During the pregnancy taking folic acid it is important not only for the growth and health of fetus also for its mood. In fact, according to a study of the Netherlands, the prevention of emotional disturbances and, consequently, the child’s behavior, can be initiated during the period that is in the womb. Folic acid, it is well known by now, how important it is for pregnancy, so for the health of the mother child.

Studies a few years ago had pointed out how this substance was important for the prevention of malformations in children that’s why the advice to take it during pregnancy, one to three months conception. The current study, presented during the event which was held in Spain at the European Nutrition Conference in Madrid, was conducted by researchers at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (Netherlands), and led by Dr. Henning Tiemeier. Scientists have discovered how folic acid is important, not only in preventing birth defects, also in the mood and child behaviors.

In fact, not taking the drug, according to experts, lead, starting with the first 18 months of the child, an increased risk of emotional and behavioral disorders. The latter would make the small introvert and not amenable to socialization. That’s why it is important to take folic acid as recommended by the specialists: That is safe during pregnancy (in the first three months) in the six months prior to conception.

The importance of folic acid in pregnancy to the child’s mood

The health of the heart and that of the kidney are closely linked, so much so that according to the latest statistics, those who suffer from some disease that compromises kidney function of these filters by reducing the body up to 40%, also a risk ten times most of the other of experiencing heart disease . According to data collected by the SIN (Italian Society of Nephrology), the ISS (National Institute of Health) and ANMCO (National Association of Hospital Cardiologists) in the study Carhes, about 8% of the Italian population has some chronic kidney disease, of which 5% in an initial form and 3% advanced.

If not treated in time to diagnosis, renal affection can turn into chronic renal failure, a condition that requires dialysis, and whose severity is such that survival is reduced by 50% compared to the general population. The problem is also linked to increased incidence of diseases of the cardiovascular system in its own dialysis, which increases significantly in individuals who combine to kidney failure, other diseases such as diabetes, the high blood pressure and obesity.

According to another study from 2003 by the SIN and SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine), 70 thousand of patients who underwent examinations on renal function, and for young people with kidney disease the greatest risk to health was the possibility of ending up in dialysis for the population older with a similar problem, the danger was rather that of being hit by a disease to life-threatening heart failure. In light of this gloomy picture, the best thing you can do, especially if you are young, is to make checks renal function and also to test the urine at least once a year.

Before you realize that any damage to the kidneys, the easier it will cure it and avoid incurring a chronic shortage, with all the consequences weve seen. In this regard, the SIN has created a national register of patients suffering from chronic kidney disease but not on dialysis, treated in different outpatient nephrology of the national territory, which seem to react well to therapy.

The health of the heart passes through the kidneys, the most at risk of heart disease that has kidney disease

Founded in the nineties, the Zone diet seems not to suffer too many push-ups, although no longer a novelty, indeed. It boasts a growing number of fans: lose weight with this diet seems very possible, just not “stray” too, according to the advice and rules of diet.

The whole question of calories ingested and consumed? Not really, the Zone diet, unlike the “colleagues” more traditional, is based on a principle quite different: the hormonal response to food is more important than counting calories. It just the response of hormones that can not be underestimated, for losing weight and back into shape, because, otherwise, the real risk is to stimulate excessive insulin secretion.

Insulin plays a key role For the health of the body, love for the line, because it is a hormone that, when synthesized in excess, can cause, in addition to the problems of health As heart disease and diabetes Even weight gain.

One of the targets of the Zone diet is just as insulin, to be monitored. To achieve this goal, the Zone diet focuses on moderation in the consumption of foods in general, but especially of foods high in carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, fruits, vegetables, sweets).

The nutrition newspaper, according to the Zone diet, should be divided precisely between carbohydrates (40%), proteins and fats (30%). Another distinctive feature of this diet is the time: it is important not to spend too much time between meals and the other, enriching the breaks with snacks, to prevent excessive lowering of the level of insulin.

Losing weight with the Zone diet

Reduce calories made to our diet daily extends the life. To be precise, reduce by 40% calories gives us an average of three years longer. It not a given new, long since confirmed by numerous scientific research they see the obesity and overweight at the same time as diseases and risk factors. Certainly when it comes to longevity can not be ignored by genetics and from Environment But also the supply is crucial.

Of course it is important to a diet low in calories, but must always be balanced, and accompanied by a general healthy lifestyle: The calories you burn with the motor activity for example! The longevity of today is not a utopia; the average age of life is very long. The problem is to live a long and health, Avoiding diabetes, cardiovascular disease and tumors. How?

We strive every day to give you answers to these questions, but this afternoon’s website Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN) you can follow the debate between eminent specialists about the relationship between welfare, longevity and healthy eating.

Reducing calories extends life

The stress is bad health we know for a long time, trying it on ourselves every day. In fact, if stress becomes chronic, that is constant over time, goes so far as to damage the DNA. A study recently published in the journal Nature explains how and why. A group of researchers Duke University Medical Center led by Dr. Robert J. Jerkewitz has given some mice by laboratory for a month, a substance similar to adrenalin, Able to recreate the body a condition equivalent to that of a constant stress.

This substance is then triggered a decrease in the levels of protein p53, known for its properties cancer. At the same time have occurred defects in the DNA. The result is extremely interesting, but as you can well imagine, you must first determine whether the stress itself and not a simulated one molecule, can cause the same damage. From there then studying a preventive therapy but in the meantime, we use some simple remedy for stress that we know to be healthy!

Stress damages the DNA

At the time of going to the gym, take that jog or do any physical activity, the top becomes the close friend. Not nice and sometimes uncomfortable, it is the only alternative to secure women’s time sports.

Also, a study by University of Portsmouth found that bras are not suitable for sports. The ungrounded and inappropriate models can lead to breast pain, give sagging breasts (because the impact breaks the Cooper ligaments, that support the breasts), and postural problems, muscle tone, skin texture and appearance.

To ensure health, safety and comfort, Delrio launched the line Fitness with beautiful pieces of underwear for women to be dressed at all times. The bras have been developed from studies of the impact of all intensities, so the fabric and the bulge are thought to dampen the movements of the breasts. But the design offers better support and aids good posture, with cutouts to accommodate and support the bust.

To compose the pair, was also developed a panties high support, with cut similar to gym shorts and pants. The tissue compression is ideal for sports.

Dr. Bernardo Froes

The line will be available in white, black and mousse (skin color). The bras have numbering 42 to 48, and knickers P, F and G. Both pieces are cotton and spandex and contain bactericides which prevent the proliferation of micro-organisms in parts.

On the website of Delrio is also possible to make an impact test According to the intensity of physical activity. With the image is shown the difference between a support bra and common parts of Delrio Fitness.

Delrio launches lingerie to sports

The summer heat can be combated with fitness. The temperatures summer, most of the time is very high, a problem for many people, who for various reasons health, Can not bear it. Despite the recommendations of physicians, to follow a lifestyle healthy, both from a nutritional point of view that as regards’ physical activity, the majority of people in summer prefer to “overdo” a little.

So with the justification of the heat many people, summer, stop exercising. It sounds strange but help to counteract the heat is just fitness. What are the exercises that can be performed during this period, despite the temperature? One of sport you can practice is the tennis, but if you can not stay outside because the temperature is too high you can do in a physical activity gym with air conditioning.

The day may begin with a yoga session, thanks to which the tone muscles as well as welfare General. To defend themselves from the hot to swim or do exercises in ‘water the pool or lake is an idea to be taken into account. However, any exercise you do the important thing is to feel good and have fun that’s why even the water parks are recommended.

Hot summer fitness fight it with

The Type 2 diabetes is danger of becoming a juvenile disease in the United States and even adolescence in Italy. To say they are experts from around the world gathered in San Diego on the occasion of the seventy-first conference of American Diabetes Association’s. This disease because, until now widespread, especially among adults and the elderly, risks becoming a real epidemic in economically well developed societies since it is rooted in the sedentary lifestyle and improper feeding that characterize them.

Incorrect habits and sedentary investing, incredibly, even the children, Especially the Italian ones that are likely to “blow” the dubious distinction of “most obese the world “with U.S. peers a disastrous effect on their health an early age: the development of type II diabetes in adolescence.

The only solution we have at the moment to avert this possibility is the prevention, represented by a healthy diet and a balanced and active lifestyle that, in some cases, can be decisive. So what is certain is that children should receive adequate nutrition education from an early age by their parents.

Helping moms and dads around the world we thought the American Institute of Medicine who has compiled a list of golden rules:

• Do not punish children by forbidding them to play outside;

• Make sure that their diet is rich in fruits and vegetables and low in fat;

• No TV in the bedroom;

• Make them move every thirty minutes of inactivity;

• Make sure you have a good sleep.

Each government then, should draw up guidelines for ‘infant under two years of age, while the pediatricians you should still do not detect the child’s weight and height for each view to determine whether their relationship is normal and running, possibly in time for cover.

Type 2 diabetes is likely to become epidemic among Italian adolescents

Blueberries, those delicious berries on the particular intense violet hues, could prove most valuable allies health than expected: not only good for the view, but also for bones. And ‘the evidence that emerged during a trial, for now conducted only on mice by a team of stars and stripes.

What really surprises beneficial nature reserve and its fruits, very often, they are real good for the health of the whole organism is now known, but the blueberries, already known for their protective properties for the eyes and view, even if they are potential allies of the bones is a novelty. That’s right, according to the study conducted by researchers at Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center in Little Rock; these delicious fruits promote the development and growth of a strong skeleton and strong.

Ideal players in the diet of children and adolescents, therefore, to implement a strategy of prevention really early: eat blueberries over the years are crucial for growth of the body and bones, may be the best choice to prevent the onset of degenerative diseases the skeleton, such as osteoporosis in adulthood.

All merit, or nearly so, of the “usual” polyphenols, also responsible for the particular color of cranberries, as shown in the U.S. study, which, despite being only in the early stages, promises very well.

The trial, published in the Journal of Bone Mineral Research, showed a positive correlation between the cranberry and bone mass: the rats fed with a piece of cranberry powder have developed stronger and stronger bones.

Food and health: blueberries, allies of the bones

It is not the first time that a link between ventilation phone and cancer In particular, a link with some forms of brain tumor. But this time the ‘Alarm was launched by the same World Health Organization (WHO) And the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC), and is open to all of us who use the mobile phones and how to connect Wireless on our PCs. Electromagnetic waves radio frequency we absorb daily precisely because of the prolonged use of such technology, are harmful to our body.

And ‘the findings, and accurately certified by a committee of 34 experts led by Dr. Jonathan Lamet (University of Southern California, USA) who evaluated the results of previous studies and surveys on the subject, concluded that mobile & co: “They could cause cancer in humans. The risk was classified in Class 2B (Not high, though) and is linked to the increase of cases of glioma, a malignant brain tumor which was previously very rare and that, precisely in tandem with the spread of frequencies elettro radio magnetic he to which we are subject, have increased greatly.

In short, worry about, but not too much, because to “fry”, exposure to magnetic fields accused must be prolonged and repeated daily. The report of the committee of scientists presented in Lyon, explains: “The tests still being collected, they are strong enough to support the conclusion and 2B classification. The conclusion means that there might be some risk, and therefore we need to keep under observation the link between cell phones and cancer risk. “So, we use mobile phone users and wireless connections … how should we do?

The answer is dr. Christopher Wild, Director of IARC, which concluded: “Given the potential consequences to public health and the conclusions of this classification is important that you do further research to verify the long-term effects massive use of mobile phones. Pending the availability of this information, it is important to take pragmatic steps to reduce the exposure as the handsfree devices or sms”. Between seeing and not seeing, then best to limit the phone calls and send some messaging more…

The phone can cause cancer, the WHO warning