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Monday, August 10, 2020

What do you do when you find garlic in your food? Perhaps the first reaction is rejection. However, this vegetable has many benefits for your health, especially for women.

10 reasons why women should eat garlic every day

Garlic is a vegetable with a long culinary tradition that has all kinds of benefits for your body. Garlic is rich in antioxidants and alliin. When garlic is triturated, this sulfoxide turns into allicin, which makes it a natural antibiotic that you can take advantage of to reduce these discomforts. We guarantee that when you finish reading this article you will eat it consume it every day.

10 reasons to eat garlic

1/10 Lowers blood pressure

Garlic dilates the blood vessels, thus improves blood circulation.

2/10 End pregnancy fatigue

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, consuming garlic during pregnancy increases energy and destroys harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

3/10 Goodbye vaginal infections

Scientists explain that as a natural antibiotic, this vegetable is useful in treating intimate infections, especially those related to candida or candidiasis.

4/10 Lowers the risk of cancer

Women who eat garlic regularly are less likely to develop stomach, colon, esophagus, pancreas and breast cancer.

5/10 Lowers cholesterol

In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it is explained that garlic oils can lower cholesterol levels, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease.

6/10 Maintains metabolic balance

A study by the Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology details that consuming a purple garlic a day will help to prevent obesity and maintain a stable weight.

7/10 Excellent healing

It is recommended to consume it during pregnancy, as it has a healing effect, which is useful when you have a cesarean delivery or suffer a perineal tear.

It also effectively relieves nipple lesions during breastfeeding.

8/10 Gestational diabetes

It stimulates the production of insulin, which helps to lower blood sugar levels, especially in pregnancy.

9/10 Reduces painful menstruation episodes

Garlic has both antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties, thus it is capable of reducing the discomforts such as pain, swelling and bleeding abundant.

10/10 Prevents varicose syndrome

By dilating the blood vessels, it improves circulation and prevents thrombi or clots from developing.

The World Health Organization recommends eating a piece of garlic or between 1.4 and 1.2 grams of powder or 2 to 5 milligrams of oil daily.

If you do not like the taste of garlic, it is best to use it to season your food and thus eat it more easily.

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10 reasons why women should eat garlic every day

Irritation or small lesions behind the ears or cheeks, and worsening of problems such as acne or rosacea are some of the consequences of continued use of facial masks. Therefore, proper steps to be taken to ensure the best usage of masks.

How to care for your skin while wearing a face mask

Masks are already mandatory in public spaces if the safety distance of 2 meters cannot be maintained, but most of us have long been familiar with them. The following discussion explains the most common conditions that may occur due to misuse of masks and how to avoid them.

More irritations

One of the most observed skin reactions is related to direct irritation of the mask on the skin.

Paper surgical masks give problems mainly in the area of the rubber, either in the ear or in the neck.
FFP2 masks are more occlusive, so they fit more closely and, in addition to the anterior areas, they also cause irritation to the back of the nose and cheeks.

Skin diseases get worse

But the masks not only irritate the skin by rubbing:

They also cause occlusion, increased sweating, and increased moisture retention.
This causes skin conditions such as acne, rosacea, or seborrheic dermatitis to worsen.

The more the mask is occlusive, the more it will isolate us from possible viruses, but the lack of ventilation will be greater and will be worse for people who suffer from skin conditions.

It would be necessary to take breaks

Misuse of the mask further increases potential problems:

It is key to place it well. Otherwise, the rubbers will rub more behind the ears and the back of the nose or the cheekbones will receive more friction.
Every 2 or 3 hours it would be necessary to rest and remove it for a time. Because If you wear it for a long time, for example at work, we would advise providing spaces so that you can take it out for a while and that the face gets some air.

How to prevent discomfort

Use a moisturizer with a barrier effect (such as those used for babies' bottoms) in the areas of greatest friction (behind the ears, back of the nose or cheeks) half an hour before putting on the masks.
If more occlusive masks such as FFP2 are used, petroleum jelly may be applied in these contact areas or even a hydrocolloid dressing such as those used to protect wounds.

Choose the one that works best for you

Not all masks are the same, it is important to find the model that best suits you and your needs. : It is not true that a mask is very effective as it is more uncomfortable and because it touches more. Most importantly, if you do not need very high protection, there is no sense to use a very insulating mask as if you were going to enter an ICU.

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How to care for your skin while wearing a face mask

Changes in temperature, air conditioning or cold drinks can leave you with sore throats. We can ease the symptoms a little with some natural remedies, which, however, will not prevent you from visiting a specialist for major complications.

Colds, pharyngitis, or tonsillitis cause a terrible sore throat. This can also be a symptom that a cold is about to break out in our body.

If you have such problems, but do not want medicines, then there is a solution. We will tell you some natural remedies to alleviate this very common disease. But with this, we do not aspire to stop any deeper treatment. If you see that the pain persists despite the tricks, we recommend you consult to a specialist.

Natural relief from sore throat

1/10 Gargle, a classic that does not fail

Like so many other things, our grandmothers were right. Do gargle several times each day with warm salt water allows it to absorb water from the cells of the mucous membrane, which are swollen during constipated.
Just half a tablespoon of salt in a glass of water is enough. Half a minute is more than enough.

If you gargle more than three times a day, the mucous membranes can end up drying out, just the opposite we want.

2/10 Choose soup first

And if it's chicken, the better. Although any warm broth will do well, experts especially recommend chicken, vegetables or beef.

The soups that do not suit you are tomato, excessively acidic, or those that contain dairy, which increases the production of mucus.

3/10 Taste a tablespoon of honey

Take it like it was candy. Let it sit in the back of your mouth. Honey is an effective antiseptic, that is, it helps fight infectious diseases by destroying the microbes that cause them.

Remember that children under one year of age cannot take honey, as it may contain the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism in babies.

4/10 Put on a warm cloth

In addition to being extremely pleasant, warm cloths can improve circulation in the throat and help it to deflate.
Dampen a rag with hot water, wring it out, and place it over your throat to take effect.

The heat will cause the blood vessels to dilate and help the muscles to relax, reducing pain.

5/10 Take a shower or bath

It is another way to add moisture to the throat. The steam generated by a good hot shower will increase the humidity of the environment, and that of your throat.

You can also take a bath and add some herbs and essential oils to the water.

6/10 Try to talk a little less

The ideal way to recover from aphonia as soon as possible is to rest the vocal cords for at least two or three days. If you also try to clear your throat and breathe through your nose and not through your mouth, recovery will be faster.

Avoid going to noisy bars or places that force you to raise your voice to communicate.

7/10 Chew on mint candies

It does not matter if they are mint, eucalyptus, orange or lemon, the reason that taking candies relieves your throat irritation is that the saliva produced by chewing them softens the throat.

If you are diabetic, choose them without sugar.

Sore throat is usually related to irritation or inflammation of the vocal cords, symptoms that in turn can be the expression of various pathologies such as a cold, aphonia or pharyngitis.
In the above, we have compiled some of the remedies that you can take into account when relieving throat discomfort. From an infusion to a hot shower, there are many options at your disposal.

Foods that relieve sore throat

In addition to teas, honey or caramels, certain foods can be an extra help to stop coughing and reduce discomfort when swallowing:

Ice cream: Cold foods help numb pain and the creaminess of ice cream increases the feeling of well-being.
Cooked cabbage: Its high antioxidant content makes it your best ally against sore throats.
Cooked carrot: It provides vitamin A and improves the immune system.
Liquorice: Chewing on this plant relieves sore throat and reduces nervous cough. Some studies demonstrate its balsamic effect on the airways.

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7 Home Remedies for Sore Throats

It doesn't matter what time of year we are. We like to look good and in good shape. Therefore, it is not surprising the many miracle diets that proliferate online to lose weight in a very short time but, in the long run, are not healthy.

5 Common Mistakes When Trying to Lose Weight

You are going to allow me to start this article with a call to sanity: if you need to lose weight, go to a dietician-nutritionist you trust. Do not waste your time looking for magic solutions on the internet.

Look for a long-term change that improves your health, that adapts to you, your needs and your medical history and circumstances. The only thing that we know for sure that serves to lose weight and maintain the loss in the long term, is adherence (being able to maintain changes over time).

The most common mistakes when trying to lose weight and how to fix them

This paragraph should have actually been the last one, the one that closed the post as a conclusion. However, there is so much misinformation and so many people doing business with the weight of others that I preferred to put it first, just in case the text bores you and you don't get to the last line.

1. Forget about miracle diets

Therefore, the first blunder when it comes to wanting to lose weight is precisely that: looking for a miracle or a short-term result, falling for it on absurd diets or, worse still, spending our money on products and methods that could harm us.

This would be the main mistake and one that should certainly rank first. Those that follow do not go in order of importance, it is rather an enumeration of habitual nonsense.

2. Don't focus on a specific nutrient

The second mistake is to focus on a specific nutrient, for example not consuming or reducing carbohydrates a lot, or consuming mostly proteins. Or in minimizing fats (the starch solution).

Yes, that there are so many “definitive solutions” that contradict each other, you should no longer leave us too calm about these methods. Let's stop looking at nutrients to look at food.

3. Don't trust light food

In third place, I will place the strategy of basing our diet on “light”, “light” or “0% 0” products. All these products are by definition ultra-processed, otherwise, they would not have a label on which to stamp those legends. They are products that by definition should not weight a healthy diet.

The use of the term "light", according to the European Regulation 1924/2006, requires that the product involves at least a 30% caloric reduction compared to the non-light version of it. That does not make a product that is not healthy.

For example, some “lights” bag potato chips will continue to carry excess salt and poor quality fat that we cannot find in a baked or cooked potato. Or a “light” soft drink will have been replaced by sugar for sweeteners, which are far from being innocuous, and in no way will it be equated with water, which is what we should be drinking instead.

On the other hand, 0% products also usually have an enclosed cat. It is most common to find a 0% fat yoghurt, loaded instead of sugar when fat was not the problem in that product. Or some cookies with 0% added sugars, made from refined flours and with hydrogenated palm fat, as well as, again, sweeteners.

4. Do not substitute bars or smoothies for food

Taking fourth place in this messy ranking we have the error of trying to lose weight with bars or meal replacement shakes.

They are products whose first ingredient is usually, oh surprise! sugar. That they do not improve our diet at any point, nor do they contribute to improving our long-term health with healthier choices, which are expensive and that also, their caloric intake is not far from that of a well-planned salad.
In comparing the value and nutritional quality of, for example, a salad with a handful of chickpeas and a substitute bar, I do not go, because it would be an insult for the first.

5. Assume that you will not lose 10 kg in 5 days

I am going to leave the fifth position to the desperate solutions: I am going to the beach in a week and I have a michelín, or there are ten days left until my cousin's wedding and the dress tightens me.
A breeding ground for semi-fasts like the maple syrup diet, drink only smoothies, spend the day with green tea and an apple, spend the whole week eating pineapple and any other similar solution that you can think of. This type of madness only manages to tear up our metabolism, make us lose water and muscle mass, and that we regain the weight as soon as we stop doing awful things. That at least.

Sustaining those types of attitudes with food in the long term can lead to greater deficiencies or be a good breeding ground for developing an eating disorder.

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