The administration of a probiotic, the bacterium Hafnia alvei, triggers the production of a molecule called ClpB that mimics an appetite suppressing hormone (alpha-MSH), that can help overweight people to lose kilos. Dr. Pierre Déchelotte and colleagues at the Rouen University Hospital in France advised 212 overweight people on how to reduce their calorie intake by one-fifth for three months. ...
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Moods or emotions: what differentiates them and what influences us more
What are moods? well everything what we become aware of when we come out of our mental automatism; that is to say, when we stop acting or reflecting and limit ourselves to simply feeling. We could define moods as mental contents – conscious or unconscious – in which body states, subtle emotions and automatic thoughts are mixed. The role they ...
Read More »9 things you can do with pasta cooking water
The main ingredient in many recipes, pasta is always a big hit in the kitchen, and rightly so, it’s delicious, quick and easy to prepare. It requires a lot of water to make it, which usually ends up in the drain. However, this water has a few uses. After reading everything you can do with it, I’m sure the next ...
Read More »8 benefits of Pilates to strengthen the core after 40
Working the “core” or “nucleus” serves much more than to show a smooth and flat stomach. A fit “core” improves body posture, properly “positions” the internal organs and makes us move with ease and elegance. These are just some of the benefits, because there are many more, and they are especially interesting for people over 40 who want to preserve ...
Read More »The antibiotic properties of manuka honey
With an average price of more than 70 euros per kilo, manuka honey is a real luxury. The fact that it comes from New Zealand and that it is produced from the flower of a rare tree, the Leptospermum scoparium. But what makes it truly valuable are its amazing properties. The active ingredients concentrated in manuka honey All honeys have ...
Read More »Extreme fatigue: what to eat against fatigue
The origin of a feeling of tiredness with nothing to justify it It may be in mistakes that are made with food. energy levels that can be achieved daily are directly related to what we eat and also with the organism’s capacity to process, assimilate and use nutrients. Is essential make sure a healthy and energetic diet, a balanced microbiota ...
Read More »Dry, oily or mature skin: effective homemade essential oil formulas
We believe we are taking care of the skin when applying a cosmetic but we may be saturating it with dozens ofsynthetic chemical people. It is important learn to read product labels and recognize the ingredients to be able to opt for the most natural ones. Between the affordable, healthy options available are found numerous essential and vegetable oilswith very ...
Read More »4 low-carb breakfasts for your weekly vegan menu
Vegan keto breakfasts can seem very boring. Even sometimes impossible. Surely they are the most difficult part of the day when following a ketogenic dietsince we are eliminating flour, much of the fruit and cereals in general. In fact, on a ketogenic diet, to achieve a state of ketosis, only 5% of our energy comes from carbohydrates. Therefore, choosing quality ...
Read More »These are the 16 most addictive foods
Up to 20% of people experience an addiction to food, according to a study by the University of Newcastle (United Kingdom), published in the journal Nutrients. This proportion is even higher among people with obesity. Food addiction is caused by the same pleasure and reward brain mechanisms that work with other “drugs.” People who are addicted to food even report ...
Read More »People who live in the complaint: does their negativity affect you?
Surely you know someone who is constantly complaining. It seems that she always has a problem or that everything bad happens to her. When she arrives at a meeting, it even seems that the atmosphere thins out and the room becomes darker, as if an invisible mist was accompanying her. We are facing what many call a “toxic person”. In ...
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