Vitamins claims and probably food soon

From March 31st there is a directive from the EU that state that we cannot make any claim on health from supplements or probably even food. So what does this mean? We cannot say anymore that vitamin C prevents scurvy? or that eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day will prevent obesity and heart problems in later life? Eating 30 g a day of fibre will help your intestine to function well? What can we say then? And why can the pharmaceutical company claim health for their drugs? For example why can they advertise so much or publicize so much on the benefit of statins for prevention of heart problems when in reality there are no even much evidence of that. Why can they advertise on the benefit of aspirin on health when is not something that the body needs to function?

A friend of mine mention also that something is going on saying that soon there will be an elimination of all books regarding the benefit of herbs and supplements books and all information about it. "I answer well if we were in China that might happen". But I was reflecting on that later on. What if they are going to sensor all health claims so that they can make it life easy for doctors and pharmaceutical companies to take over all the power from the people? Can that be a truth on the rumour? What if I and millions of people are to naive to think that something like this might happen in Europe? What if there is enough recession and people are not going to be concerned about supplements and food claims as it would not matter? What if the government and the European committee is distracting us with other serious things and than they just pass the law without the people having any knowledge of that until is too late? Are we going towards a Chinese government style so that things will be easier for the government to keep an eye on us and our own choices? Well I hope not, I hope people are better than that and they start now enquiring and responding to the threat of our own choices..

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New Year detox

Simple New Year Detox

After the big meals and drinking time is time for a month of detox to give the liver and the body some respite. The best thing to do is to start with drinking at least 1 litre and half to two litres of water a day. Eat more salads and vegetables soups. Eat fruits between meals and for breakfast. Cook stir fry, oven baked or steamed vegetables and fish or white meat. Eat more of lentils and beans, avoiding creams and cheesy foods. Eat a smaller portions of food but first of avoid drinking any alcohol if you have drunk a lot. To help the detox also you can take some milk thistles and probiotics which help the intestine. Happy New Year and best Wishes

Maria Esposito

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Fish for your mind and now for your feet!!

I heard about fish eating the hard skin of your feet last summer, and it sounded great. I meant to try it since as I know there were some in Camden Town but never managed too. Yesterday at Wood Green shopping centre I had the opportunity to try it. At the beginning was very ticklish but as after few minutes it was so relaxing and it felt like little current massaging your feet. There was a woman next to me that was very regular to her feet being nibbled by the little fish. She went few times in Camden Town and she had already two treatments that week alone. She said that her feet were great during the summer. We trying to convince some of the onlookers that it felt great and I think quite few people were thinking piranha biting your feet. They do not bite but nibble your skin. Also many were thinking who putting your feet in there where everyone else put their feet! Well if you go bare feet on the beach or walk bare feet in the swimming pools than you should not worry about the fish tank as that is much cleaner than the sand and the swimming pool floors!! The water in the tank is warm and you feel like you want to be there all day really. It seems that some hospital in London might be using these fish for medical reasons. You need to be referred by your doctor, but hey how great would be to be referred by your doctor to have your feet or body nipped. The name of the fish is Garra Rufa and they live and breed in the outdoors of some Turkish spas. They are used there and other parts for psoriasis condition, where you bath in a pool. That must be quite a fantastic experience!! It helps the skin condition for a while, but as psoriasis is a lot to do with internal mechanism errors and external endogenous factors you need a continuous trip to the Spa (hey could be worse!). The Garra rufa fish also lives in the Northern and Central Middle East, Syria, Iraq and Iran. It is protected legally from commercial exploitation in Turkey. Well that is great!! You can take or eat oily fish for your mind and now you can get them to heal your feet!! Worth to try for 5 to 10 pounds for 15 minutes….

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The liver and Christmas parties...

The importance of liver

The liver is quite often forgotten by people or not thought about at all. Even though the liver is the only organs that can regenerate, when it cannot cope with too much work, you can start feeling it by having spots on your face or forehead, feeling sluggish, having headaches and feeling tired and having the feeling of being spaced out. Even if you are eating healthy but loosing weight for any reason the liver is the one that will have to do a lot of the work by eliminating all the toxins freed by the fat cells or any cell. The liver also is the one that makes protein that you need for repair of cells as well as transforming excess sugar into fat for storage. It is the major detox organ for drugs, hormones, as well as being the organ where vitamin D is activated. The liver is also a storage place for some of the vitamins such as vitamin A, D, E, K, and B12. Now it is Christmas time again and time for Christmas parties and overindulgence of alcohol based drinks and overeating time. It is good to have fun but think of your liver as well. So even though you do not want to miss out on a Christmas party, take few steps to help your liver to cope with the extra work. Take some extra vitamin B, vitamin C, as well as milk thistle, dandelion root tea or tincture. Drink water between alcoholic drinks, fruits such as mandarins, and other seasonal fruits, as well as vegetables such as chicory salad, fennel, beetroots, artichokes, rockets, watercress, cabbage family and radicchio. If you drink water between the alcohol you will not drink as much and you will still have plenty of fun. Eat some food with your alcohol, which helps with reducing the effect of the alcohol. By taking the few steps above you can still have fun without the feeling that you need a month to feel good again after your parties. And most of all enjoy yourself……..

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Simple recipe and its nutritional value

Here is one of the many symple recipes with its nutritional value:

Mediterranean salmon (taken from good housekeeping booklet, modified)

Hands on time 15 min – plus marinating. Cooking time 12 min. – serves 2 –

Ingredients

2 x 125g salmon fillets, skinned

1 tbsp pesto

10 g sun dried tomatoes, chopped

40 g black olive

Organic lemon (as the zest need to be used is better to use an organic lemon)

Preparation and cooking

- Mix the salmon, pesto, olives and sun-dried tomatoes in a bow. Sprinkle over the zest of ½ lemon. Cover and chill for 30 min. You can set up this part the night before or two days before.

- Preheat oven to 200 degree C (180 with fan) mark 6. Arrange the salmon in ovenproof serving dish, spooning over the marinade.

- Cut the lemon into 3 wedges and put around the salmon. Cook for 10-12 min or until the fish flakes when pushed with a knife.

Health benefits of the ingredients:

Salmon = source of omega 3 essential oil, proteins, potassium, selenium, vitamin B12, wild Alaskan salmon has got a higher content of omega 3 and less heavy metals and pesticides residue.

Pesto = contains mainly basil benefits includes helping the digestive system, is a mild sedative for relaxation, has been used for kidney support and slow circulation.

Pine nuts: (this is another ingredient of pesto, as well as the garlic and the parmisan cheese or pecorino cheese) contain more protein than any other nuts and in 100g of nuts it contains about 24g of protein, is a source of goo fiber, and some fat which is mostly monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which are the good fats, only 10 percent is saturated. Pine nuts also contain b vitamins, vitamin E, zinc and potassium.

Garlic: Garlic nutritional values are amazing. Garlic is an anti-fungal, anti-microbial activity, it has been researched into his lowering of cholesterol, and it seems to increase the immune system activity and therefore helping with fighting colds and flue. The sulphur compound are the main active ingredients such as allicin, diallyl disulfide and diallyl trisulfide, which are released when garlic is crashed. Garlic also contain a good amount of vitamin B6, manganese, selenium, vitamin C, phosphorous, calcium potassium, iron and copper.

Cheese: Parmesan cheese and pecorino cheese are a good source of protein, calcium and other minerals but the amount that would be in pesto would not count as much for their real benefit.

Sun dried tomatoes = Tomatoes are low calories food, and the main benefit of the tomatoes is its content of antioxidants such as beta-carotene and lycopene. Tomatoes also contain biotin, vitamin C (if fresh not sun-dried), vitamin K, B6, B5, niacin, folic acid and fiber.

Black olive = Olives like the tomatoes and cucumber are fruits, and not vegetables. But they are the source of monosaturated fats which are one of the good oils or fats. The black olives are the same as green but at different degree of ripeness. Usually black olives that are less bitter are soaked in brine straight away and for longer. Olives are a good source of omega 9 which is one of the monosaturated fatty acids and vitamin E.

Lemons = Lemons are a good source of vitamin C, vitamin B6, potassium folic acid, flavonoids and the phytochemical limonene (this can help the liver for some parts of detoxification)

Enjoy the cooking and eating. This can be done when you have little time or it can be taken for the next day lunch.

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Jamie's Oliver revolution

Well, watching  the programme last night, again I was amazed at the problem that Jamie faced. Again they still had rubbish food in the freezer and the dilemma is 'what to do with it'. Sincerely I would say gave it to the dogs, but I think that would be very cruel. I would not give that food to the dogs or homeless as that would be animal and human cruelty. I cannot believe that the US government still does not get it, how can you feed that rubbish food to the children? how can you let your kids eat the rubbish in the brown bag that I saw. What are the parents thinking? that their child will grow healthy with sweets and bright colorant??? I think parents and teachers as well as the kids should try to get that any, any junk food is bad for you. How can you go back to have your child not eat the healthy food and compare the junk food such as chocolate milk to real milk?? The children will adjust to anything, is the parents that don't and I have seen it with some of my clients. So parents and adults please think of what you eat. Because what you eat is how your body function. All the vitamins, minerals, good fats, carbohydrates, proteins are the ones that makes your body function well or bad (if you eat junk food or sugary foods).  And the healthier and nutritious your food is the better your child is going to grow, which should be healthy, not tired, not too hyper and not overweight and obese..
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Jamie's Oliver USA

Well, watching Jamie's Oliver programme last night, I was so glad that the radio presenter finally saw the reality of his town and the other side of the coin. It was not just about him wanted to keep eating his junk food is saving his town from dying young and badly.... Well done to Jamie Oliver for not giving up even though he had so many obstacle, and I suppose after he trying UK he knew how to get the people finally. Great in involving the University with the dancing... He made cooking fun and enjoyable and obviously well done to the teachers and the students that did it so well.... Great hopefully now that Jamie is out of there the town and a lot more towns in America will take up cooking lessons and keep up with the healthy eating. It just means that McDonald and all the other junk food chain will earn less money... Great!!! So for anybody else keep staying healthy and have fun trying new recipes.....

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