the good things in life
Mediterranean diet
cholesterol, on our plate fish should appear at least once per week such as; sardines, wild salmon, herring and mackerel. Walnuts, olive oil, garlic and onions and again a daily glass of red wine. To prevent breast cancer it is recommended to consume freshly groundflax seeds, turmeric, cabbage, broccoli, parsley, green tea especially and blueberries. Needless to say, that 20mg of dark chocolate a day helps against stress five times more compared to green tea. It also protects our hearts as it lowers the blood pressure and the polyphenols contained in the chocolate dilates vessels. A so called French paradox explained that although the French eat fatty food and large amounts of cheese, mortality level caused by heart attack and brain infarct are much lower than those in US or UK. The reasons for this are smaller portions of food and so-called “Mediterranean diet” as when fattening food is served with fresh vegetables, olive oil and red wine (contained resveratrol reduces formation of thrombus and so decreases cause of brain or heart infarct) it influences the organism positively, in an adequate amount. It is scientifically proven that adequate consummation of red wine can stop the expansion of some kinds of cancer and formation of tumors of the thyroid gland, kidney and rectum. It is necessary to distinguish that the consummation of alcohol increases colon cancer but red wine helps decrease it. Again we have to think about adequate amount of what an organism consumes. Researches show that 7 to 20 glasses of red wine per week has a good effect on the health of the brain and prevents Alzheimer’s disease and dementia,
but consummation of more than 28 glasses of red wine per week increases the risk of getting Alzheimers disease or dementia. Effect of food on the skin and the appearance of wrinkles is five times higher with consumption of butter, two times with consumption of milk products and refined white sugar, also called white poison. For prevention and protection for healthy skin consummation of green tea, fish oil, olive oil, pulses, yellow and red vegetables, artichokes, pomegranates and blueberries are important. Many people cannot imagine the change of a life style and change of alimentation
whilst they are feeling healthy. They probably don‘t know how, what and where to consume. Fortunately there are many people around the world who positively influence our alimentation, they are gurus of modern age and help us to find secrets of articles of food and make good decisions about what we should eat in the future. But more about that next time. By Iva and Joseph Drebitko Photos: Iva Drebitko, archive ■ české znění naleznete na našich stránkách www.leadersmagazine.cz
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