gorman, author of Nutrition For Vegetarians mention that on this earth vegetarian number exceeds the number of people eating meat. It may be because they obviously have a long life. German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg prove the vegetarian than achieving a higher level of health has a greater life expectancy due to avoid heart disease, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney or bone disease.

So depending on your own whether it will be an eater of vegetables and fruits or meat eaters. I think the most important thing in creating a healthy life is to know the nutrients contained in the food, knowing the benefits and disadvantages of different types of foods that can set our own diet.
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Healthy Life by Improving The Quality of Your Health

Healthy life is everyone's dream, but there are still many among us who are less health conscious. And there are many people who have no knowledge of how to improve health.

Good nutrition is one of the factors that can improve the quality of your health. You can improve your nutrition by regularly eating foods that have a lot of vitamins and minerals in them, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-or nonfat milk.


Fruits have very many nutrients needed by the human body. In general, fruits rich in vitamin C, vitamin is water soluble so that when the vitamin is consumed than needed, the excess is removed in the urine. Because it is not stored in the body, vitamin C should be consumed every day. The dose needed for the average adult is 60-90 mg / day. But it could be more depending on the person's body and endurance. Lack of vitamins can cause bleeding gums, canker sores, muscle pain or neurological disorders.

Further deficiency causes anemia, frequent infections and rough skin. While excess vitamin C can cause diarrhea. As a result of excess vitamin C supplement use for a long time can cause kidney stones, whereas when excess vitamin C from fruits generally do not cause side effects.

Foods that contain vitamin C are generally fruits and vegetables. Fruits that contain vitamin C are not always yellow, as the guava is a fruit with the highest vitamin C content that we consume. In fact, in several pieces, the skin contains vitamin C higher than its contents. For example, in the skin of apples and oranges, although not all are edible rind.

To determine the amount of vitamin C in fruit, here is a table of content of the fruits that we commonly encounter in 100 grams.

  • Guava 183
  • Kiwi 100
  •  Litchi 84
  • Papaya 62
  • Oranges 53
  • Melon 42
  • Grapse 34
  • Mandarin Orange 31
  • Breadfruit 29
  • Mango 28
  • Pineapple 15 
  •  Bananas 9
  • Avocado 8
In relation to the many nutritional benefits of fruits as well as for the health of our bodies, let us maintain a healthy body by eating these fruits are sufficient to meet the nutritional needs of our bodies so that we can achieve a healthy life.

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Healthy Life by Eating Grapes

You may be one of the many people who want a healthy life in an easy way. One is by eating healthy foods. Fruit trees are a lot of foods that benefit one grape. Maybe you are one of the many fans of grapes. But do you know the wine has extraordinary properties?.
Grape seed extract was able to destroy 76% of leukemia cells in the patient's body stage III and IV. Researchers from the University of Kentucky in the United States to observe the unique reaction of grape seed extract that and seen that leukemia cells commit mass suicide. They found within 24 hours as much as 76% of leukemia cells die after influenced extract.

The use of grape seed extract, in addition to causing cell death or apoptosis, they also found that the extracts that activate JNK are proteins that regulate apoptosis pathways that cause leukemia cells to be confused. Grape seed extract further research has shown positive results in a number of cases of cancer, including cancers of the skin, breast, colon, lung, stomach, and prostate cancer. Apparently the ability of cancer has revealed dihematologi extract has a suitable mechanism to combat the dreaded disease.
Using grapes to fight cancer has actually been known since hundreds of years ago. Doctors Arab nationals, Ibn Sinna using grape extracts to treat bumps - bumps that appear in the body of the patient. Now it turns out it is a known lump growing tumors in patients. Providing intensive treatment with grape extract was able to quell the spread of the bump.

So that's one easy way to achieve a healthy life is to eat grapes to avoid the dreaded disease. Grape does deserve to be called as the food of kings. In addition to delicious and refreshing, grape seed extract is also very nutritious that it can kill 76% of leukemia cells within 24 hours after circulating in the body.


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Eat Healthy Food Bee Pollen

Do you know what Bee Pollen is? Pollen is the male reproductive elements in plants are golden yellow fine powder form. Pollen found in plants flower stamens. Each pollen grain contains 100,000 to 5 million pollen spores that have the reproductive ability of forming a flower, fruit, grain, trees, and so forth.

How Bees Collecting Pollen? In addition to sucking the honey bees also collect pollen, in particular by pollen from the stamen powder erode interest by using the jaws and forefoot. After pollen moistened with honey bees then rear leg comes comb to comb the pollen and pollen will put it into the pockets of pollen in the hind legs.

Bee pollen is a very good healthy food for our bodies. Lots of useful content of bee pollen for the human body. Bee Pollen contains 18 amino acids, 8 of them essential, 12 vitamins, 28 minerals, enzymes, coenzymes, essential fatty acids 14, 11 and 30% protein, carbohydrate. Pollen is easily digested and very rich in nutrients for humans.

Why Bee Pollen is the Healthy Food?
  • Scripture monotheistic religions, such as Psalms, Law, Gospel, and Al- Qur'an have been called the bee as an amazing source of natural food.
  • Sources of ancient cultures to write the same things, such as records of eastern Asia, ancient Greek, Roman, Middle Eastern countries, and various other ethnic groups.
  • The 20th century is a time of rediscovery of pollen as the only supplement perfect on this earth, so that the resulting 'the term "pollen is o miracle food". That means the truth of the efficacy of pollen that has been known for years, received, used, and allowed to return by experts and doctors of today, through laboratory research and scientific experiments empirically.
  • Prof. Nicolai Vasilleivich Tsitsin, Chairman of the Russian institute of Biology and Botany: When researching Russian citizens over 100 years old. Apparently more than 200 respondents who researched all keep bees. And they eat the residue of honey as a staple food that is rich in content of bee pollen.
  • Dr. Paavo Airola, renowned nutrition expert, a biology and medicine and holistic health from America, said, "Honey bee pollen is a food Palling 'rich' in nature, merit increase endurance, speed up the healing process, has rejuvenating properties, and slow down the process aging ".
  • Mme. Aschenasy Leru, The Center for Scientific Research "'France, Paris, found that pollen containing 40-80% free glutamic acid (a type of protein that is not made by humans), which prevents blood clots in the brain; overcome addiction to alcohol and increased IQ, including the children who suffer from mental retardation, concentration and learning ability.
With accustomed to eating bee pollen will make a healthy lifestyle in itself. So many of the benefits contained in this healthy food so it is recommended to be consumed every day.

Bee Pollen Benefits:
  1. Improve IQ  
  2. Prevent cancer attacks  
  3. Impotent, menopause, infertility  
  4. Keeping the cells stay young through cell renewal.  
  5. As an important antioxidant efficacious compared with other natural foods. 
  6. Help overcome heart problems because bee pollen is rich in enzymes routine. 
  7. Anti-Aging. 
  8. Eliminate fatigue-supporting energy.
  9. Triglyceride 
  10. Arthritis.  
  11. Diabetes.
  12. High Blood Pressure.
  13. Anemia.
  14. Asthma.  
  15. Diet, ulcer disease.
  16. Prostate disorders. 
  17. Varicose veins.


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Eat Healthy Foods Pure Honey

Since the beginning of human history; Honey is the most popular beekeeping products that humans used as a medicine, food, beauty care, food seasonings balsam even partially mummified. Even in the holy book Al-Qur’an is said that honey as a medicine to cure human

 "... From the bee's stomach out drink (honey) that a variety of colors, in which there is healing for mankind ..." (An Nahl: 68-69)  

Honey is a healthy food that is highly recommended to be consumed every day because a lot of benefits. These healthy foods can be consumed by adults or children. Lots of benefits contained in the honey of which are:  
Public Benefits:
  1.  Increase stamina, vitality and energy. 
  2. Can remove toxic substances in the body such as the nicotine and toxins.
  3. Accelerate blood circulation. 
  4.  Keeps the body healthy and energetic.
  5. New wounds, burns.
  6. Thrush cure, fever.
  7. Heal the pain in the joints, stomach.
  8. Insomnia.
  9. Dry up acne 
  10. Smoothing the skin. (Beauty) 
Special Benefits:
  1. Special benefits for children: Because honey contains much iron is very good and useful to assist the growth and health of children and to improve the composition of the blood and increase the number of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and hemoglobin. According to a study of a child who was given a drink of honey for 40 days continuously, hemoglobin was increased to 23%. While the children are not given a drink of honey, hemoglobin increased only about 4% only.
  2. Special benefits for men: to treat impotence, reinforce and harden Mr. P, treating premature ejaculation in men.
  3. Particular benefit to women: to get rid of pimples, black spots on the cheeks, smoothing the skin, prevent wrinkles, moisturize the skin.
So what do you doubt the honey? Healthy eating is one of a healthy lifestyle is very easy to do that is by way of pure honey.

The content (composition) contained in each 100 grams of honey, among others:
  1. Calories: 328 Cal
  2. Water content: 17.2 to 27
  3. Protein: 0.5 grams 
  4. Carbohydrates: 82.4 grams
  5.  Ash: 0.2
  6. Copper: 4.4 to 9.2 mg
  7. Phosphorus: 1.9 to 6.3 mg
  8. Iron: 0.06 to 1.5 mg
  9. Manganese: 0.02 to 0.4 mg
  10. Magnesium: 1, 2 - 3.5 mg
  11. Thiamin: 0.12 mg
  12. Riboflavin: 0.02 mg
  13.  Niacin: 0.20 mg
  14. Fat: 0.12 mg 
  15. PH: 3.9
  16. Total acid (MEK / kg): 43.12 mg
The content contained in the honey in general:
1.      Vitamins: Vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin E,
2.      Minerals: Calcium, Potassium, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Cuprum, silica, manganese, chlorine, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Iron, Iodine, Sodium
3.      Enzymes: amylase, invertase, Phosphates, Peroxides
4.      Acid: Acetate, Butyrate, Glutamate, Format, succinct, glycolic, lactic and citric oxalates
5.      Sugars: Fructose 40%, 34% Glucose, Sucrose 2%
6.      Calories: 1 kg of honey is comparable with 1.68 kg of meat, 5.7 liters of milk, 50 eggs,
40 pieces oranges, 25 bananas and 4 kg of potatoes.

Tips to buy pure honey:
1.      Buy pure honey straight from the farm at harvest honey bees.
2.      If you do not know where to buy pure honey bee farm to a reliable beekeeper (nationally recognized its existence)
3.      Have pure honey aroma, color and distinctive taste depending on the type of nectar the bees sucked.
4.      Pour honey into a glass of water, sediment and direct pure honey does not mix with water, so water remain clear.
5.      The tips above do not prove 100% correct because that differentiate pure honey and false can only be proven by laboratory tests.
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Healthy Life by Eat Healthy Food Organic Apple


Organic apples are one of the most perfect health foods you can eat. If you consume it regularly, you will feel much healthier and will always be a doctor. Health food is very rich in nutrients and fiber that can help control weight.

Some of the content of the beneficial health foods, among others

Pectin
pectin is a fiber that is found in organic apples. Type of fiber that are beneficial to your health. The benefits of this pectin are that it can help
lower cholesterol levels. It also shows the effect of blood sugar stable. It has been associated with lower likelihood of insulin resistance and pre-diabetes. Health food also has the effect of reducing appetite and makes people feel full longer. Organic apples as a health food are very good to eat every day. Organic apple contains about 50-80 calories depending on size, so it has minimal impact on your daily calorie intake.
Quercetin
Organic apples are rich in antioxidants and flavonoid called quercetin. Flavonoids are compounds composed of carbon atoms of 15 are generally dispersed in the plant world. More than 2000 flavonoids derived from plants have been identified, but there are three general groups studied, namely anthocyanins, flavonols, and flavo. Anthocyanins are colored pigments commonly found in red flowers, purple, and blue. These pigments are also found in various parts of other plants, for example, certain fruits, stems, leaves and even roots. Flavnoid often found in epidermal cells. Most of the flavonoids accumulated in vacuoles of plant cells, although there are places outside the vacuole synthesis. Therefore regarded as an excellent nutrient for the prevention of cancer and heart disease as well as strong anti-allergy nutrients. Eating this healthy food regularly can also help improve allergy symptoms in adults.

Polyphenols
Apples also contain a powerful antioxidant group of nutrients called polyphenols.
Polyphenols are a group of chemicals found in plants. This substance has a distinctive mark which has a lot of phenol groups in the molecule. Polyphenols play a role in giving color to the color of a plant such as leaves in autumn. In some studies mentioned that the group has a role as an antioxidant polyphenols that are good for health. Polyphenolic antioxidants can reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer and blood vessels.

If you buy an organic apple, make sure the apple is not defective if the defect is due to polyphenol content has been oxidized. This means that antioxidants are not very strong. Lots of the content of polyphenols in apple skin. So, if you eat the skin do not peel all the apples.

Polyphenol content combined with exceptional pectin also helps to lower fat content. This benefit was only found when intact apples regularly consumed. At least one pure apple per day should be eaten to get this effect.
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Healthy Life By Healthy Snacks for Kids

Children should always eat regularly 3 times a day. In addition, they often also have snacks throughout the day which has fewer calories. But unfortunately if they eat too many snacks will be too much at risk of obesity because of too many calories, sugar and fat. Unhealthy snacks will lead to cavities, especially if eating sticky foods such as fruit snacks or candy.

Snacks can be a good diet for the children despite low calorie snacks like low-fat and fresh fruit. Snacks such as this are very good for children because it includes a healthy snacks.

 
Other than fresh fruit, which contain high fiber and vitamins, low in fat, and have no added sugar?
And too easily eaten by children are:
·         Fresh fruit, like apples, bananas, grapes, oranges, strawberries, watermelon, etc.
·         Dried fruits, including raisins and prunes, although considered sticky foods that may cause risk of cavities, so teach your children to brush teeth after eating.
·         A cup of fruit or fruit canned in water, 100% fruit juice or syrup
·         Vegetables, including carrots, celery, broccoli, or, which can be served with low fat dip or dressin.
·         Dairy products, such as low-fat cheese, yogurt, and pudding, or a homemade fruit juice
·         Wheat snacks, such as breakfast cereals, crackers, cereals, baked chips, and popcorn (no butter added), or pretzel
·         Ice lollies made with 100% fruit juice

Additionally included is a healthy snacks nuts and trail mix. Although it is not low in fat or calories, nuts and trail mix can also be considered a healthy snack than if a child is given only a portion and not be eaten every day.

Drinks should be taken when children eat snacks should also be considered. Because it is very important, if they also drink beverages such as tea, soda will be able to increase the amount of calories when they snack. Children should be limited to drinking water, low-fat milk, and 100% fruit juice

What your child should drink when he snacks can also be important. Many of the children drank juice, tea, soda, or fruit drinks when they have a snack of their daily, which can greatly increase the number of calories they get when snacking. By contrast, restrict your child to drink water, low-fat milk or fat-free and 100% fruit juice.

Unhealthy Snacks habits
If children eat snacks with lots of sugar and fat, would be unhealthy habits
You can avoid snacking habits of children with
·         Do not allow children eat unhealthy snacks, including high-fat snacks and foods high in calories, if only occasionally is not a problem that children can eat foods like cookies, chips, candy, donuts, fruit drinks, soda, etc.
·         Possessed a special time to eat a snack or make a regular time - usually late morning and afternoon for toddlers and preschoolers and for children who grow up after school. Do not get snack eat before bed.
·         Have a nutritious snack and ready to eat
·         Limit snacks only 100 to 150 calorie servings so they do not turn into an additional dining
·         Do not give snacks too close to lunch or dinner
The most important thing is that you can monitor what foods your child eats, especially unhealthy snacks. You should be able to replace it with healthy snacks that are good for the development of your child's body.
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