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How the Diet of Pregnant Women to Food

Monday, March 29th, 2010


Every woman has a range of daily needs that must be consumed for the proper functioning of your body, which are increased during gestation and lactation.
Proteins: Their function is the proper development of body tissues. They are found mainly in meat, fish, seafood, chicken, eggs and pulses. During pregnancy, this figure increases by approximately 15 grams, reaching 60 grams daily and 65 in nursing. Do not drink too much red meat, because it provides healthy fats that are not to the mother or the fetus.


Calories: They are responsible for energizing the mother, to support the growth of the baby, placenta, uterus and breasts. Most of the calories are cereals, bread, potatoes and fresh legumes (beans, peas, pomegranates). During the first trimester, this figure must be maintained, but to start the second, should increase calories to 2300 to the end of the third quarter, and once the breastfeeding, the increase must come until 2500.


Calcium: It is a fundamental element in strengthening the baby’s bones. The main contribution of calcium is obtained through dairy products and some fish. An adequate supply prevents the risk of hypertension and premature delivery.
Iron: It is important to avoid anemia and the possible risk of spontaneous abortion, premature delivery or low birth weight. It is also found in meat and meat products, egg yolks, shellfish, green vegetables, nuts and legumes. In pregnancy, must be doubled to 30 mg. (more…)

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Facial Massage for Beauty

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Facial massage to help the muscles and skin to remain firm, but has several benefits for beauty.

Apply facial massage often helps keep skin elastic, so avoid the appearance of wrinkles.
Another virtue is the facial massage to stimulate collagen and elastin, which is very important because they provide a sustainable network to maintain that there is no looseness or sagging skin.

Facial massage activates blood circulation and thus contribute to improved irrigation and oxygenation of the skin of the face and neck, it will look more supple and glowing.
Active ingredient of beauty creams penetrate deeper into the skin during the facial massage done immediately.

Homemade facial

No need to go to a beauty center to receive a face, you can do yourself to have a moisturizer and only a few minutes from time.


Full health we will show how you can practice your own facial massage.

* Before beginning a massage to cleanse face and neck skin with a cream or cleanser and then a sample taken from the tonic that usually used.

* For a facial massage is needed for a cream that allows the sliding skin without drawing hand, you can use the cream you want, and if you want to add a few drops of essential oil rosehip, almond or wheat germ will double benefit. (more…)

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Foods that can Interact with Antidepressants

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Strength can cause interactions with certain medications and cause various diseases, is common for doctors to warn of this deficiency and the accompanying prospectus and medicines they say a lot about this.
They are being treated for depression or anxiety should not be drinking alcohol, which is the most common recommendation, but also to regulate the consumption of certain foods.

Foods that can interact with antidepressants

For example when taking antidepressants, banana (banana), avocados, brewer’s yeast, meat, coffee, cream or butter and milk each a whole, not skim, it can cause headaches, dizziness, chest pain, heart palpitations and increased blood pressure.
This does not mean that all people under treatment with these drugs will suffer these effects, but if you are taking medication for depression or anxiety are encouraged to consider what he has previously eaten if they come to have similar symptoms. (more…)

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How to do Massage on Patients Suffering from Heart

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Correct Position:
Lean forward, arms as strong as you can, for compression.
A severe heart attack caused by blockage of a coronary artery. This blockage prevents blood reaching the heart muscle.
A simple way to determine if heart function is to evaluate the pulso.Si the person has no pulse to restart the circulation by chest compression on cardio pulmonary resuscitation practice which has two purposes:
Keep your lungs full of oxygen if breathing has stopped and
keep blood circulating carrying oxygen to the brain, heart and other body parts.
NOTE: Before you start the massage be sure of the absence of a pulse as it is dangerous to do compressions if the victim still has movement.
This technique can be performed by one or two people, when there are two helpers, one will perform the inflations and the other compression (and alternate), must be coordinated and stay alert to the opponent’s moves. Any movement that takes place should be supported loud so there is better coordination.
Technical
The heart is located in the chest, slightly to the left.
-Put the victim on his back with arms extended over your body.
“You press the chest over the area of the heart.
“Kneel at the height of the victim’s left shoulder and place your hands, one above another, above the heart, your hands must be on the center of the sternum and press with the heel of your hand.
Another tip to locate the correct area of compression is: locate the costal margin (last rib below), then find the lower tip of the sternum, is two fingers above it.
(For a child uses only one hand. For a baby uses only the index and middle fingers in the center of the chest in the middle of the nipples).
Lean forward, arms as strong as you can, for compression.
You must perform 15 chest compressions per 2 ventilations (breaths), repeat. (The speed of the massage is 80 to 100 compressions per minute). You should count each compression as follows: one thousand one, thousand two, thousand three, and so on.
In babies and children over one year he made 5 compressions and insufflation, repeat these actions until the victim recovers the circulation and respiration or in your case, if medical care is here.
If the pulse is restored spontaneously suspended cardiac massage maneuvers and continuing with breathing and repeats the procedure until a doctor is present.
If the victim in a baby or small child, you should compress the chest with two fingers only, at a rate of 100 times per minute.
Remember that your compressions should be done carefully, since both his ribs and his heart are weaker.
If during transport the victim regains a pulse and breathing place it in safety or side position recovery and be sure to watch your vital signs.
The approximate time compression and breaths should take approximately 15 seconds, so it is 4 per minute maneuvers.

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Self-Massage Recommendations

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Self-Massage Recommendations
* We must start with the left side, it is the magnetic pole and the recipient’s body that conveys encouragement and stimulus to the organs that are targeted.
* It is important to try to relax.
* Make massage slowly and gently.
* Connect to the point three fingers below the navel, and work from there without force.
* The rotation is always counter-clockwise then clockwise and vice versa.
* When they are soft points, breathe deeply and continue the massage as you exhale.
* It is advisable to imagine the tension and dissolve the blockage, visualizing a bright light through the entire body (more…)

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Type of Therapy and its Benefits

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Massage eliminates muscle spasms, only to stress, tension, and in many cases, improve mood. Are health benefits for both physical and mental health.

Body massage is applied since ancient times and has many benefits. They are good for the skin, blood and lymphatic circulation, muscles and tendons, respiratory and nervous systems, and even help improve mood. We have the possibility in this field is very different and each is suitable for each case.

Self-massage

Self-massage is a massage with a technique similar to Japanese shiatsu. This consists of exercises focusing on the head and neck, accompanied by breathing, stretching, and pressure taps on specific points. With the increasing practice of bone and muscle problems, anxiety, insomnia, stress, hypertension and digestive disorders. (more…)

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Epothilones Breast Cancer Prevention therapy

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

One of the main recommendations is the incorporation of epothilone, a new therapeutic class that starting this month will be available in Mexico

The impact Epothilones have demonstrated in tumors that are resistant to conventional treatment in advanced stages and metastásicasLa Mexican Society of Oncology, AC (SMeO) presented the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Mexican metastatic breast cancer with the aim of presenting an update on the diagnosis and treatment options for patients in Mexico.

The presentation of these recommendations complements the Mexican Consensus Breast Cancer, presented the 2008 SMeO and considers the inclusion of epothilone, a new therapeutic class thus far been absent in our country and whose first product is now available in Mexico through Laboratory Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Media conference, Dr. Cristian Villanueva, Argentine specialist assigned to the University Hospital of Besançon, France, said that “Epothilones have proven effective in tumors resistant to traditional treatments, and a manageable safety profile in cancer patients of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who had not previously responded to treatment. ” (more…)

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Balanced Nutritional Diet for Athletes

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

If you know what you should eat each day why not get your diet is balanced? You know a lot of nutrition, you may be a true expert in sports nutrition and you’re up to date with the latest scientific studies. However, it is difficult to move from theory to practice every day, because what you eat every day, every moment, is what makes the difference. And let us not miss the event. Here’s a “perfect day”, so you know how to feed you “to the champion.”

Surely many of you, you begin the day with a power breakfast for athletes, but eat a salad quickly to avoid wasting time at work and dinner is reduced to a yogurt and an apple to prevent weight gain. At the end of the day you go to bed with a clear conscience, thinking that you are following a healthy diet, but the next day you lack energy and your weight has not dropped an ounce, and that you’re sacrificándoos and hungry.
Where is the problem? In that to eat well is to eat well all day How? The main trick is to eat often spreading your calorie intake into 5 or 6 small meals throughout the day, but there are many more tips that are sure to appreciate. Here they are. (more…)

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Tibetan Massage Increases Circulation

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Tibetan Massage improves circulation, tones muscles and nourishes your skin. Eliminate tension and stress, and muscle aches.

It is a great and effective rejuvenator.

Physical, mental and beauty … what more can you ask for.

Tibetan doctors are probably the first to talk about integrative medicine: body, mind and soul.

Tibetan massage is for them a supportive therapies to treat diseases. They argue that combating the disease, it must attack on all possible fronts.

Tibetan massage in most of the ills are due to external causes such as:

- Too hot or too cold

- Ingestion of toxic or inadequate food

- Physical or mental stress

- High emotions

- Poor regulation of daily activities

- Lack or excess sex

Tibetan massage places great emphasis on the importance of controlling emotions, hundreds of years ahead of psychology and psychiatry today, considering that most diseases are caused by emotional causes.

Tibetan massage from a reference system known as the 3 moods. Each disease is caused by an imbalance in one or more of them.

Tibetan massage from three vital energy pathways in the body or channels.

These three major channels, according to Tibetan medicine, branch into other 72,000 (which will be expanded by 12,000 more if you practice yoga or meditation), and central nuclei together in communication, called chakras or energy wheels.

So, our whole body is connected.

Among the Tibetan massage techniques find small strokes, rubbing, kneading, pressure or cleanliness, according to the disorder.

This massage uses Tibetan further assistance, certain oils: sesame oil, apricot, almond or coconut oil.

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The Massage of The Acupuncture Points

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Presentation:
Acupressure is a method derived from acupuncture but without needles. Tibetan technique is finger pressure on specific points relieving some small everyday ailments such as fatigue, stress or headaches. It also helps to balance your energy or recover regulates the sleep as nervous tension. It facilitates the expansion pressure, improves heart function, bowel and kidney.

Its great advantage is that you can do yourself as self-Massage.

What is an acupuncture point?
He invented more than 360 points distributed by the energy channels or meridians that travel throughout the body surface. Some acupuncture points coincide with the nerve pathways and others with the blood or lymph.

Not that these points have specific therapeutic virtues, but allow the flow of energy.

How to proceed?
Acupressure involves pressing acupuncture points with the fingertips while breathing deeply.
You press more or less strong according to the point: In general always takes into account the feeling of comfort you receive. Begin by gently pressing to increase pressure gradually. But the items identified as sensitive points, always gently pressed. (more…)

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